How to Heal Depression

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Summary: Great for understanding and normalizing depression.
Review: I am a psychologist working in a college counseling center, and I frequently recommend this book to my clients. The only thing I don't like about the book is the title, because I think it is misleading. Rather than help to "heal" depression, this book is excellent for helping one to understand their depression and to normalize this experience as a means to reduce self-blame. The best part of this book is its unique, easy-to-read format: the chapters are written in outline form, and each chapter is just 1-2 pages long and printed on the left-hand sides of the pages only. The right-hand side pages contain quotes and sayings from famous people who have experienced depression, including Abraham Lincoln ("I am now the most miserable man living"). A great first step to understanding depression in yourself or someone you love.

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Summary: This book made me feel so much better
Review: I love this book! It should be in the collection of every library and I think it should be in every doctor's waiting room. It's short and sweet and easy to read and it really drives home the point that you're not defective, that other people have the same problem, and there is help. I read the book once, and then I decided I wanted to go back through it and make notes from the pages that really spoke to me. At the end I had more than 100 pages that I wanted to keep quotes from.

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Summary: An Informative Book in an Easy-To-Read Format!
Review: If you're like me, you suffer from depression that is so painful, yet so baffling since you don't fully know WHY. So you look into many different books about depression. "How To Heal Depression" would be a wonderful asset to your library and/or your repertoire.

What's best about this book is how easy to read it is. YOu can go to the table of contents and find the topic of choice, then go to that page and read a very direct and inlightening piece about such topic. This book also has many quotes and inspirational sayings to help you through as well. The pages have the question or topic and then answers it with a bullet list. I love it! If I want to know about eating disorders, choosing a doctor,suicide, cognitive therapy, the grief process, anything....all I have to do is find the page and everything else is smooth sailing!

This is definitely a book that one would be wise to invest in. Whether you're depressed, know someone who is, or work with mental health issues, this book comes highly recommended!:o)

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Summary: This book made me feel so much better
Review: If you're like me, you suffer from depression that is so painful, yet so baffling since you don't fully know WHY. So you look into many different books about depression. "How To Heal Depression" would be a wonderful asset to your library and/or your repertoire.

What's best about this book is how easy to read it is. YOu can go to the table of contents and find the topic of choice, then go to that page and read a very direct and inlightening piece about such topic. This book also has many quotes and inspirational sayings to help you through as well. The pages have the question or topic and then answers it with a bullet list. I love it! If I want to know about eating disorders, choosing a doctor,suicide, cognitive therapy, the grief process, anything....all I have to do is find the page and everything else is smooth sailing!

This is definitely a book that one would be wise to invest in. Whether you're depressed, know someone who is, or work with mental health issues, this book comes highly recommended!:o)

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Summary: Brilliantly Done
Review: This book seems to consist of two things, inspirational quotes from various sources and a giant advertisement for visiting a psychologist or psychiatrist. If you know of someone who you think needs professional help but isn't getting any, it would be worthwhile to buy this book as a gift. It may be just what they need to motivate them into seeking help. At the very least, it would show your concern for them. On the other hand, if you suffer from depression yourself and are already in therapy, this book is completely useless to you and will depress you further if you spend hard-earned money on it.

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Summary: Total useless tapes
Review: This is a set of totally useless tapes. It wasted my money and my money. I kept hoping it will get better and disppointed.
I don't know how heal unappealing musics and songs can HEAL depression. It is way better to get other books like "Feeling good about youself" from Dr. David Burns.

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Summary: A lifeline for the depressed by those who understand
Review: When a person is depressed, it takes a lot to get through to them. I spotted this book's colorful cover at a large bookstore chain and suspected from the beginning that I had finally found something really helpful. Even the bold nature of the title, "How to HEAL Depression," appealed to the hopeful kernel deep inside. I was right. It was the most helpful of all the books I read on the subject during the time two years ago when my college-age daughter was battling depression. I had waged my own battle with this problem some 20 years before, and and was thankful that I could recognize the symptoms. This book would have helped me then. I am only glad it was around recently to help us now. "How to Heal Depression" offers a simplicity and straightforwardness that recognizes the delicate nature of the depressed person. When you are depressed, it's hard to maintain an attention span. In order to get through, one needs to make clear, bright, easy-to-understand statements. The fierce inte