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Skin Deep: A Mind/Body Program for Healthy Skin
Dermatology has made remarkable strides in recent decades, with the advent of high-tech aids such as lasers and cryosurgery and new wonder drugs such as steroids and vitamin A derivatives; thus, many skin sufferers have been cured by their physicians. Yet many have not. If you have brought your persistent eczema, your stubborn warts, your psoriasis or other distressing skin ailment, or even your recurrent herpes to specialists and superspecialists, and if all the creams, lotions, and medications have failed to help, you must wonder if there is something else -- and ardently hope that there is. This is exactly what Drs. Grossbart and Sherman have addressed in Skin A Mind/Body Program for Healthy Skin.
265 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1986
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September 3, 2010
not quite topically relevant, but I wanted to learn about self-hypnosis because that dr. on RadioLab cured incurable skin diseases through hypnosis and I'm having my "power of the mind" moment. this is the first actual self-help book I've ever read, and oh man I get their appeal now. the book's basic premise is most (skin) ailments are actually serving you (psychologically), and until you, you know, free your mind, you'll have a hard time freeing your body. "conservation of psychological energy." "the heart never overreacts." etc., is this banal or what, I was so moved.
it's been a very therapeutic summer, my mind/body is very powerful.
it's been a very therapeutic summer, my mind/body is very powerful.
June 21, 2020
*Exactly* the resource I was yearning for. This confirmed my deepest intuition, that the skin problems I'm having right now are not about food, or allergies, or hormones ... they're about feelings and thoughts bubbling up from my subconscious. My skin is communicating with me!! It is just trying to get me love, respect, and protection.
I feel so seen and understood, and I also feel a new sense of excitement and encouragement to keep moving forward with hope, understanding myself ever-better. So grateful for you, Ted Grossbart. So grateful to have stumbled upon this!
I feel so seen and understood, and I also feel a new sense of excitement and encouragement to keep moving forward with hope, understanding myself ever-better. So grateful for you, Ted Grossbart. So grateful to have stumbled upon this!
March 11, 2012
This books really didn't provide the insight into Dermatillomania that I was looking for unfortunately though I believe that this book would be helpful for or people suffering from other skin conditions as many people believe that they have no control over them or have no idea how much their psyche affects it.
This book was recommended to me from the Dermatillomania community but the book itself never actually addressed this specific disorder. It references 'scratching' and itching and even Trichotillomania but not Dermatillomania which I found extremely disappointing.
Beyond that, this book was poorly edited. I found quite a few grammatical errors within the book which bothers me since this book is written by a doctor and errors like that can serve to discredit any academic writer. I hope that the published hard copy of this book had a more through editor.
The book also really focused on methods that are based in Psychotherapy. I can definitely see this method being beneficial when it comes to certain skin conditions but in my experience, I find people to be fairly skeptical to this type of approach as it is so unlike any other type of therapy and the majority of people who seek therapy are usually in a cognitive or behavioural based program. I suppose that this book is directed to the people who have tried many other methods for their condition with minimal success but have had enough of suffering with it that they are willing to try something outside of the box. Freudianism is still around for a reason as Freud has many interesting (and bizarre, but potentially valid) ideas and theories that, at face value, make sense to many people but they have yet to be explained scientifically.
Even though I found this book disappointing as it didn't provide me with much new information I would still probably recommend this book to Dermatillomania suffers as the techniques in this book are still really helpful if you haven't looked into these methods before.
This book was recommended to me from the Dermatillomania community but the book itself never actually addressed this specific disorder. It references 'scratching' and itching and even Trichotillomania but not Dermatillomania which I found extremely disappointing.
Beyond that, this book was poorly edited. I found quite a few grammatical errors within the book which bothers me since this book is written by a doctor and errors like that can serve to discredit any academic writer. I hope that the published hard copy of this book had a more through editor.
The book also really focused on methods that are based in Psychotherapy. I can definitely see this method being beneficial when it comes to certain skin conditions but in my experience, I find people to be fairly skeptical to this type of approach as it is so unlike any other type of therapy and the majority of people who seek therapy are usually in a cognitive or behavioural based program. I suppose that this book is directed to the people who have tried many other methods for their condition with minimal success but have had enough of suffering with it that they are willing to try something outside of the box. Freudianism is still around for a reason as Freud has many interesting (and bizarre, but potentially valid) ideas and theories that, at face value, make sense to many people but they have yet to be explained scientifically.
Even though I found this book disappointing as it didn't provide me with much new information I would still probably recommend this book to Dermatillomania suffers as the techniques in this book are still really helpful if you haven't looked into these methods before.
January 19, 2019
This is a free e-book.
What a nice book!
It kind of reminds me about Heal your Heart -> Heal your body type of ideas.
This book it good for promoting insights, and contemplation, and it is also good about understanding and being more understanding of OTHER peoples skin conditions too.
Good tool for the "tool box".
What a nice book!
It kind of reminds me about Heal your Heart -> Heal your body type of ideas.
This book it good for promoting insights, and contemplation, and it is also good about understanding and being more understanding of OTHER peoples skin conditions too.
Good tool for the "tool box".
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