The mindful way through depression : freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness

The mindful way through depression Freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness

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Subjects
Depression, Mental.
Happiness.
Attention.
Published
New York : Guilford Press [2007]
Language
English
Other Authors
J. Mark G. Williams (-)
Item Description
"Including a CD of guided meditations by Jon Kabat Zin"--Cover.
Physical Description
viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 compact disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index.
ISBN
9781593851286
9781593854492
  • Introduction: Tired of Feeling So Bad for So Long
  • I. Mind, Body, and Emotion
  • 1. "Oh, No, Here I Go Again": Why Unhappiness Won't Let Go
  • 2. The Healing Power of Awareness: Making a Shift to Freedom
  • II. Moment by Moment
  • 3. Cultivating Mindfulness: A First Taste
  • 4. The Breath: Gateway to Awareness
  • 5. A Different Kind of Knowing: Sidestepping the Ruminative Mind
  • III. Transforming Unhappiness
  • 6. Reconnecting with Our Feelings--Those We Like, Those We Don't Like, and Those We Don't Know We Have
  • 7. Befriending our Feelings
  • 8. Seeing Thoughts as Creations of the Mind
  • 9. Mindfulness in Everyday Life: Taking a Breathing Space
  • IV. Reclaiming Your Life
  • 10. From Being Unhappy to Being Fully Alive
  • 11. The Mindfulness Program and Your Life: Bringing It All Together
  • Resources and Further Reading
  • Audio CD: Guided Meditation Practices forThe Mindful Way through Depression
Review by Library Journal Review

Composed by a star-studded team of scientists and practitioners, this powerful book is the best self-help title to arrive since David Burns's seminal Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. Williams (clinical psychology & Wellcome Principal Research Fellow, Oxford Univ.), John Teasdale (fellow, British Acad. & the Acad. of Medical Sciences), and Zindel Segal (Morgan Firestone Chair in Psychotherapy, Univ. of Toronto) previously collaborated on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, a well-received text for mental health professionals. Add to the mix Jon Kabat-Zinn (medicine, emeritus, Univ. of Massachusetts Medical Sch.), a luminary in his own right (Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life), and the result is a useful lay reader's guide to incorporating mindfulness techniques in everyday life. Providing a realistic eight-week program, this wonderful guide and its accompanying CD offer invaluable practical strategies for banishing depression and regaining one's life. Highly recommended for all public and academic library collections.-Lynne Maxwell, Villanova Univ. Sch. of Law Lib., PA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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