I first found this book in the library several years ago, and then I decided to buy my own copy.

I never really finished consuming it, because I found myself pulling it from my bookshelf whenever I felt down and out. It has short chapters that are easily readable and therapeutic, and never fail to help me. I turned to it over the last holiday season when I came down with a case of Christmas blues.

I have a friend who was suffering from depression, and I gave her my copy. Don’t know if it helped her or not.

EDIT 3/2/2010:

Today I came across a note I’d saved about awhile back about this book review. A few days ago, I also came across a recent article in the NY Times Magazine, Depression’s Upside by Jonah Lehrer, which argues that talk therapy may have longer lasting benefits than medication in treating depression, because it encourages you to learn a new way of coping with problems. I believe this book does the same.