J. Mark Williams, Melanie Fennell, Thorsten Barnhofer, Rebecca Crane, and Sarah Silverton: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy with people at risk of suicide (Reprint Edition). Guilford, New York, NY, 2017, 334 pp

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The book is very insightful, combining mindfulness training with cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and learn alternative strategies to cope with the rumination that can be common for clients suffering from depression. There are many positive aspects of this book. For instance, the authors provide good framing for depression-linked suicidal ideation as a “cry of pain.” Looking calmly at the possibility of suicide can occur for clients who have experienced long-term depression and believe that there is not an escape from their painful feelings. The authors point out that situational memory can be vague. This may make it difficult for clients who are experiencing depression to develop specific problem-solving strategies that would assist them in dealing with their feelings about past, current, and future stressors. …