Active Treatment of Depression Author:Richard O'Connor An active approach to the treatment of depression that integrates many different points of view. Richard O'Connor, a therapist who suffers from depression, shows that depressed people have trouble digging themselves out of one episode or warding off the next because they have become adept at the "skills of depression" such as denying, procrastin... more »ating, and intellectualizing. The book shows how therapists can help patients see connections between what happens in their lives and how they feel inside.« less