Lehman College Mental Health Committee

If you are an older adult who suffers from bouts of depression, use this book to learn how to set goals for feeling better physically with good nutrition and exercise habits. Put the book's techniques into practice to enrich the practical aspects your daily life like shopping, getting around, and socializing. Evaluate available medication options that address your feelings of depression and anxiety. Throughout, find great advice for making important social connections, building self-esteem, overcoming grief and sadness, and finding joy in life again.

Using the principles of CBT, these 150 information pages and worksheets help adults to understand and manage symptoms of anxiety. The activities follow the framework of a typical CBT course: how it works, looking at the nature of the anxiety, linking thoughts, feelings, behaviour and physiology cycles, exploring different levels of thinking and beliefs, and identifying goals and future planning. Suitable for adults in individual or group work, this is an excellent resource to use as a standalone resource or in conjunction with professional therapy to deal with anxiety.

A 12-step program designed to assist people overcome feelings of fear anxiety and depression. Encouraging a pro-active approach, the program offers various strategies for change and includes self scoring record sheets that enable readers to track their progress.