The Behavioral Activation Workbook for Depression
On sale
25th April 2024
Price: £20
Genre
Complementary Therapies, Healing & Health / Coping With Illness & Specific Conditions / Self-help & Personal Development
Selected:
Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781648482465
People with depression often struggle with low mood, lack of motivation, and feelings of overwhelm that keep them feeling stuck and unable to move forward. Grounded in evidence-based behavioral activation-a powerfully effective treatment for depression-this workbook offers readers an array of actionable strategies to increase their motivation, connect with what matters, manage difficult thoughts and feelings, boost their mood, and build a better life-one step at a time.
Increase motivation, improve your mood, and build a better life-one step at a time.
Do you often feel sad, numb, or hopeless? Are you overwhelmed by seemingly small things, or feel mentally or physically exhausted all the time? Do you find yourself easily agitated, or have difficulty concentrating? Have you lost interest in activities you normally enjoy? If so, you may be suffering from depression. It’s important to know that you aren’t alone, and there is hope for recovery. If you feel stuck in a negative cycle of low mood, lack of motivation, and feelings of despair, this workbook can help you find your way out.
Grounded in evidence-based behavioral activation-a powerfully effective treatment for depression-this workbook offers an array of actionable strategies to increase motivation, connect with what matters, manage difficult thoughts and feelings, and start engaging in life again. You’ll also find skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-the gold standard for treating mental health issues such as depression-to help you develop a mood-boosting activity plan (and stick with it!). Finally, you’ll find tips and tools drawn from mindfulness, self-compassion, and gratitude to boost feelings of positivity and hope.
Often the hardest step toward better mental health is the first one, but you don’t have to take that step alone. With this workbook, you’ll learn how to overcome the inertia of your depression, so you can once again engage in the activities that you enjoy, and that give you a sense of meaning and purpose in life.
Increase motivation, improve your mood, and build a better life-one step at a time.
Do you often feel sad, numb, or hopeless? Are you overwhelmed by seemingly small things, or feel mentally or physically exhausted all the time? Do you find yourself easily agitated, or have difficulty concentrating? Have you lost interest in activities you normally enjoy? If so, you may be suffering from depression. It’s important to know that you aren’t alone, and there is hope for recovery. If you feel stuck in a negative cycle of low mood, lack of motivation, and feelings of despair, this workbook can help you find your way out.
Grounded in evidence-based behavioral activation-a powerfully effective treatment for depression-this workbook offers an array of actionable strategies to increase motivation, connect with what matters, manage difficult thoughts and feelings, and start engaging in life again. You’ll also find skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-the gold standard for treating mental health issues such as depression-to help you develop a mood-boosting activity plan (and stick with it!). Finally, you’ll find tips and tools drawn from mindfulness, self-compassion, and gratitude to boost feelings of positivity and hope.
Often the hardest step toward better mental health is the first one, but you don’t have to take that step alone. With this workbook, you’ll learn how to overcome the inertia of your depression, so you can once again engage in the activities that you enjoy, and that give you a sense of meaning and purpose in life.
Reviews
A big thank you to Josefowitz and Swallow for writing this much-needed book. Behavioral activation is among the most powerful methods for overcoming depression and staying well. This workbook provides a clear, step-by-step approach for using activity, exercise, social connection, and mindfulness to rekindle motivation, energy, engagement, and enjoyment. I highly recommend it for anyone who struggles with low mood!
This wonderful book offers clear, simple (but not simplistic!), manageable strategies for overcoming depression. Capitalizing on people's strengths, existent positive habits, and values, the book naturally instils hope, motivation, and efficacy for change, while providing the scaffolding required to effect that change. A must-read for clinicians and those living with depression.
Depression is one of the most common mental health problems, and with COVID-19 has increased. Two leading cognitive behavioral therapists offer important, evidence-based ways we can help ourselves by seeing how we can get caught up in unhelpful loops of thinking and behavior, and then act to set up different loops that can lift us from depression. Full of clinical wisdom, accessible, encouraging, and supportive, many depressed people will find key ideas and practices to help them.