Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxietyby Thomas Marra |
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Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety
- Reading Level: Paperback
- Binding: Paperback
- No. of Pages: 280
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- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
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- ISBN: 1572243635
- Product Size (W x H x L) inches: 8.5 x 0.6 x 10.8
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Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety Review
Source: Product DescriptionA revolutionary, proven-effective model that shows you how to:
· Identify symptoms of mixed anxiety and depression
· Cope with negative and painful emotions
· Calm your anxious mind
· Regulate dramatic mood shifts
· Learn how to soothe yourself
· energy and enthusiasm
Imagine feeling depressed and drained of energy and initiative while also being overwhelmed with feelings of dread and anxiety about the future. The consequence of this intolerable state of mind amounts to behavioral paralysis, a profound loss of control and quality of life. Therapist call this condition co-occuring depression and anxiety. Clinical research suggests that 60 percent of depression sufferers concurrently experience some kind of anxiety disorder. This book, the first written to general readers about this condition, uses the powerful techniques of dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, to help readers control both conditions.
DBT begins with the assumption that psychological problems are the result of feeling or emotional responses that are in conflict. It integrates a range of theraputic techniques to "tease apart" and resolve the competing internal needs and urges that generate anger, depression, and anxiety. By recognizing these conflicting emotions and forming new expectations, readers alleviate the symptoms generated by these conflicts. The book begins by having readers identify their most painful inner conflict. Then they develop compromises that acknowledge the issue but limit its ability to interfere with their lives—effectively reducing the extent to which their emotions govern who they are or what that are capable of. Exercises focus on assisting readers to become more responsive to uplifitng aspects of their enviroment and tolerant of unavoidable emotions.
Depressed and Anxious: The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Workbook for Overcoming Depression & Anxiety Customer Reviews
Number of reviews: 18 Average Rating:A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2009-06-29 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, Good Resource But Takes Committment
I have used this as a resource with clients. It takes a committment to complete the workbook and sometimes the explanations and examples are hard for them to understand. This has been more with people who still tend to be a little concrete. Has been helpful in teaching some of the dbt concepts and skills. I have had some who have used some of the exercises during high stress or crisis and have found it helpful. It is useful but not everyone is willing to do the work to learn and use the information covered.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2009-06-27 and rated it
0 Person found this review helpful, Excellent Book
I think this book is excellent. It takes a lot of fortitude and energy to do it but the results are well worth it.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2008-10-31 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, Challenging And Worth It!
I am a licensed practicing Ph.D. psychologist and very familiar with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)theory and practice. I have read and recommended this book to clients, and have also been using the book with clients. It is a very organized, dense book that is packed with complex theory and operationalization of theory. The reader may feel temporarily worse from an emotional perspective after reading the beginning chapters because these chapters clarify explicityl and in great detail what is problematic in all aspects of his/her life. However, if the reader can stick with the book, the later chapters provide tools to challenge problematic thinking as well as coping techniques. If the reader is overwhelmed reading the book independently, I would recommend seeing an experienced psychologist or other mental health professional who is familiar with DBT and can assist in working through the material. I also highly recommend this book to any practicing clinician who works with depression and anxiety.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2008-07-07 and rated it
1 Person found this review helpful, A Very Good Explanation Of DBT
Although it is called Depressed & Anxious, it does provide a complete explanation of DBT. Once again its a workbook and if you buy this workbook you need to follow the instructions to get the most out of it. DBT isn't easy but its worth trying.
A Fellow Amazon Customer Reviewed this title on: 2008-03-02 and rated it
2 People found this review helpful, Nothing Is Completely Dark
This book broke my habit of black and white thinking. I love the use of monitoring my feelings on a continuum. I am always between extremes, which is fine with me. Because of this book, I will never see anything as completely dark.
I suffered from GAD, Agoraphobia and clinical depression. Originally, my doctors put me on medicine for anxiety, but these became addictive. Eventually, I had to withdraw.
Since I could only afford to go to a non-profit clinic, therapy was short lived. Eventually, the doctors put me on a anti-depressant, which has worked well. I remained clean from all drugs and alcohol.
I have been reading books about depression and anxiety; this author places them side by side and I love it.