An expert in retirement issues, aging, and social work shows how workaholics who have been downsized, forced into retirement, or burned out on their current jobs can remain actively engaged in meaningful projects and maintain their happiness.
Preface
I. Understanding Work-Addicted Behavior
1 Introduction: Hard Worker or Workaholic?
2 Descriptions of Workaholics
3 The Physical and Emotional Impact of Work Addiction
4 The 10 Irrational Ideas That Get Workaholics into Emotional
Difficulty
II. Preretirement Planning
5 Are You Ready to Retire?
6 Developing a Preretirement Plan
III. The Retirement Decision
7 Involving Family Members in Retirement Decisions
8 The Decision to Retire
IV. After Retirement: Repairing the Impact of Work Addiction on
Physical and Mental Health
9 Loneliness
10 Anxiety and Depression
11 Substance Abuse
12 Health
V. After Retirement: Repairing Personal Relationships with
Family and Loved Ones
13 Repairing Intimate Relationships
14 Repairing Relationships with Family and Friends
VI. After Retirement: Work Opportunities and Dealing with
Leisure Time
15 Cycling Back to Work and Dealing with Leisure Time
VII. Changing Work-Addicted Behavior
16 Professional Help to Treat Work Addictions
17 Final Words
Index
About the Author
Morley D. Glicken, PhD, has been a professor, director, and dean of schools of social work and is currently on faculty at Arizona State University in Phoenix, AZ.
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