Defeating Depression: Real Help for You and Those Who Love You - Softcover

Stone, Howard W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806690313 ISBN 13: 9780806690315

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub, 2007

Synopsis

Howard Stone has suffered from depression himself, and what makes this book unique is that it speaks to both the person experiencing depression and that person's network of family and friends. Each chapter includes sidebars that summarize key points of the chapter and call the reader and their friends and family to action with a list of specific, doable steps.

About this title

About the Author

Howard W. Stone, Ph.D., is a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, a pastoral counselor, the author or editor of many books in the Fortress Press Creative Pastoral Care and Counseling series, and a professor emeritus at Texas Christian University. Among his many influetial books are Brief Pastoral Counseling (1993, 978-0-8066-2720- 1), Crisis Counseling (1994, 978-0-8006-2760-7), Depression and Hope (1998, 978-0-8006-3139-0), and (edited) Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling (2001, 978-0-8006-3299-1).

Review

There is a wealth of information here. Practical. Accessible. A workbook that is authoritative and current. Stone assists the reader to see depression as a spiritual crisis, as well as a psychological one. --Harold G. Koenig, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center

Defeating Depression not only provides a vocabulary for our most intense emotions and feelings associated with depression, it deciphers the often mysterious return to vitality. The work has quickly become my most effective tool in helping the depressed, their loved ones and education pastoral caregivers. --W. Kyle Fauntleroy, Naval Chaplains School

Right from the beginning of the first page one senses a presence of empowerment and hope for the reader and the gentle yet firm nudge of a voice that beckons, Let s get going . --Douglas M. Ronsheim¸ Executive Director, American Association of Pastoral Counselors

Defeating Depression not only provides a vocabulary for our most intense emotions and feelings associated with depression, it deciphers the often mysterious return to vitality. The work has quickly become my most effective tool in helping the depressed, their loved ones and education pastoral caregivers. --W. Kyle Fauntleroy, Naval Chaplains School

Right from the beginning of the first page one senses a presence of empowerment and hope for the reader and the gentle yet firm nudge of a voice that beckons, Let s get going . --Douglas M. Ronsheim¸ Executive Director, American Association of Pastoral Counselors

About this edition

• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0806690313
• ISBN 13: 9780806690315
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 243