The Positive Power of Sadness: How Good Grief Prevents and Cures Anxiety, Depression, and Anger

Written by two clinical psychologists with nearly a century of combined experience, this book explains how people who suffer from depression, anxiety, or undue anger can overcome these difficulties by allowing the normal process of grieving to occur.
• Provides a solid foundation for understanding anger, anxiety, and depression as well as a practical and solid approach for overcoming these difficulties• Examines the neurological factors associated with feelings, particularly sadness, and identifies the relational complications that arise when one experiences sadness• Describes the cultural and personal resistance to the experience of sadness that often compels people to keep their sadness ＂bottled up＂• Explains how anger, anxiety, and depression can be prevented by accepting and experiencing sadness