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 enlarge | Author: James S. Gordon M.d.
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The
Category: Book
List Price: $25.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 1266
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.6
ISBN: 1594201668
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8527
EAN: 9781594201660
ASIN: 1594201668
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
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 A Great Alternative to Drugs! August 17, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
After being on Paxil for 12 years it is nice to find an alternative to the over prescribed antidepressants. I gained 80 lbs. over the past years, and I feel worse now that I look so bad. The whole body/mind/spirit approach is something that I can totally relate to.
This is a great tool for anyone with similar problems. I feel much better after getting off of the drugs and using a different approach.
a model for a holistic approach August 13, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
James Gordon, MD, opens his new book with the following bold statement: "Depression is not a disease, the end point of a pathological process...It's a wake-up call and the start of a journey that can help us become whole and happy, a journey that can change and transform our lives."
This may not sound like the typical perspective of a Western-trained psychiatrist, but Gordon is not your typical psychiatrist. He is a leader in the field of integrative medicine, having Instead, Gordon serves as kind of guide to the guides, using his professional experience and expertise to point out how the reader can develop a personal approach to healing. He does not pretend to be the world's leading expert on every healing path that he recommends readers explore. Instead, he provides an empowering and hopeful perspective that will help readers explore every aspect of their lives, and as many healing modalities as they find appealing.
Gordon takes seriously his responsibility to help readers make one-on-one connections with professionals who can offer advice tailored to the individual. The chapter on how to choose specific guides to work with is compelling and noticeably absent in other "self-help" books. He emphasizes that any guide, whether a physician or a spiritual teacher, should know how to create a safe haven, and should be welcoming, generous, and courageous. Gordon himself models this approach in how he talks to the reader and shares his own experience with depression.
There are few books that serve this role, and I think that it is an excellent model for the kind of work that all therapists and healthcare professionals do. Gordon's book illustrates how to be a guide that connects an individual to many healing paths, while emphasizing a holistic, Yogic perspective. For that reason, I recommend the book to anyone who hopes to guide individuals on a path of healing and compassionate self-awareness.
great new book on depression August 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the most encouraging book on depression that I have read. Dr Gordon uses a multipronged approach including meditation, body movement, acupuncture, nutrition, positive thinking, ;aychotherapy, and utilizing all available support, both inner and outer. Many of his suggestions cost no money at all. But they do require an active choice and this is often hard for someone who is depressed. He makes this easy too, however, because a person can try one tool at a time, add one tool at a time. He draws on recent research and many years of experience. Try even just the deep belly breathing for a start; this in itself can calm the chattering mind.
 Stuck..Unstuck..that is the Question August 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found this to be very helpful..and validating of my beliefs about so called depression..Life is a journey and we all want our journey to have meaning..with out that we question it all.
Unstuck August 1, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Have not completed reading the book but so far the ideas have been very helpful. Lois
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