I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE THIS
A Christian self-help approach to depression and anxiety
By Chris Williams, Paul Richards and Ingrid Whitton. Hodder & Stoughton. 279 pages. £6.99
ISBN 0 340 78639 6
I welcome this excellent book, and I hope it will be widely read and used. It seems to me to be the first book which really succeeds in applying CBT (which stands for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), but might just as well be called Christian and Biblical Therapy when explained from a Christian standpoint.
It has two consultant psychiatrists and a Baptist pastor as authors. They have worked together in Leeds: their expert knowledge is guaranteed. The result is a book which shows how we feel when we are ill, and what we can do to get well. A difficult subject is lit up with a practical and Christian light. Key points, diagrams, a summary and a prayer are in each chapter. How CBT works is clearly explained, step by step.
