Rethinking Depression
How to Shed Mental Health Labels and Create Personal Meaning
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Pathological Psychology, Self Help, Mental Health, Depression
| Author: | Eric Maisel | ISBN: | 9781608680214 |
| Publisher: | New World Library | Publication: | February 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | New World Library | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eric Maisel |
| ISBN: | 9781608680214 |
| Publisher: | New World Library |
| Publication: | February 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | New World Library |
| Language: | English |
In this provocative and pathbreaking distillation of a career spent working with individuals seeking help with mood and motivation, Eric Maisel reveals the implications of one of the most dramatic cultural shifts of our time. In recent decades, much of the unhappiness inherent in the human condition has been monetized and labeled as the disease of depression and related disorders. Maisel persuasively critiques this sickness model and prescribes a potent new therapy. The existential cognitive-behavioral therapy (ECBT) he details here marries the proven methods of CBT with the powerful meaning-based orientation of existential therapy. The result is a revolutionary reimagining of lifes difficulties and a liberating model of self-care that optimizes the innate human ability to create meaning and seize opportunity; in any circumstance.
In this provocative and pathbreaking distillation of a career spent working with individuals seeking help with mood and motivation, Eric Maisel reveals the implications of one of the most dramatic cultural shifts of our time. In recent decades, much of the unhappiness inherent in the human condition has been monetized and labeled as the disease of depression and related disorders. Maisel persuasively critiques this sickness model and prescribes a potent new therapy. The existential cognitive-behavioral therapy (ECBT) he details here marries the proven methods of CBT with the powerful meaning-based orientation of existential therapy. The result is a revolutionary reimagining of lifes difficulties and a liberating model of self-care that optimizes the innate human ability to create meaning and seize opportunity; in any circumstance.
