內容簡介
內容簡介 心理、情緒問題不可否認地已是現代最常見的疾病之一，在許多民風保守的區域，甚至還認為心理疾病是一種羞恥的疾病，因此並不會正面積極地面對、治療。許多已發展心理疾病治療系統的國家，多是使用藥物及認知行為療法，在本書中，作者希拉蕊‧韓德爾提到，除了常見的藥物控制、談話治療之外，也必須回到病人的情緒層面。思考方式影響情緒，情緒也會影響思考，面對自己逃避已久的情緒，可能是羞愧、愧疚、焦慮，這些情緒會阻擋中心情緒，如憤怒、傷心、興奮、開心等，可以充足的體驗中心情緒才能擁有開放的心懷，當然越是逃避就越讓自己躲在屏障底下。韓德爾在本書中會告訴讀者為何每一種情緒都有其價值，我們又應該如何辨別每一種情緒，還有理解有時為了逃避這些情緒會出現的反應，這樣一來就可以找到心理疾病的根源。Accessible psychotherapy to put us back in touch with our emotions, from the Mental Health Consultant to Mad MenIn this practical and fascinating new account of psychological suffering, pioneering psychotherapist Hilary Jacobs Hendel shows that we should think not only about cognitive behavioural therapy or medication, but also about our emotions. 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.It's Not Always Depression 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, Jacobs Hendel 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 wellbeing.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.
