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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789010941
• ISBN13: 9780789010940
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.4"