Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition: A Five Areas Approach

by Chris Williams (Author), Chris Williams (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2006

  $3.25

  Fully updated and based on extensive feedback, Overcoming Depression and Low Mood is a series of short self-help workbooks for use by people experiencing low mood and depression. Developed in liaison with a wide range of experts, the course provides access to the proven Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach. Providing accessible information and teaching key life skills the workbooks provide a practical and effective way of improving how you feel.
  
  Compassionate and supportive, the Overcoming Depression and Low Mood course addresses all the common challenges faced during times of low mood. It is empowering and encouraging, helping readers to make positive changes to their lives in a planned and achievable way.
  
  Readers learn how to:
  discover why they feel as they do
  develop better problem solving skills
  rebalance relationships by becoming more assertive
  become more active and rediscover the fun in their life
  build helpful responses to life stresses
  discover how to sleep better
  learn how to change negative and undermining thinking
  stop reacting in ways that backfire
  make choices that boost a healthy lifestyle
  plan for the future in order to stay well
  
  One workbook is aimed at friends and relatives and describes how best to offer support.
  
  The workbooks also provide an invaluable resouce for counsellors, general practitioners, nursing staff, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and self-help groups and organisations and are widely recommended by practitioners.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.25

  Depression affects many people at some point in their lives. Fortunately, we now know that by changing certain thoughts and behaviour patterns you can greatly improve how you feel. Overcoming Depression and Low Mood: A Five Areas Approach explains how low mood can affect your life. It helps you understand why you sometimes feel low, anxious, angry, or guilty. It also teaches proven practical skills to help you change how you feel. By using the clearly described practical tools inside, you can make helpful changes to your life. Ultimately, the hope is that this book will help you to regain a sense of control over how you feel.

  The book is based on a cognitive behavioural therapy approach. The developers of this approach found many effective ways of tackling common symptoms and problems people face when feeling low. The course can make a big difference if you can commit to using it. Having someone else to encourage you is also important. Interactive questions and worksheets, which are a key feature of the series, are plentiful in this new edition. An award-winning companion website, www.livinglifetothefull.com, includes additional support materials and information.