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Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition Chris Williams (Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition By Chris Williams (Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition by Chris Williams (Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)


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Overcoming Depression and Low Mood provides a clear and effective approach to the treatment of low mood, using structured self-help workbooks.

Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition Summary

Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition: A Five Areas Approach by Chris Williams (Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

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 do
develop better problem solving skills
rebalance relationships by becoming more assertive
become more active and rediscover the fun in their life
build helpful responses to life stresses
discover how to sleep better
learn how to change negative and undermining thinking
stop reacting in ways that backfire
make choices that boost a healthy lifestyle
plan for the future in order to stay well

One 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.

Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition Reviews

In summary, I do not think you would go far wrong if you considered this a first port of call when looking for a CBT self-help book on depression


Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Volume 36, Issue 02, Mar 2008, pp 248-250

About Chris Williams (Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Dr Chris Williams is a recognised expert and trainer in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and works as a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at the University of Glasgow. He has been a Governing Board member of the United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy (UKCP) and is a Past-President of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (BABCP), the lead body for CBT in the UK.

Table of Contents

Starting out: using the course materials ... and how to keep going if you feel stuck
Understanding why I feel as I do
Practical problem-solving
Being assertive
Building relationships
Information for families and friends: how can I offer support?
Noticing and changing extreme and unhelpful thinking
Overcoming reduced activity and avoidance
Using exercise to boost how you feel
Helpful and unhelpful things we can do
Alcohol, drugs and you
Overcoming sleep problems
Understanding and using antidepressant medication
Planning for the future

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9780340905869
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Overcoming Depression and Low Mood, Second Edition: A Five Areas Approach by Chris Williams (Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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