Put the Colour Back in Your Life

Julia Zwick / Martin Hautzinger

Put the Colour Back in Your Life

Get active, change your thinking patterns, conquer depression. A self-help book for sufferers and their families

1st ed. published 2018. 156 pages All rights available

Put the Colour Back in Your Life

Get active, change your thinking patterns, conquer depression. A self-help book for sufferers and their families

• based on behavioural therapy
• with easy-to-apply exercises


This self-help book teaches strategies, based on cognitive behavioural therapy, which aim at overcoming depression. Along with information about the clinical picture and a variety of professional options for assistance, the book focuses on behavioural activation and changing thought patterns: building a balanced daily structure with duties and pleasant activities, recognising depressive thoughts and changing them, and building up a healthy feeling of self-confidence. There are exercises to help with this step-by-step process without becoming overwhelmed.

Contents
1 What is depression? • 2 What are its origins? • 3 How can I help myself? • 4 What family and friends want to know and need to know • 5 At what point should I seek professional assistance? • 6 In conclusion


Target group
Patients and their relatives, psychotherapists who can suggest it for patients