Breaking the Patterns of Depression

Zusatztext "If depression has you in its grip, if your spirits need lifting, if tomorrow holds no promise of a better day, don't waste another minute: there's an antidote to feeling lousy and it's this book, Breaking the Patterns of Depression . Michael Yapko will help you unravel the mystery of depression and, more important, he will show you what you can do today to feel better immediately." --Michele Weiner Davis, author of Change Your Life and Everyone in it and Divorce Busting "Dr. Yapko has brought this book to all of us who battle the enemy of joy and peace--depression. And it is a wonderful guide. In it, he will teach you, as he has taught me, how to understand depression and how to defeat it. He will teach you how to look at yourself, the world, and the future in a new way. He will teach you that you can have a peaceful and meaningful life, and he will teach you how to do that." --Dr. Lynn D. Johnson, Ph.D., director of the Brief Therapy Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, and author of Psychotherapy in the Age of Accountability Informationen zum Autor Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D. is the author of seven previous books on brief, directive psychotherapy. He is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Solana Beach, California, and is known nationally and internationally for his work on treating depression with active, brief therapy methods. Acknowledging his expertise, the Encyclopaedia Britannica commissioned Dr. Yapko to write sections on depression, clinical hypnosis, and the repressed memory controversy for their medical and health annuals. Dr. Yapko and his wife, Diane, enjoy traveling and hiking in their spare time. Klappentext Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some form of diagnosable depression, and their ranks are growing. Psychologist Michael D. Yapko explains that in order to find relief, more than the current episode of depression must be examined. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression, he presents skills that enable readers to understand and ultimately avert depression's recurring cycles. Focusing on future prevention as well as initial treatment, the book includes over one hundred structured activities to help sufferers learn the skills necessary to become and remain depression-free. Breaking the Patterns of Depression begins by translating the clinical literature on psychotherapy and antidepressant medication into language that can be used to enhance an understanding of depression, and to personalize individual cures. Yapko uses a conversational, anecdotal tone that encourages readers to take an active approach to helping themselves. Special sections entitled "Learn by Doing" and "Shifting Perspectives" help develop the skills necessary to manage difficult experiences. Readers learn how to solve problems effectively, anticipate the likely consequences of their actions, think and act in a direct, goal-oriented fashion, balance different areas of their lives, and use self-knowledge to stay out of harmful situations. More realistic and helpful than other depression-management books on the market, Breaking the Patterns of Depression defines what causes depression and, best of all, clarifies what can be done about it. With this knowledge in hand, readers can control their depression, rather than having depression control them. Leseprobe How to Use this Book to Your Best Advantage The practical methods of this book do not emphasize rehashing the past. Examining your history may explain aspects of your depression but will not change it. Rather, it recognizes that you are reading this book with the hope that things will be different in the future--next week, next month, and all the rest of your life. The focus is on change in the present with an eye on the future. With that in mind, I intend to provide new ways of looking at depression and will also provide opportunities for experiential learning, b...

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Michael D. Yapko, Ph.D. is the author of seven previous books on brief, directive psychotherapy. He is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Solana Beach, California, and is known nationally and internationally for his work on treating depression with active, brief therapy methods. Acknowledging his expertise, the Encyclopaedia Britannica commissioned Dr. Yapko to write sections on depression, clinical hypnosis, and the repressed memory controversy for their medical and health annuals. Dr. Yapko and his wife, Diane, enjoy traveling and hiking in their spare time.

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Twenty to thirty million Americans suffer from some form of diagnosable depression, and their ranks are growing. Psychologist Michael D. Yapko explains that in order to find relief, more than the current episode of depression must be examined. In Breaking the Patterns of Depression, he presents skills that enable readers to understand and ultimately avert depression's recurring cycles. Focusing on future prevention as well as initial treatment, the book includes over one hundred structured activities to help sufferers learn the skills necessary to become and remain depression-free.

Breaking the Patterns of Depression begins by translating the clinical literature on psychotherapy and antidepressant medication into language that can be used to enhance an understanding of depression, and to personalize individual cures. Yapko uses a conversational, anecdotal tone that encourages readers to take an active approach to helping themselves. Special sections entitled "Learn by Doing" and "Shifting Perspectives" help develop the skills necessary to manage difficult experiences. Readers learn how to solve problems effectively, anticipate the likely consequences of their actions, think and act in a direct, goal-oriented fashion, balance different areas of their lives, and use self-knowledge to stay out of harmful situations.

More realistic and helpful than other depression-management books on the market, Breaking the Patterns of Depression defines what causes depression and, best of all, clarifies what can be done about it. With this knowledge in hand, readers can control their depression, rather than having depression control them.

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How to Use this Book to Your Best Advantage

The practical methods of this book do not emphasize rehashing the past. Examining your history may explain aspects of your depression but will not change it. Rather, it recognizes that you are reading this book with the hope that things will be different in the future--next week, next month, and all the rest of your life. The focus is on change in the present with an eye on the future. With that in mind, I intend to provide new ways of looking at depression and will also provide opportunities for experiential learning, because there is not better teacher than our own experience. I must emphasize to you that the best way to benefit from this book is to participate in the activities that are suggested in each of the chapters. Action is the emphasis here, because mere passive reflection on important but abstract ideas is not likely to produce the results you want. The ideas presented in each chapter are valuable, of course, but the real help comes as you expand your range of personal experiences (and therefore your range of resources) through the structured activities presented in this book.

There are two types of participatory experiences here. One is the "Pause and Reflect" exercise, which asks you to carefully consider some important concepts related to the topic at hand. (In order to encourage you to pause and reflect on your answer to these thought-provoking questions, and thereby derive more personal value from them, I have made my responses to them a little more difficult to jump into by printing them upside-down.) The other is the "Learn by Doing" exercise, which structures a learning experience for you to actively carry out. These typically encourage the development of s…