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This Is A Stress Management Book Written Specifically For Lawyers
When you practice law, stress comes with the territory. Such stressors as time pressures, competition and conflict can rob you of a satisfying career and fulfilling personal life. However, you don't have to suffer in silence. You can take action!
About the Author:
Amiram Elwork is the Director of the Law-Psychology (J.D.-Psy.D.) Graduate Program at Widener University, near Philadelphia. In addition, he directs the Vorkell Group, a consulting firm that serves the legal community.
This book is designed to help lawyers stay calm and confident during stressful times, reduce anxiety and anger, eliminate negative thinking habits, prevent depression and alcoholism, balance their professional and personal lives, and manage their time more effectively.
In clear, concise language, Elwork describes how to understand your stress responses...and to replace your maladaptive reactions with beneficial ones.
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February 02, 2007: If you?re stressed but too busy to read lots of these sorts of books, this is THE ONE to get for your night table. It summarizes everything you want to know about why lawyers are stressed out and what you can do realistically to improve things. The author is clearly experienced when it comes to helping lawyers and uses lots of concrete examples that will be very familiar to most attorneys. If you think you?ve heard it all before, you?ll be pleasantly surprised by the number of new ideas the book offers. It?ll make you reevaluate the way you think and feel about things in ways that most lawyers have not done before. It will change the way you behave and help you find more satisfaction in everything you do. Best of all, there is very little fluff here. The author gets to the point quickly, clearly and logically. It?s actually easy and fun to read and might even renew your faith in consultants. If you?re experiencing stress, and what lawyer do you know who doesn?t, this is really a MUST READ.