The Power of Labels: How Do We Get Labeled? How Do Labels Predetermine Our Lives? How to Get Rid of Them and Live a Happier Life... - Tapa dura

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""Gestalt psychotherapist Beron, in her debut self-help book, examines the positive and negative impacts of being socially labeled and how such labels shape one's feelings, thoughts and behavior. ""The power of labels is like an invisible pressure...which intercepts our thoughts and actions, distorts beyond recognition the mirror...and makes us vulnerable to the pain of the past and the fear of the future,"" asserts the author in the book's foreword. Although people may acquire labels at any age, Beron contends that most first appear in childhood and come from such sources as classmates, teachers, parents and friends. She briefly describes the Gestalt theory of psychotherapy, which emphasizes personal responsibility, and uses it as a basis for exploring ways that people may assume positive control over their lives. Beron reminds readers that people may be labeled in direct and indirect ways, with or without cruel intent, due to name-calling, nicknames or comparison to others. What's important, then, is how people believe such characterizations and how they become a part of their identities. In turn, those conceptions of identity influence people's thoughts and habits and may deter them from changing their lives.

A helpful, hopeful and thorough guide that invites readers to change the images in their mirrors.""

""In The Power of Labels, a self-help book with an encouraging tone, Marsy Beron discusses a range of ways people label themselves or are labeled by others, and the detrimental psychological effects this can have on children and adults.

Through a series of personal stories, Beron focuses on how labels are created for others by parents, coworkers, and spouses, and how that can influence people's perceptions of themselves and their environments. She relies on many anecdotal experiences, not only from her own life but also from her clients and group therapy work, to offer advice.""

—CLARION Review

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Imagine looking at yourself in a crooked mirror. How do you see yourself in it? - small, pointed head, short legs, as if cut in two, and your body - almost a square. Or your whole body has turned into a thin stick, about to break down. Or your nose ... Wow! Every crooked mirror deforms different parts of our bodies, and none of them reflect the reality of us. The same happens with our minds. We accumulate deformities/deflections throughout our lives because we cannot avoid interaction with other people. For good or bad, through their judgments, they instill ideas in our minds about our own personality, in other words - they label us. Some people in our environment are well-meaning and honest, others are not quite so. But they are all mirrors in which we have looked at our reflections since early childhood. And none of these mirrors are perfectly straight and none of them show us the truth about us. Well, it's time we "straightened up" the crooked mirror.... "The Power of Labels" addresses major situations we experience from infancy to old age, which may distort the way we see ourselves, and label us. It contains personal stories, exercises, a few thought experiments and many tips. The book is designed for people who are fed up with the situation they are in. The yearning for change would take you on a journey back in time - to your childhood, your teenage years and back to the present. It is only by daring to venture deeper into our souls, revisiting old ghost and making peace with them, that we would manage to heal old wounds and ultimately - our lives. "The Power of Labels" is in no way a guide for healing severe psychological traumas. But it can set you on the way to finding the better, wiser, happier version of yourself.