Category Archives: Depression

Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway  by Susan Jeffers

Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway by Susan Jeffers

This book takes an unusual approach to fear and anxiety.  Rather than trying to get to the root of your fear, on the basis that working out what caused it will get rid of it, the book explains that anxiety is a part of life and that we feel fear and anxiety for many different reasons – but that you should learn to live the life you want, even if you are afraid. The book set out concrete techniques and ways of looking at the world to help you to approach life in a more direct manner. Although the book does refer to a “higher power”, the author’s beliefs do not become intrusive. The book contains tips and insights which even those who do not have any spiritual and religious beliefs will find helpful. This book argues that are different types of anxiety but the worst is the belief that we will not be able to handle something, such as our partner leaving us, or earning less than a certain amount, or to travel by air, for example. The book uses a common sense approach to help you reach a point where you know that in fact you CAN handle anything that happens to you. Jeffers’ point is that you can teach yourself to accept fear as a necessary part of life, then move on; that dealing with fear and and anxiety is less frightening that living with the fear and anxiety which comes from feeling helpless

Overcoming Childhood Trauma by Helen Kennerly

Overcoming Childhood Trauma by Helen Kennerly

This book has been described as intuitively and insightful. It uses Cognitive Behavioural techniques to deal with the emotional problems which can arise from difficult early years, with advice on how to deal with stress and anxiety, anger, intrusive memories, mood swings, self destructive behaviour (including the urge to self harm). It gives a structured… Continue Reading

Mindful Manifesto by Dr Jonty Heaversedge

Mindful Manifesto by Dr Jonty Heaversedge

The manifesto is that “doing less and noticing more helps us to thrive in a stressed out world”. This book gives sensible, straightforward, easy to follow advice about meditation and relaxation to relieve stress and anxiety; the techniques are also used for pain management. Dr Heaversedge is a GP who noticed that there were no… Continue Reading

Overcoming Depression by Paul Gilbert

Overcoming Depression by Paul Gilbert

A self help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques This self help book uses cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques to help those suffering with depression and also to allow their family and friends to understand the nature of depression. It includes a section on guilt and on depression which arises out of being anxious. It contains practical… Continue Reading

Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns

Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns

In The Feeling Good Handbook, Dr David Burns uses CBT to deal with the wide range of everyday problems that cause difficulty and unhappiness for so many people (chronic nervousness, panic attacks, phobias, and feelings of stress, guilt, or inferiority). The Feeling Good Handbook teaches how to remove the mental obstacles that bar you from… Continue Reading