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Search - Chained to the Desk: A Guidebook for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians Who Treat Them

Chained to the Desk A Guidebook for Workaholics Their Partners and Children and the Clinicians Who Treat Them
Author: Bryan E., Phd Robinson

"Workaholics, their families, friends, and colleagues will welcome this comprehensive guide book. Robinson approaches workaholism with pragmatic and effective strategies designed to overcome the resistance with which most workaholics greet attempts to change them. This is also the first book I know of to look closely at the effect of workaholism... more » on family members and children, the people who often feel most strongly its effects." -John Bradshaw, author of Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child "Robinson manages to cut to the heart of so many of today's problems and offers practical suggestions for those of us who have suffered from work addiction. A sober voice in a work-delirious culture." -Patricia Love, Ed.D., co-author of Hot Monogamy "An important resource for everyone concerned with the damage workaholism causes to self, family and career." -Gayle Porter As Seen on ABC's 20/20 Americans love a hard worker. The man or woman who works 18 hour days and eats his or her meals on the run between appointments is usually viewed with a combination of respect and awe. But for many, this lifestyle leads to family problems, a decline in work productivity, and ultimately to physical and mental collapse. In Chained to the Desk, best-selling author and widely-respected family therapist Dr. Bryan Robinson has written a groundbreaking book-the first comprehensive portrait of the workaholic. Intended for anyone touched by what Robinson calls "the best-dressed problem of the twentieth century," this innovative volume profiles the myths behind this greatly-misunderstood disorder and the inner psychological battle that work addicts wage against themselves. The book also serves as an inside look into the impact on those who live and work with them-partners, spouses, children, and colleagues-as well as the appropriate techniques for clinicians who treat them. Portraying the many different kinds of workaholism, Robinson draws on hundreds of case reports from his own original research and years of clinical practice. From California to the Carolinas, men and women tell of their agonizing bouts with workaholism and the devastations left in its wake. Adult children of workaholics describe their childhood pain and the life-long legacies they still carry. The spouses or partners of workaholics reveal the isolation and loneliness of their vacant relationships and the terror of questioning their own sanity. Employers and business colleagues discuss the cost to the company when workaholism dominates the workplace. Chained to the Desk both counsels and consoles. It provides a step-by-step guide to help readers spot workaholism, understand it, and recover. Robinson presents strategies for workaholics and their loved ones on how to cope, and for people in the workplace on how to distinguish between work efficiency and workaholism.

ISBN-13: 9780814775561
ISBN-10: 081477556X
Publication Date: 4/2001
Pages: 280
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Publisher: New York University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Genres:

Business & Money >> Business Culture >> General
Health, Fitness & Dieting >> Self-Help >> General
Health, Fitness & Dieting >> Self-Help >> Stress Management

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