2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Coping Coping With With With Change: Change: Emotional Emotional Fitness Fitness
Fitness
The relationship between stress and disease depends not so much on whether stress happens to you,
but how you handle it. Experts describe the "hardy" personality type as people having certain traits which
make them more resistant ot the negative effects of stress. Learning to have a more positive mental
outlook may enable us to become "hardier."
28 min. color pp
Coping Coping With With Change: Change: Social Social Support
Support
This video presents a discussion of the importance of social support in emotional and physical
well-being. Maintaining social support requires good communication skills, including listening and
assertiveness. Communications experts and trainers lead the viewer through several role playing
situations that teach and reinforce these skills.
24 min. color pp
Coping Coping With With Family Family Changes
Changes
This video describes the often painful issues which touch the lives of so many families caused by
economic readjustment, separation, divorce and step relationships.
37 min. color
Coping Coping With With Family Family Crisis: Crisis: Violence, Vio
Vio lence, Abuse, Separation, Divorce
This video helps victims learn how to cope with the trauma of divorce or family violence.
54 min. color
Coping Coping With With Serious Serious Serious Illness Illness #1: #1: #1: Pain
Pain
This program shows approaches to coping with both pain and the fear of pain. It also explains the effect
of suffering on the personality, differences in types of pain and available pain treatment methods.
30 min. color/B&W
Coping Coping With With Serious Serious Illness Illness Illness #3: #3: #3: Sexuality
Sexuality
This program deals with issue of sexuality and need for loving at critical times as well as "low stress"
times. It utilizes personal testimony and discussions by doctors and other experts.
30 min. color
Copi Coping Copi ng With With Serious Serious Illness #4: #4: Relationships and Stress
The video shows ways of handling changing relationships with family, friends and medical personnel
following diagnosis of a serious illness. Includes personal experiences and talks by experts.
30 min. color/B&W
Coping Coping With With Serious Serious Illness Illness Illness #6: #6: #6: Facing Facing Death
Death
Joan and Eric Robinson are shown going through the painful process of realizing that Joan is going to
die of cancer. Psychiatrists, doctors, clergy and others share their knowledge of how we all face death
and of choices the ill and their families make.
30 min. color
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