This new title in the Compassionate Mind series, based on the ground-breaking new therapy Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), is written by Professor Paul Gilbert. Professor Gilbert is the series editor of the Compassionate Mind self-help manuals, and author of the bestselling The Compassionate Mind (75,000 copies sold to date) and Overcoming Depression (160,000 copies sold to date). This new book reflects Professor Gilbert’s most current approach to treating and overcoming depression, which will affect as many as 1 in 4 of us in our lifetimes.
Includes valuable information on the nature and causes of depression and explains what keeps it going.
Contains practical exercises and strategies based on the ground-breaking Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)