Emotional First Aid

Emotional First Aid: Practical Strategies for Treating Failure, Rejection, Guilt, and Other Everyday Psychological Injuries

First Aid for Failure – While we have remedies for physical injuries like bandages for cuts, chicken soup for colds, and ice packs for bruises, many of us lack tools to handle everyday emotional wounds—such as failure, rejection, and loss. Psychologist Guy Winch, Ph.D., highlights how these untreated emotional injuries can worsen over time and significantly affect our well-being. In this practical and engaging book, he introduces emotional first-aid treatments, offering simple, science-backed exercises to help heal psychological pain. Drawing on real patient stories and sprinkling in humor, Dr. Winch provides a unique, actionable guide to repairing emotional health, perfect for fans of Unstuck and Self-Compassion.