Titel: | Mindfulness en bevrijding van depressie : voorbij chronische ongelukkigheid |
Auteurs: | Mark Williams ; John Teasdale ; Zindel Segal ; Jon Kabat-zinn |
Documenttype: | Books |
Uitgever : | Amsterdam : Nieuwezijds, 2007 |
Artikel op pagina: | IX, 245 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN: | 978-90-5712-249-1 |
Talen: | Nederlands |
Indexering: | 616.852 7 |
Tags: | Depression, Mental ; Depressed persons |
Abstract : |
' A revolutionary treatment method. For those who suffer from depression this is really a helpful guide to emotional balance. For professionals in the mental health care would be required reading. I recommend this book highly. ' -Daniel Goleman, author of emotional intelligence Do you know the desperate feeling you nothing, fails, that life makes no sense or that there is something fundamentally wrong with you? Have you ever experienced a depression? The good news is that there might be nothing at all wrong with you. Maybe you do something wrong. Brave attempts to pull ourselves out of a depression, often keep us locked in the suffering that we try to flee. Mindfulness and Liberation of depression explains the hidden psychological mechanisms of depression, shows how you can be empowered at the adversities of life and helps to despair leading thought patterns. It contains a proven working and easy to apply self-help program to reduce recurring chronic unhappiness. Specially for this book pronunciation guided meditations are downloadable from www.nieuwezijds.nl. Mark Williams, John Teasdale and Zindel Segal is Professor of psychology at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Toronto respectively. Rather they wrote mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression, a ground breaking book for professionals. Jon Kabat-Zinn is professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Massachusetts and bestselling author in the field of mindfulness. Review (s) This book seeks a different path in the approach to help with depression than the usual cognitive therapies. In short, it comes down to mindfulness-based stress reduction or stress reduction through Mindfulness Meditation exercises from ancient Buddhist traditions. After a description of the causes why gloom will not disappear and turns into depression, a lot of attention given to raise awareness of current physical reactions such as stress and breathing, the feelings, the aversion reflex or avoidance, and the current thoughts. This exercises, pronunciation text that one can download from the internet. The goal is that you have a fair and open mind (is one) have to what is going on in your life right now. The book is written by professors of Psychiatry and clinical psychology and by a meditation teacher. The book is intended for those that deal with aid, but also for people who experience depression in their own lives. Despite that much is written about depression, gives this book a welcome different look and different approach. Drs. J.H.A.M. Babu |