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