When antidepressants aren't enough harnessing the power of mindfulness to alleviate depression / [electronic book] :
Stuart J. Eisendrath and Zindel Segal.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (142 pages)
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.