Emotional Recovery from Congenital Heart Disease: A Guide for Children, Youth, Adults and Parents by Richard Schwindt

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Richard Schwindt M.S.W., R.S.W. is a social worker in Kingston, Ontario. He works for an Employee Assistance company, and has a practice in counselling and hypnotherapy with special focus on recovery for targets of workplace mobbing. Richard is a graduate of Glendon College and the Carleton University School of Social Work, member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers, the Ontario Association of Social Workers and the Canadian Society for Clinical Hypnosis (Ontario Division). Richard has worked in Toronto, Sioux Lookout and Kingston, Ontario in a variety of clinical setting for children and adults. He is author of Emotional Recovery from Workplace Mobbing, The Emotional Recovery from Workplace Mobbing Workbook, Emotional Recovery from an Affair, Emotional Recovery from Situational Anxiety, Emotional Recover from Marital Separation, The Death in Sioux Lookout Trilogy, Dreams and Sioux Nights, The Love Duology, and Social Work for Fun and Profit. Richard has twice been shortlisted for the International Three Day Novel Contest. He served ten years with OAPSW Newsmagazine, two years on the Community Editorial Board of the Kingston Whig-Standard and in 2007 he was second runner up in Comedian Idol of Kingston. He has been married thirty-seven years, has two adult children and two grandchildren. His website is www.richardschwindt.ca

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Emotional Recovery from Congenital Heart Disease

A Guide for Children, Youth, Adults and Parents

by Richard Schwindt

Overview

More than forty thousand babies are born every year in the United States with the most common birth defect – congenital heart disease (CHD). The number of babies born annually worldwide with CHD approaches one million. While medical interventions for CHD have radically improved, less attention has been paid to the emotional impact on patients and their families. Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Book award (self help) from the Independent Authors Network, Emotional Recovery from Congenital Heart Disease is written for adults with CHD, parents of CHD children, spouses, grandparents and siblings. Richard Schwindt M.S.W., R.S.W., is a working therapist with CHD, an illness he shares with his grandson. Richard offers practical help for managing the most common challenges: anxiety, depression, body image, navigating the medical system, self-care and relationships. He addresses difficult subjects, including sexuality and grief, with compassion, humour and wisdom. This is a primer for living life with joy and achievement, no matter what challenges congenital heart disease throws your way.

Description

More than forty thousand babies are born every year in the United States with the most common birth defect – congenital heart disease (CHD). The number of babies born annually worldwide with CHD approaches one million. While medical interventions for CHD have radically improved, less attention has been paid to the emotional impact on patients and their families. This book is written for adults with CHD, parents of CHD children, spouses, grandparents and siblings. Richard Schwindt M.S.W., R.S.W., is a working therapist with CHD, an illness he shares with his grandson. Richard offers practical help for managing the most common challenges: anxiety, depression, body image, navigating the medical system, self-care and relationships. He addresses difficult subjects, including sexuality and grief, with compassion, humour and wisdom. This is a primer for living life with joy and achievement, no matter what challenges congenital heart disease throws your way.

Overview

Description

More than forty thousand babies are born every year in the United States with the most common birth defect – congenital heart disease (CHD). The number of babies born annually worldwide with CHD approaches one million. While medical interventions for CHD have radically improved, less attention has been paid to the emotional impact on patients and their families. This book is written for adults with CHD, parents of CHD children, spouses, grandparents and siblings. Richard Schwindt M.S.W., R.S.W., is a working therapist with CHD, an illness he shares with his grandson. Richard offers practical help for managing the most common challenges: anxiety, depression, body image, navigating the medical system, self-care and relationships. He addresses difficult subjects, including sexuality and grief, with compassion, humour and wisdom. This is a primer for living life with joy and achievement, no matter what challenges congenital heart disease throws your way.

Book details

Genre:HEALTH & FITNESS

Subgenre:Diseases / Heart

Language:English

Pages:60

eBook ISBN:9780993861055

Overview

Description

More than forty thousand babies are born every year in the United States with the most common birth defect – congenital heart disease (CHD). The number of babies born annually worldwide with CHD approaches one million. While medical interventions for CHD have radically improved, less attention has been paid to the emotional impact on patients and their families. This book is written for adults with CHD, parents of CHD children, spouses, grandparents and siblings. Richard Schwindt M.S.W., R.S.W., is a working therapist with CHD, an illness he shares with his grandson. Richard offers practical help for managing the most common challenges: anxiety, depression, body image, navigating the medical system, self-care and relationships. He addresses difficult subjects, including sexuality and grief, with compassion, humour and wisdom. This is a primer for living life with joy and achievement, no matter what challenges congenital heart disease throws your way.