Living More Confidently
posted: 07/05/2010
A self-help book by three clinical psychologists expert in HIV, stress and trauma, may help some people think more positively about living with HIV. The writers hope the book
- increases your knowledge about HIV
- helps you adjust better to having HIV
- builds confidence in yourself despite having HIV
- supports good relationships despite having HIV
- increases your life choices despite having HIV
- widens your support networks
- improves your quality of life with HIV
- gives you a more positive outlook and motivation for the future.
This book talks frankly about the issues that people living with HIV face. As HIV is associated with much fear and stigma, this self-help book covers aspects of living with HIV that may be difficult for people to discuss with others. Fears of talking about HIV and HIV disclosure are problems for many. They hope this book will help release some fears and lift some of the stigma that people experience.
This self-help book faces some of the psychological needs of people who are HIV positive. It answers frequently asked questions and it draws on the experts clinical experience of what works. They hope it helps normalise the experience of living with HIV, creates hope for change, and provides a way of learning new skills.
Who should read it
This book is for all adults living with HIV especially anyone struggling to accept and adapt to having HIV, including :
- Struggles with accepting diagnosis, in adjusting to HIV, and in finding a way forward
- Where health problems make reaching your goals uncertain
- People dealing with stress
- People who are isolated, unsupported and worried about talking openly about HIV
- People feeling overwhelmed by emotions to do with HIV
- People wanting to make changes in their lives
- People who want a better sense of living for a future and to make plans
- Partners, carers, family or friends who would like to understand more and support others better.
Living Confidently with HIV - A Self-Help Book for People living with HIV £12.99
by Liz Shaw, Erasmo Tacconelli, Robert Watson and Claudia Herbert, London, 2009
You could order this at your local public library.
Another similar but free book
living with HIV by NAM / aidsmap is online here - printed copies are no longer available.
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