When antidepressants aren't enough [electronic book] : harnessing the power of mindfulness to alleviate depression / Stuart J. Eisendrath and Zindel Segal.
By: Eisendrath, Stuart J.
Contributor(s): Segal, Zindel.
Material type:
BookPublisher: Novato : New World Library, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (142 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781608685974 (paperback) ; 9781608685981 (e-book).DDC classification: Online resources: E-book | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| e-BOOK | MTU Bishopstown Library | Not for loan |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
For nearly two decades, Dr. Stuart Eisendrath has been researching and teaching the therapeutic effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) with people experiencing clinical depression. By helping them recognize that they can find relief by changing how they relate to their thoughts, Eisendrath has seen dramatic improvements in people's quality of life, as well as actual, measurable brain changes. Easily practiced breath exercises, meditations, and innovative visualizations release readers from what can often feel like the tyranny of their thoughts. Freedom of thought, feeling, and action is the life-altering result.
Introduction: when antidepressants aren't enough -- The nature of the depression beast -- Part I: the power of now -- What mindfulness is and what it is not -- How mindfulness helps in depression -- Part II: changing your relationship to your mind and thoughts -- Your mind is not always your friend -- Thoughts are not facts: how to befriend the observing self -- Part III: stumbling blocks to change and how to overcome them -- Anxiety: depression's frequent partner -- Anger and its impact on depression -- Part IV: lasting ways to achieve happiness -- Compassion and self-compassion: antidotes for anger and allies in combating depression -- Achievements divided by expectations equals happiness -- The difference between pain and suffering -- Acceptance and other shifts in attitude -- How to live well despite depression: keeping your practice alive -- Appendix A: clinical research results -- Appendix B: research results and brain effects -- Acknowledgments -- Permission acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.
An easy-to-implement program, based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, to bring relief to chronic sufferers of depression.
Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword (p. xi)
- Introduction: When Antidepressants Aren't Enough (p. 1)
- 1 The Nature of the Depression Beast (p. 11)
- Part I The 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 The 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)
- Appendix A Clinical Research Results (p. 175)
- Appendix B Research Results and Brain Effects (p. 179)
- Acknowledgments (p. 185)
- Permission Acknowledgments (p. 187)
- Notes (p. 189)
- Index (p. 197)
- About the Author (p. 207)