Book: I'm Not OK and This Is OK. A Guide to Good Mood, Mental Health, and Self-Care

- How are you?

- I'm fine!

What can actually be hidden behind the answer to the most ordinary question? Is it easy to say and admit that you are "not okay"? This book by a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience will tell you not only that being not okay is completely normal, but will also teach you to find ways out of difficult situations and help yourself in such a complex and rapidly changing world.

There are topics that are not accepted to talk about, and in vain. Negative thoughts, stress, bullying can occur in the life of any person, and there are also depression, anxiety, eating disorders... Sometimes it may seem to a teenager that only he faces such problems, and also that complaining about life is bad. But this is not true at all! It is much worse to be left alone with your problems.

A teenager will become much more secure if he learns to understand himself and his states, understands why they arise and how to help himself.

If everything is fine with the child, the book will help him better understand his peers, treat himself and others more carefully, and master the tools of self-help, maintaining good health and self-confidence.

The teenager will learn how to recognize stress, anxiety, negative thoughts, eating disorders, depression, ADHD, perfectionism, bullying. And how to help themselves with resilience, mindfulness, rest, self-care, support of loved ones, good deeds.

Readers will also find advice for parents for all occasions, addresses of useful resources and contacts of organizations that can and should be contacted if something happens.

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Getting to know the main types of modern psychological problems in an accessible form is useful both for yourself and for better understanding of your peers and communication with them.

Modern presentation of the material: no long texts, everything is structured and laid out in a bright style - suitable for children's perception.

The exercises are easy, clear and effective. The reader will quickly feel changes in his well-being.

Simple and effective methods for obtaining resources and slowing down in our crazy world.

How to use the book
You can read it from cover to cover and take into account what is relevant at the moment.

You can use it as a reference book: read the book, and in difficult moments return to those chapters that contain the answer to a pressing question.

This can be read by parents to find an approach to their child.

Who is this book for?
For teenage boys and girls.

For parents of teenagers.

For everyone who cares about their mental health.

From the author
I am a positive psychology specialist and I believe that we ALL can take better care of our mental health and that we ALL can be happier. I have worked with children and adolescents for over 30 years in my career. Through counseling and research, I have learned what skills make our lives better, happier, and more meaningful.

I hope you find this book useful and that you can put my advice into practice. I have included many ideas and strategies that will definitely work. They have helped many children and teenagers - and me too! I am sure that we all need to train our good mood: it is one of the most important tasks in life, and it is best to solve it together!