Mindfulness for Black Dogs and Blue Days

Finding a path through depression

Richard Gilpin

Mindfulness for Black Dogs & Blue Days is an enlightening insight into depression – an experience that will affect one in five of us at some point in our lives. Richard Gilpin shares his ongoing journey with his ‘black dog’ – shedding light on this often misunderstood subject – and explores how the art and practice of mindfulness can help to train and mind that faithful companion. The book also includes short contributions from internationally recognized experts in the field of mindulfness.

Published: Sep, 2012

RICHARD GILPIN is a counsellor, cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and meditation instructor (www.richardgilpin.co.uk). He has trained extensively in mindfulness-based practices since the 1990s. Richard has an MA in Buddhist Studies and is co-founder of the Bodhi Garden, a registered charitable trust based in the south of England. His research into the origins and practices of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy was published in 2008.

  • 144 pages
  • h 200mm x w 130mm
  • hardback
  • one colour throughout
  • 31,000 words
  • Printed ISBN:978-1-907332-92-0
  • Epub ISBN:978-1-78240-029-5
  • MOBI ISBN: 978-1-78240-030-1

The following rights for this title have already been sold:

UK
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