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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
The useful part is not the chart on the wall. It is that the person could think of things to do instead, and that took months of quiet work to arrive at.
Someone else's list of alternatives will not hold, because they thought of theirs and you did not. Build yours slowly, adding what has genuinely…
With the fast acting treatments, the plan for what happens afterwards matters as much as the treatment itself.
Electroconvulsive therapy can shift severe depression quickly, and without something in place afterwards the relapse rate is high, which is why…
Sometimes the honest answer is that there is nothing in your surroundings to feel good about. Changing them counts as treatment, not as running away.
A life with no friends nearby, no work that means anything and a steady drip of criticism will produce low mood in most people, and skills practised…
A belief you have carried since childhood will not fall over because you asked it a good question this afternoon. You are planting something, not winning an argument.
The temptation, once a thought starts to look flimsy, is to press harder, and pressing usually makes the belief dig in. Leave the question where it…
There is more about low mood and hard feelings than the practices: the low mood and hard feelings area has the themes and the courses too.
With someone deep in shame, your steady presence is not the warm up before the useful part. It is the useful part.
That means resisting the urge to fix, to explain the psychology of it, or to hurry them along to a better feeling. Sit at their pace. Keep your tone…