When antidepressants aren't enough : harnessing the power of mindfulness to alleviate depression
by Eisendrath, Stuart J., 1948- (Author)
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"A guide to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy as a treatment for major depressive disorder, written by a Professor Emeritus of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco; includes meditation and visualization exercises to help readers manage the negative thoughts that cause and accom... Full description
Table of Contents:
- 1
- Nature of the Depression Beast
- p. 11
- Part I
- Power of Now
- 2
- What Mindfulness Is and What It Is Not
- p. 25
- 3
- How Mindfulness Helps in Depression
- p. 49
- Part II
- Changing Your Relationship to Your Mind and Thoughts
- 4
- Your Mind Is Not Always Your Friend
- p. 67
- 5
- Thoughts Are Not Facts: How to Befriend the Observing Self
- p. 79
- Part 111
- Stumbling Blocks to Change and How to Overcome Them
- 6
- Anxiety: Depression's Frequent Partner
- p. 89
- 7
- Anger and Its Impact on Depression
- p. 101
- Part IV
- Lasting Ways to Achieve Happiness
- 8
- Compassion and Self-Compassion: Antidotes for Anger and Allies in Combating Depression
- p. 113
- 9
- Achievements Divided by Expectations Equals Happiness
- p. 127
- 10
- Difference between Pain and Suffering
- p. 141
- 11
- Acceptance and Other Shifts in Attitude
- p. 149
- 12
- How to Live Well Despite Depression: Keeping Your Practice Alive
- p. 167.