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Found this on Gigapedia in html.Converted it into PDF – ocred & Bookmarked it.Excellent presentation of Cognitive therapy  with good info about how to use it for yourself!Info from Amazon:Overcoming Depression: A Step-by-Step Approach to Gaining Control Over Depression  by Paul GilbertPaperback: 416 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (May 24, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0195143116 ISBN-13: 978-0195143119 About the Author:Paul Gilbert has over twenty years of experience treating depressed people. He is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and Head of Specialty, Adult Mental Health for the Southern Derbyshire Mental Health Trust.Product Description:St. John’s Wort, Prozac, psychotherapy, support groups–today’s individual suffering from depression has a laundry list of treatments to choose from. For many, Paul Gilbert’s self-help manual Overcoming Depression–based on the highly effective technique of cognitive behavioral therapy–will provide a lifeline to recovery and a better future, as a way to understand and thus resist the downward slide of depression, and as a resource to supplement therapy or medication. Cognitive behavioral therapy, which treats emotional disorders by changing negative thought-patterns, is now internationally established as a key method for overcoming conditions such as depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and eating disorders. The principle behind this form of therapy is that our thoughts have a major impact on our emotions: a person who goes through life thinking “”I am unlovable,”” or “”I’ll never achieve anything,”” will find constant evidence to support his or her beliefs. In Overcoming Depression, Gilbert explains the many forms and causes of depression and lays out clinically proven techniques for dealing with this debilitating condition. This book will help people gain insight into problem areas such as perfectionism, shame, anger, and aggression, and how these areas can become exacerbated by depression. Overcoming Depression illustrates a systematic program of treatment by which people can monitor their thoughts, learn to recognize negative patterns, and challenge them. With step-by-step suggestions, case examples, thought-monitoring sheets, and practical ideas for gaining control over depression, Gilbert offers a course of action for those suffering from depression to change the way they think about themselves and their problems. The Second Edition of Overcoming Depression presents new statistics and findings from the last three years, and offers new chapters on causes for depression including “”Biology and Stress,”” “”How Evolution May Have Shaped Depression,”” and “”Early Life, Psychological and Social Aspects.”” In a new chapter on guilt Gilbert differentiates between guilt and shame, and examines the relationship between guilt and depression and how to deal with those who make us feel guilty. Finally, a new preface and a new brief discussion of St. John’s Wort complete the text. Review”[Paul Gilbert] is a scholar of the first-rank…who weaves together a variety of subject areas, drawing on his vast knowledge…. This is a book that is highly accessible…very readable and extraordinarily useful.”–Journal of Cognitive PsychotherapyPraise for the previous edition: “This book contains the conventional material that you would expect to find in a self-help guide to cognitive treatment for this condition and also contains some more unusual, and particularly useful, material that stems from Paul Gilbert’s own work on evolutionary aspects of these kinds of disorders (the material on shame and anger in particular). It is therefore likely to be of interest, and I think it is also written in a way that makes this material easily accessible.”–Gillian Butler, Ph.D., Consultant Clinical Psychologist, The Warneford Hospital and co-author of Managing Your Mind.Praise for the previous edition: “I like Paul Gilbert’s book and see this as a useful alternative to some of the other American literature that we use.”–Professor Jan Scott, M.D., Division of Psychiatry, University of NewcastlePraise for the previous edition: “Overcoming Depression tackles the stigma attached to feeling low and offers step-by-step help programs and encouraging case studies. These guides are eminently practical–but, perhaps more important, they don’t just tell you what to do, they tell you why it is also logical to do it…an ideal place to start finding out about cognitive behavioral therapy.”–Heres Health ContentsPreface to the Revised Edition xviiPreface to the First Edition xixPART I: Understanding Depression1 What is Depression? 32 Causes of Depression: Biology and Stress 123 Causes of Depression: How Evolution May Have Shaped Depression 294 Causes of Depression: Early Life, Psychological and Social Aspects 48PART II: Learning How to Cope5 Initial Steps 696 Thoughts and Feelings 847 Challenging Negative Thoughts and Feelings 998 styles of Negative Thinking 1219 Self-Bullying and How to Challenge it 13910 Calling Ourselves Names: How Negative Labels Affect Us 15611 Further Methods to Challenge Negative Thoughts 171PART III: Special Problems Associated with Depression12 Approval, Subordination and Bullying 18713 Confronting Shame 21014 Coping with Guilt and Caring Too Much 23415 Coping with Anger 26316 From Anger to Assertiveness and Forgiveness 28417 Dealing with Frustration, Disappointment and Lost Ideals 30218 Perfectionism and Competitiveness, or How the Secret of Success is the Ability  to Fail 32019 Summing Up 343Appendix 1: Monitoringand Challenging Your Thoughts 348Appendix 2: Quick Guides 355Appendix 3: Antidepressants 363Appendix 4: Useful Books and Addresses 369Index 374Extra Monitoring Sheets 383