Powerful Tools for Overcoming Depression

Do you think that you could lessen or overcome your feelings of depression if only you had the right tools? Are you ready to help yourself stop feeling depressed? If so, then you've found a powerful resource. The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression is a complete, comprehensive, step-by-step approach you can use, on your own or working with a therapist, to manage and conquer depression.

Using techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), you'll develop a plan for breaking your cycle of depression. You'll learn to recognize and dispute the irrational thoughts and depressive beliefs that keep you feeling down. You'll also discover ways to guard against emotions that often occur with depression, like anxiety and anger. As you proceed through the book's chapters and exercises, you'll build stronger defenses against depression, which will help you maintain your progress.

The powerful tools in this book will help you:
• Develop a personalized plan for change
• Assess your depression and learn how best to overcome it
• Defeat depressive thought and beliefs
• Overcome thoughts of helplessness, worthlessness, and self-blaming
• Avoid perfectionism and frustration
• Manage stress and depressive sensations
• Use special cognitive and behavioral techniques for positive change

The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression sets a new high standard for psychological self-help books. Within these pages, Knaus blends rational emotive behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy with his insights and innovative techniques to create a powerful step-by-step program for defeating depressive thinking and preventing relapses.
-Richard Sprinthall, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of graduate Studies in educational psychology at American International College in Springfield, MA

Here is a great source for anyone interested in learning the causes, consequences, and cures of depression. The book is a great resource for practitioners seeking effective and efficient ways to assist clients in working their way out of depressive states. It's an easy read, both informative and well-organized.
-Joseph R. Ferrari, Ph.D., professor of psychology at DePaul University and editor of the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Using the REBT format, Knaus' Behavioral Workbook for Depression is much more than a workbook. It is accessible and practical and simply the best self-help guide to the nature and non-pharmacologic treatment of depression available to sufferers-and their families. It is also a wonderful supplement to professional help.
-Joseph Gerstein, MD, FACP, assistant clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (ret.) and diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management

How to conquer depression with self-education is Knaus' gift to readers in his new book, The Cognitive Behavior Workbook for Depression. Drawing on the wisdom of depression experts as well as his own innovative PURRRRS & Depression Inventory, Knaus shows how to reduce the depth and shorten the duration of most depression. He teaches the reader how to quickly identify and overcome the main components of his or her individual depression. Self-disclosure and case examples offer a realistic perspective and encouragement to anyone struggling with depression's demons. Knaus offers us here a most hopeful book on depression!
-Deborah Steinberg, MSW, private practitioner and coauthor of How to Stick to a Diet

The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression is the best bet and the best book I've seen for tackling one's depression. It admirably blends a wealth of research and well-chosen examples into step-by-step procedures for understanding and undermining one's misery. It is fun to read, easy to follow, and full of optimism.
-Emmett Velten, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, board of trustees member of the Albert Ellis Institute of New York, and founding member of the self-help recovery system that became SMART Recovery®

I am very impressed with Knaus' focus on breaking out of the procrastination and debilitating inertia that usually accompanies depression. His expertise on procrastination sets his book apart as a resource that can really make a difference to those seeking to reduce their depressive thoughts and feelings. If you're struggling with depression and this book is in your hands, I encourage you to follow Knaus' advice and 'do it now!' The tools and strategies in this book will certainly help you better understand yourself and move out of the misery of depression.
-Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and director of the Procrastination Research Group

Bill Knaus has hit the bullseye! From a horde of scientific studies and his own extensive experience, he has distilled an accessible, easily assimilated, pragmatic, and schematic approach to dealing with 'parasite' anxieties. Readers can work through this program in small bites to gradually advance their control over their destructive anxieties.
—Joseph Gerstein, MD, FACP, Harvard Medical School

Reviews

"The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression sets a new high standard for psychological self-help books. Within these pages, Knaus blends rational emotive behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy with his insights and innovative techniques to create a powerful step-by-step program for defeating depressive thinking and preventing relapses."
–Richard Sprinthall, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of graduate Studies in educational psychology at American International College in Springfield, MA

"Here is a great source for anyone interested in learning the causes, consequences, and cures of depression. The book is a great resource for practitioners seeking effective and efficient ways to assist clients in working their way out of depressive states. It's an easy read, both informative and well-organized. "
–Joseph R. Ferrari, Ph.D., professor of psychology at DePaul University and editor of the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

"Using the REBT format, Knaus' The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression is much more than a workbook. It is accessible and practical and simply the best self-help guide to the nature and non-pharmacologic treatment of depression available to sufferers-and their families. It is also a wonderful supplement to professional help."
–Joseph Gerstein, MD, FACP, assistant clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (ret.) and diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management

"How to conquer depression with self-education is Knaus' gift to readers in his new book, The Cognitive Behavioral Workbook for Depression –Deborah Steinberg, MSW, private practitioner and coauthor of How to Stick to a Diet