It's Not Always Depression, Reasons to Stay Alive 2 Books Collection Set
It's Not Always Depression by Hilary
We were all taught that our thoughts affect our emotions, but in truth it is largely the other way around: we have to experience our emotions to truly understand our thoughts, and our full selves. This is why we should think not only about cognitive behavioural therapy or medication, but also about our emotions, when addressing psychological suffering.
In It's Not Always Depression, pioneering psychotherapist Hilary Jacobs Hendel reveals the most effective techniques for putting us back in touch with the emotions we too often deny - methods which can be used by anyone, any time, anywhere. Drawing on stories from her own practice, she sheds light on the core emotions (such as joy, sadness and fear), defences (anything we do to avoid feeling) and inhibitory emotions (anxiety, shame and guilt), and how understanding their interaction can help us return to mental well-being.
This is the basis of 'accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy:' it accelerates healing through having an emotional experience in the here and now. It allows you to reacquaint yourself with your feelings, to recover a more authentic self and to be more calm, curious and connected.
Reasons To Stay Alive by Matt Haig
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE?
Aged 24; Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis; triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.
A moving; funny and joyous exploration of how to live better; love better and feel more alive; Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth. 'I wrote this book because the oldest clicheacute;s remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it; even if we haven't been able to see it . . . Words; just sometimes; really can set you free.
