Wu Wei, Negativity, and Depression: The Principle of Non-Trying in the Practice of Pastoral Care

by Siroj Sorajjakool

Book Overview

Discover a pastoral approach to depression that combines Eastern wisdom and Western science!Wu Wei, Negativity, and Depression reveals a way to break the cycle of depression, not by denying it or fighting it, but by the ancient principle of wu wei, non-trying. The bleak cycle of depression starts when people experience negativity. They turn inward to try to find self-esteem, but the negativity strips all the power of self-affirmation from them...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789010933
• ISBN13: 9780789010933
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.4"