Books on the LEAP Method of Communication
Despite the nearly three decades of anosognosia research and evidence, there continues to be a gap of education available to help professionals and family caregivers to address this pervasive symptom and the obstacles it creates.
Below are books on the LEAP method of communication written by Dr. Amador, internationally renowned clinical psychologist, published clinical researcher, and forensic expert.
“This book fills a tremendous void…” wrote E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., about the first edition of I AM NOT SICK, I Don’t Need Help!® Twenty-five years later, it still does.
This ground breaking 25th anniversary edition includes two new chapters that reflect what Dr. Amador learned in the years since the book’s first publication. These chapters address the challenges of using LEAP when you are the subject of a delusion, and another chapter addresses the question of whether you are enabling. In addition, it includes new research and its impact on our evolving understanding of anosognosia—the neurological symptom that prevents so many from recognizing their illness.
Read and learn as have hundreds of thousands of others…to LEAP (Listen-Empathize-Agree-
This book was written because countless readers of I am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!® have told me that LEAP has worked for them to repair relationships, but they still stumble and don’t know how to get to the “Partner” phase.
They want to know how to use LEAP to influence behavior change such as acceptance of treatment. They forget to reflectively listen, or how to delay giving contrary hurtful opinion, or how to give their opinion using the LEAP method. They are not fluent in LEAP and, as a result, have trouble getting to partnering.
You can’t just read a single book or attend one of my seminars and expect to become fluent. By seeing how many people have used LEAP in many different situations, you will begin to internalize the language of this approach.
TAKE NOTE: THIS BOOK IS AN EXPANDED VERSION OF I’M RIGHT, YOU’RE WRONG, NOW WHAT? by Xavier Amador, Ph.D.
In this book you will see how LEAP is successfully used in relationships ranging from business, to love, to parents with their teens, and far beyond. To become fluent in the language of LEAP, you need to “cross-train.” Experiencing how LEAP works across a range of relationships provides that opportunity giving you the communication muscles you need to win the race!