Abstract

This is a book by the author (pediatric psychiatrist/neuroscientist), an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, on "Reappraisal," a way of thinking that will surely make your life easier than it is now.

"Reappraisal" is one of the coping methods in "cognitive-behavioral therapy," a scientifically based psychotherapy.

It is a method of "changing an unpleasant emotion into a good emotion as much as possible when you remember it.

Many studies have shown that it is effective in controlling various emotions such as anxiety, fear, tension, and agitation.

Author’s Information

Pediatric psychiatrist, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Pediatric Depression at Massachusetts General Hospital. Graduated from Hokkaido University School of Medicine. Completed training in psychiatry at Yale University and in child psychiatry at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital. While attending medical school in Japan, she passed the U.S. National Medical Examination and was accepted as a resident, making her the youngest Japanese medical school graduate ever to become a clinician in the United States.