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It's Not Always Depression

A New Theory of Listening to Your Body, Discovering Core Emotions and Reconnecting with Your Authentic Self

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It's Not Always Depression

By: Hilary Jacobs Hendel
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of It's Not Always Depression by Hilary Jacobs Hendel, read by Cassandra Campbell. Includes a PDF of reference materials.

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.

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©2018 Hilary Jacobs Hendel (P)2018 Penguin Audio
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Best "How to" book on overcoming emotional unrest

This is the best book I've read on how to overcome depression. It contains play by play examples of how to overcome specific emotional disturbances as well as a simple methodology that can be applied to any issue. Would recommend to anyone with depression.

If you are looking for a book that explains "What emotions work and why ALL emotions are needed" then "The language of emotions" by Karla McLaren should be read before this one.

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The beginnings of a personal transformation.

What can I say? I've suffered from anxiety (and the ripple-out effects of that) all of my life. It's caused me to act out in my personal and professional life, saying and doing things out of panic and fear, and then regretting it. I've never known how to manage my anxiety or emotions fully, and it's caused me all sorts of pain. This audiobook has given me some tools to start tackling that, and I can already see it working. It's incredibly well written and produced, and I was engaged the whole way through. Beyond that, the simple tools that are offered are genuinely useful. I'm already more aware of what I'm feeling in the moment, more able to label and acknowledge my emotions, and move forward without acting from a place of anger or fear. I can now see that almost all of my anxiety is, at its' core, a fear of failure or being overwhelmed - these are not words I would have used before listening to this audiobook, but through this I can now get to the core of my emotions, calm myself down, and act and speak in a considered manner. I'm excited to listen to it again, and over the coming years see the compounding effect of having such a transformational skillset in my life. So simple, but so powerful. Thank you.

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Now I have hope

After listening to this book I felt very identified, maybe I don’t have depression or maybe my depression has a cure.

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Amazing

This book is fantastic! I didn’t want it to end. Professional or not you’ll reap the benefits x

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powerful examples of counselling

If you want to be a counsellor, this book will help you understand emotions and work with them. Essential for the experiential therapist. An easy listen.

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Practical and insightful.

An incredibly insightful book with very practical advice on how to use it. Useful to everyone.

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Helpful and fruitful read

Helpful and eye opening, good to read and engage with. Useful to have a genuine open friend to have read it alongside you to bounce thoughts around.

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Very helpful to improve you emotional coping

I liked this book a lot; well written, well-read, and a good way to work through emotions. Re-read worthy!!

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Recommended

Clear and simple to understand. Thank you for writing it, so helpful. This book was so good that I bought the paperback version too

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Clear and insightfull

I liked the readers voice and tone. The story was full of truth about being a human, full of compassion and hope. Easy to absorb in to your life.

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