COPING WITH THE CRISES IN YOUR LIFE is a modern classic on the nature of crisis-the importance of its management and the means for doing so. Using many case histories from his professional experience as minister and therapist, Jackson combines the new disciplines of humanist psychology and crisis management as a resource for helping people cope with problems arising at all stages of their lives. He explores contemporary crisis experiences in psychological as well as anthropological, physiological, and sociological terms. Dr. Jackson shows how important the crises in our lives can be to our develop- ment, and how the way we meet these challenges affects our later lives. Jackson's work is infused with positive regard for the unlimited abilities of individuals to manage and cope with suffering. Discussing his major view that the fact of being alive inevitably means the endurance of psychic and physical pain, he writes that we are not at the mercy of the crises that enter our lives. In the search for relief we can, through our choices and responses, move on to higher levels of functioning and a deeper, more meaningful human experience. The book is a compassionate, profound reading experience that will endure in your memory and be reflected in your personal means of dealing with crises.