A Secret Sadness - Whiffen, Valerie
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Women experience depression at a higher rate than men, and researchers have recently uncovered evidence that suggests this may be due to the importance women place on their interpersonal relationships. This breakthrough book reveals the often hidden relationship factors that make women depressed and presents new strategies for finding happiness again. Using three detailed case studies from her own practice, author and psychologist Valerie Whiffen explains how interpersonal problems can contribute to feelings of depression in women. Her insightful narrative sheds light on these problems and…mehr

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Women experience depression at a higher rate than men, and researchers have recently uncovered evidence that suggests this may be due to the importance women place on their interpersonal relationships. This breakthrough book reveals the often hidden relationship factors that make women depressed and presents new strategies for finding happiness again. Using three detailed case studies from her own practice, author and psychologist Valerie Whiffen explains how interpersonal problems can contribute to feelings of depression in women. Her insightful narrative sheds light on these problems and helps you explore your own relationships with intimate partners, children, and parents with an eye for how these relationships may affect your mood. Ultimately, you'll be able to use A Secret Sadness to begin your own journey toward healing. Revealing the secret sadness is the first step to moving beyond it and into a life of balance and joy.
Autorenporträt
Valerie E. Whiffen, PhD, has been a researcher, professor, and psychologist in private practice since 1986. For twenty years, she was a researcher and professor of psychology, first at the University of Western Ontario, then at the University of Ottawa. After publishing the hardcover edition of A Secret Sadness in 2006, she moved to Vancouver, BC, where she is now in private practice. Whiffen continues to be actively interested in research and holds a research grant to study couple relationships in breast cancer patients. She also serves as a peer reviewer and sits on the editorial boards for several professional psychology journals. Since 2008, she has been an elected member of the Board of the College of Psychologists of British Columbia. In addition to A Secret Sadness, she has authored numerous chapters in professional books, more than forty research articles, and coauthored Attachment Processes in Couple and Family Therapy with Susan Johnson. Her primary research and clinical interests are gender and depression.