When Reality Bites, Holly Parker, , PhD
When Reality Bites, Holly Parker, , PhD
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When Reality Bites
How Denial Helps and What to Do When It Hurts

Author: Holly Parker, , PhD

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/30/2016

Synopsis

With great insight and originality, author Holly Parker shows you how to use denial as a buffer in the face of tragedy and how to know when your use of denial has become counterproductive or detrimental. Through a fresh, comforting, and clinically-based perspective, Parker takes the shame out of denial with practical and relatable solutions to uncovering, reframing, and harnessing this very normal coping technique. Hands-on exercises and compelling personal stories help you apply this information to your situation and come to accept your need for denial when it helps, and break through it to face life's challenges with courage when it hurts.

About Holly Parker, , PhD

Holly Parker, PhD, teaches psychology at Harvard University, is a clinical psychologist at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, and is the author and coauthor of a number of scientific papers appearing in peer-reviewed journals. She has worked extensively with individuals and couples in the areas of depression, trauma, self-esteem, lifestyle, and relationship issues. She is deeply committed to inspiring others to live more connected, rewarding, self-directed, and happy lives through public education.

About Jo Anna Perrin

Jo Anna Perrin is an accomplished audiobook narrator and actor who has appeared in film and television as well as on stage in New York and Los Angeles. Independent of her acting and voiceover work, she is a published author and a professional photographer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on July 16, 2018

I found this book to be surprisingly helpful. I put off reading it because I couldn’t really see a point in it. I’m glad to say I was wrong. As I read it, I begin to see the ways in which my own denial is tripping me up and also to understand when did Nile has helped make me stronger right after tra......more

Goodreads review by Tara on May 13, 2020

This book is well written. It has a conversational - chatty - tone but is engaging, quirky and fresh. Similarly it is an engaging book. I was particularly impressed by the way in which the pain of daily life was discussed, and the struggles to make it manageable. Particularly, there was strong attenti......more

Goodreads review by Aldo on July 26, 2017

Dr. Holly makes you view denial from an objective lens. A person who's objective rather than subjective will appreciate what she's got to say. I like how the content provides examples, resources, and exercises to stimulate the mind. Also, the book is well-written. Good stuff, Dr. Holly!......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on October 19, 2016

Fiction is not the only thing that I ever read, in fact I read quite a great deal of non-fiction. I enjoy books that give help and guidance. Now, that being said I might not be the best person to review this book, because at this moment in time I am dealing with a number of things after starting my......more

Goodreads review by Valery on February 08, 2017

When Reality Bites: How Denial Helps and What to do When it Hurts by Holly Parker is a comprehensive look at all aspects of denial. One night, Parker was having dinner with her husband in an elegant restaurant and didn't feel well, denied feeling unwell to herself, yet moments later fainted. This is......more

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