Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder

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Twelve years ago, author Stephen Nawotniak was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a weeklong hospitalization for a severe case of depression. He has been coping with the symptoms and in the process of recovery since. In Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder, he offers an experienced-based sharing of skills and tools that have worked for him.

Relying on his experience as an occupational therapist, he focuses on constructing a meaningful quality of life using life skills that are effective and important for everybody while addressing and accommodating the needs unique to a bipolar disorder. He explores the intervention approaches—developing skills, modifying tasks, providing tools, modifying contexts, adapting environments, and developing task alternatives—that allowed him to differentiate his diagnosis from his personality, discern problem areas, and restructure his lifestyle so that he could successfully live with the condition and not simply manage or cope with it as an illness. Using his methods, you can do the same.

Praise for Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder

“Steve has taken his lived experience with a mood disorder, his self-help peer support group facilitation skills, and his successful career path as an occupational therapist and created an easy-to-use self-help workbook that allows you to become your own life coach. … I recommend the book for anyone who would like to make changes to improve life in any or all of the dimensions of recovery and wellness.”

—Rita Cronise, coordinator for the International Association of Peer Supporters (iNAPS)

“This book is highly recommended as a clinical method for his perspective on living with the ups and downs of this condition with a graded, positive process. … Nawotniak is creative in the language he uses, which is appealing, practical and original, conveying his message with an immediacy that is typical of occupational therapy interventions.”

—Mary Donohue, PhD, OTL, FAOTA

Style:Paperback

Size:8.25 x 0.26 x 11 inches

ItemCode:Na

Category:Books

Language :English

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ True Directions (February 28, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 112 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1491725443
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1491725443
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.26 x 11 inches

Stephen Nawotniak OTR/L has a Self Designed Masters from Buffalo State College and a Masters in Occupational Therapy from Utica College. For 8 month’s he hiked, biked, sailed and canoed from Buffalo, NY to Key West, FL. He gave presentations to over 1000 youth on the values of volunteerism and education and completed over 230 hours of community service along the way.

Living WITH a condition, not just coping with an illness is the focus of Stephen Nawotniak, OTR/L. Stephen blends his personal experiences of rebuilding his life after 2 hospitalizations for his bipolar condition and professional experiences as an occupational therapist to share skills and systems to accommodate needs and enjoy a desired quality of life.

His award winning Mubu the Morph children's book series speaks to the inner journey we all face as we discover our purpose. In his is book Handbook for Healthy Living with a Mood Disorder, Stephen shares his journey with authenticity and vulnerability to provide hope for those suffering from depression, anxiety and bipolar conditions and help for them to take back their lives. He has committed to use his experiences to help break down the stigma associated with mental illness and demystify the experience of a mood disorder. Stephen currently lives and practices Occupational Therapy in Buffalo, NY.


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