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I'm Not Supposed to Feel Like This: A Christian Approach to Depression and Anxiety (Hodder Christian Books)

  
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The subtitle of this book - "A Christian Self-help approach to Depression and Anxiety" is accurate: the emphasis is on self-help (although professional help is not opposed), and covers in detail not just depression but related psychological problems such as anxiety, panic attacks, even self-harm.The book is essentially a workbook - there are blank spaces to fill in and worksheets to photocopy. It differs from Lockley's "A Practical Workbook for the Depressed Christian" in that it is based almost entirely on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), with medication and other therapies covered in only a single chapter. Thus the book teaches techniques for challenging negative thoughts and skills for problem solving. The main tools are the "Five areas assessment" - Feelings, Physical symptoms, Thinking, Behaviour, and Relationship/Practical - and the "Seven Step Approach" - Define problem, Brainstorm, Assess advantages and disadvantages, Choose solution, Plan, Carry out, and Review. These ... read more.

Written by Ingrid Whitton, Paul Richards and Chris Williams.
Published 18 April 2002.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
rrp £7.99.
272 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 0340786396
ISBN-13: 9780340786390		 
 
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