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 to:discover why they feel as they dodevelop better problem solving skillsrebalance relationships by becoming more assertivebecome more active and rediscover the fun in their lifebuild helpful responses to life stressesdiscover how to sleep betterlearn how to change negative and undermining thinkingstop reacting in ways that backfiremake choices that boost a healthy lifestyleplan for the future in order to stay wellOne 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.