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The Mood Gym
Sep 21, 2024 8:37 AM

Author:Helen Christensen,Dr Kathleen Griffiths

The Mood Gym

All of us feel anxious from time to time, but for one in six people in the UK chronic depression can become unbearable and severely disrupt everyday life. The Mood Gym is an interactive programme designed for those who would like to manage existing negative emotions and prevent mental health problems in the future.

Drawing on the latest research and based on two proven techniques - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy - this unique guide will:

- assess your mood and anxiety levels through interactive quizzes

- help you to change unhelpful patterns of thought and behaviour

- offer proven coping strategies to help you deal with depression and let you enjoy your life once more

- outline complementary therapies, such as relaxation and meditation, to assist you in your recovery

The Mood Gym is a unique guide that will help you feel better.

Reviews

Moodgym is particularly popular with people in rural areas who might not have access to professionals trained in CBT

—— Sydney Morning Herald

Researchers at the Australian National University, Canberra, found that therapeutic websites can be as effective as visits to a psychotherapist...Patients improved after referral to MoodGym, a behaviour therapy site

—— The Times

a web-based program that uses cognitive behaviour therapy to help users prevent and manage depression

—— Weekend Australian

A lively, engaging and often witty read; a quirky, eye-opening account of one of life's most elemental experiences

—— Boston Globe

Fantastic... a darkly witty guide through the birthing hut

—— New York Magazine

Tired all the time? Fed up arguing about chores? Spousonomics says applying some economic rules will transform your relationship...according to the authors, [using] economic theories can be a powerful tool to making your marriage successful.

—— Daily Mail

A brilliant and innovative book.

—— A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-it-All

Practical, compelling and hilarious

—— Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project

Frank, funny, insightful and disconcertingly apt, this book transposes the laws and theories of economics onto emotional relationships with daring but effective aplomb.

—— Easy Living Magazine

Jane Shilling is an excellent writer...this is detailed, personal and memorable

—— William Leith , Evening Standard

The essay form, with its drifts and lurches, suits Shilling's purposes perfectly as she catalogues her experience of middle-ages confusion and loss... all with detail, nuance, enthusiasm and care

—— Ian Sansom , Guardian

The usual stereotypes about grumpy old women are jettisoned in favour of ironic and nuanced observations about sexuality, identity and death in this crisply written memoir about middle age

—— Benjamin Evans , Daily Telegraph

An honest midlife memoir of ageing, false expectations and unrealised dreams

—— Michael Binyon , The Times

Detailed, personable and memorable

—— William Leith , Scotsman

Her story may not be unusual, but the elegance and range of her writing most certainly is. The journey is a delight

—— Daily Telegraph

Fans of this beautifully crafted, critically acclaimed memoir of middle-age might well take the view that it should be distributed free on the NHS to all women over 50... a penetrating analysis of the challenges and heartaches of life's middle phase

—— Katherine Whitbourn , Daily Mail

Shilling casts a self-critical eye over the events that have shaped her life

—— Emma Hagestadt , Independent
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