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Overcoming Depression and Low Mood: A Five Areas Approach
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 -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 organizations and are widely recommended by practitioners.
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 -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 organizations and are widely recommended by practitioners.
328 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2001
About the author
Christopher Williams
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Professor Chris Williams is Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. His main clinical and research interest is in the area of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and in particular in looking at ways of disseminating this approach more widely.
Professor Chris Williams is Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. His main clinical and research interest is in the area of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and in particular in looking at ways of disseminating this approach more widely.
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November 25, 2014
I will admit, it took me a long time to get through this book, but I am glad I did.
It's split into a five areas approach, which focuses on how everything is linked. What we think about a situation or problem may affect how we feel emotionally and physically and can also alter what we do.
Area 1: People and events around us (different situations, relationships and practical problems/resources facing the person)
Area 2: Altered thinking with extreme and unhelpful thoughts
Area 3: Altered feelings/emotions e.g. low, anxious, angry, ashamed, guilty
Area 4: Altered physical symptoms e.g. hyperventilating, panic attacks
Area 5: Altered behaviour/activity levels e.g. reduced activity, avoidance, helpful and unhelpful behaviours that you do
Because of the links between the five areas, it means that helpful changes in any one of the areas can lead to benefits in other areas as well. This book looks at many different ways to make changes in each of the five areas and how to keep going if you feel stuck. There's advice, CBT exercises and questions to answer related to thiongs such as doing things that boost how you feel, noticing and changing extreme and unhelpful thinking, overcoming sleep priblems, building relationships with your family and friends and information for them to offer the best support.
I found the interactive nature of the book helpful with getting a deeper understanding of my life and my feelings and I have started to get a clearer view of things. I'd recommend this book to anyone who struggles with depression and low mood.
It's split into a five areas approach, which focuses on how everything is linked. What we think about a situation or problem may affect how we feel emotionally and physically and can also alter what we do.
Area 1: People and events around us (different situations, relationships and practical problems/resources facing the person)
Area 2: Altered thinking with extreme and unhelpful thoughts
Area 3: Altered feelings/emotions e.g. low, anxious, angry, ashamed, guilty
Area 4: Altered physical symptoms e.g. hyperventilating, panic attacks
Area 5: Altered behaviour/activity levels e.g. reduced activity, avoidance, helpful and unhelpful behaviours that you do
Because of the links between the five areas, it means that helpful changes in any one of the areas can lead to benefits in other areas as well. This book looks at many different ways to make changes in each of the five areas and how to keep going if you feel stuck. There's advice, CBT exercises and questions to answer related to thiongs such as doing things that boost how you feel, noticing and changing extreme and unhelpful thinking, overcoming sleep priblems, building relationships with your family and friends and information for them to offer the best support.
I found the interactive nature of the book helpful with getting a deeper understanding of my life and my feelings and I have started to get a clearer view of things. I'd recommend this book to anyone who struggles with depression and low mood.
September 4, 2019
I have had a couple of people close to me suffer with mental illness over recent times, and this book was very helpful in letting me understand some of what they are going through.
January 15, 2018
I can see here that a lot of people have read this book but if I was going to read or even contemplate buying this book, a physical readable review would really sell it to me.
I'm not sure what it is about self help books, especially depression etc but there seem's to be a lack of reviews, which sometimes can do the book a great dishonour, luckily, this book really is very helpful and hopefully this review will show that.
It's not short by any means and it may take other readers a fair while to get through, (some readers may not want to read cover to cover, it depends on the reader's learning and reading style) however, it's a book you can go back to (especially if you own or loan) which is handy because its split up into areas to make it easier for the reader to approach. Each area focuses on how everything is all linked together, so how each situation we're put into or each problem can have an affect on us, emotionally or physically.
The further you get through the book it shows how you can deal with things etc. The advice throughout the book is helpful but so are the CBT exercises and lots of practical and useful ideas, I think the whole book is just a great asset to have on the book shelf.
Definitely a recommend for anyone who like myself, struggles with depression and/low mood and wants to get a hold of it.
I'm not sure what it is about self help books, especially depression etc but there seem's to be a lack of reviews, which sometimes can do the book a great dishonour, luckily, this book really is very helpful and hopefully this review will show that.
It's not short by any means and it may take other readers a fair while to get through, (some readers may not want to read cover to cover, it depends on the reader's learning and reading style) however, it's a book you can go back to (especially if you own or loan) which is handy because its split up into areas to make it easier for the reader to approach. Each area focuses on how everything is all linked together, so how each situation we're put into or each problem can have an affect on us, emotionally or physically.
The further you get through the book it shows how you can deal with things etc. The advice throughout the book is helpful but so are the CBT exercises and lots of practical and useful ideas, I think the whole book is just a great asset to have on the book shelf.
Definitely a recommend for anyone who like myself, struggles with depression and/low mood and wants to get a hold of it.
July 30, 2020
Read this to support a friend who was suffering from depression while she did the book too. I definitely learned a lot from it and I'd turn to it immediately if I needed to. Ended up passing my copy on to someone that mentioned they were feeling depressed, it's a really easy way to nip things in the bud.
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