Product Description
High Functioning
Author: Judith Joseph
Format: Paperback
Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy
'A roadmap back to yourself' — Mel Robbins
'Opens us to a different way of thinking' — Dr Ramani Durvasula
'Her compassionate approach, rigorous research, and insightful analysis make this book a must-read' — Paul Brunson
*Foreword by Mel Robbins*
A tried-and-tested handbook for understanding why you are experiencing High-Functioning Depression and how you can find the way back to hope and your true self.
Do you feel you're simply going through the motions? Succeeding at work, pulling your weight at home, living an active social life . . . yet deep down, you feel drained? If so, you may be experiencing High-Functioning Depression.
In the first book to uncover this new form of depression, Columbia University clinical psychologist Dr Judith Joseph draws on her personal struggles with the illness, revealing brand-new research and client cases to demystify this common yet poorly understood condition.
Discover her empowering plan for managing depressive episodes, called the Five V's:
By following the Five V's, we can put an end to self-sacrifice and self-sabotage, calm our inner turmoil, and go from merely functioning to truly living.
Features:
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Validation: processing past traumas and present pain
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Venting: releasing frustrations and anxieties
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Values: identifying our key purpose and priorities
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Vitals: slowing down to hear our needs
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Vision: celebrating successes, milestones and everyday joy
About the Author
JUDITH JOSEPH, MD, MBA, is a board-certified psychiatrist and researcher specialising in mental health and trauma. She is the founder and chief investigator at New York City’s premier clinical research base, Manhattan Behavioral Medicine, assistant professor in child and adolescent psychiatry at NYU, and chair of the Women in Medicine Board at Columbia University. She can be found on TikTok and Instagram at @drjudithjoseph.
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