Rejection hurts and it can be a massive set back, but this book aims to provide you with the tools and space to reflect on how to bounce back from rejection. There are 10 chapters with each chapter focusing on a different element to be considered in building resilience. An engaging and insightful book.

While I did like the book and feel it had some good points, I did not find it overall informative or helpful to me. I would recommend it for person who need to develop the skills needed to face rejection and move on in a positive light but, if your a person with those skills this book has very little to add.

As marketer and writer, I know rejection intimately. We've come to a kind of peace; while it's never easy to be rejected, it is no longer soul-smashing or silencing as it might have been. Therefore, I anticipated a plunge into a wise, deep, and powerful exploration of and triumph over the worst that rejection can do. BOUNCING BACK FROM REJECTION by Leslie Becker-Phelps was a disappointment. Every now and again, a sentence stood out or an insight struck home, but for the most part, it was flat-footed, deadly dry and dull. Those sparkling, insightful bits make me hope that Ms. Becker-Phelps continues to assist the ones who see her for help....and shares her expertise and wisdom in person rather than on the pages of this book.

Bouncing Back from Rejection presents a sensible and respectful method for changing the way you feel when things don't work out in relationships. It isn't just about personal relationships; the method works in any situation in which you have divulged an idea or expended effort and not received the feedback you hoped for. Patiently and clearly, author Leslie Becker-Phelps walks you through five facets of internalizing and re-framing your connections with other people. Every one of these facets (sensations, thoughts, emotions, actions, and mentalizing) comes with suggested activities to help you practice and progress through the method and develop better thought habits. My only qualm about the book is that these suggested activities are in a much smaller and lighter font than the rest of the text. The content of the book is great though. I recommend it for anybody who is ready to stop feeling like they've been put down.
Linda Tashbook - author of Family Guide to Mental Illness and the Law

Bouncing Back from Rejection is a fantastic book that offers some great advice and techniques. It is well written and easy to read.

If readers follows the author’s exercises throughout the book, they will feel less sensitive to rejection and will be much quicker to recognize when you are being troubled by that sensitivity.
Dr. Becker-Phelps has detailed a practical, friendly, non-judgmental, jargon-free approach to dealing with your fears of rejection.
The author explains how widespread fear of rejection is, and how many problems in relationships with other people are caused by this issue.
Ideally, individuals struggling with this challenge would want to work with a therapist in using this method, but a person who is committed to addressing this issue on their own can do so.
For students and trainees in psychotherapy, "Bouncing Back from Rejection"is excellent guide to working with clients around these issues, and the motivational support and structure of psychotherapy will enhance the success of this method.
Just reading the book will help people working with these issues on their own, although doing the simple, easy exercises will provide the greatest long-term benefit.
One thing readers will like about this book is that they won't feel pressure to rush to the next chapter. They can stay with a set of ideas or an exercise until they “get” the lesson—depending on what aspects of rejection sensitivity are most true for them, some chapters will provide a greater learning experience. Readers also can skip around if they want, though the author has provided a pretty good roadmap for most people.
Highly recommended!

All of us have felt or dealt with rejection at one time. Bouncing Back From Rejection by Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD helps us understand and identify the science behind the theory of attachment and offers useful strategies to make changes. Dr. Becker-Phelps provides exercises that are a roadmap to enhance self-worth and create positive relationships. The book is down to earth but well-grounded in research.

After finishing Bouncing Back From Rejection, a reader will have the tools and knowledge to build resilience, gain self-awareness, and feel confident with themselves and in their relationships. A very good resource to have on the shelf and especially for counselors and therapists to use as a tool.

I manage a support group and I cannot express how helpful Bouncing Back from Rejection by Leslie Becker-Phelps is! The book is free from the rhetoric of many books in its genre. I appreciate the thoughtful, insightful, straight-to-the point style of the author. It’s grounded in solid theory and research.