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Overcoming Depression 3rd Edition

Paul Gilbert

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Break free from the hell of depression

If you suffer from depression you are far from alone. Depression is very common, affecting over 300 million people around the world. Written by Professor Paul Gilbert, internationally recognised for his work on depression, this highly acclaimed self-help book has been of benefit to thousands of people including sufferers, their friends and families, and those working in the medical profession.

This fully revised third edition has been extensively updated and rewritten to reflect over ten years of new research on understanding and treating depression, particularly the importance of developing compassionate ways of thinking, behaving and feeling. It contains helpful case studies and new, easy-to-follow, step-by-step suggestions and exercises to help you understand your depression and lift your mood.

  • Classification : Psychology
  • Pub Date : SEP 24, 2009
  • Imprint : Robinson
  • Page Extent : 624
  • Binding : TPB
  • ISBN : 9781849010665
  • Price : INR 1,099
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Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert (Author)
PAUL GILBERT is professor of clinical psychology at the University of Derby and until his retirement from the NHS in 2016 was consultant clinical psychologist at the Derbyshire Health Care Foundation Trust. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology for over 40 years with a special focus on the roles of mood shame and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties for which compassion focused therapy was developed. He has written and edited many books on psychology therapy and compassion. He was awarded an OBE by the Queen in March 2011 for services to mental health.

Choden (Author)
Formally a monk for seven years within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition CHODEN completed a three year three month retreat in 1997 and has been a practicing Buddhist since 1985. Born as Sean McGovern he is originally from South Africa where he trained as a lawyer and learned meditation under the guidance of Rob Nairn an internationally renowned Buddhist teacher.

Choden is now involved in developing secular mindfulness and compassion programmes drawing upon the wisdom and methods of the Buddhist tradition as well as contemporary insights from psychology and neuroscience. He is an honorary fellow of the University of Aberdeen and teaches on their Postgraduate Study Programme in Mindfulness (MSc) that is the first of its kind to include compassion in its curriculum. He lives on the Isle of Arran.

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