Depression and Hope: New Insights for Pastoral Counseling

by Howard W. Stone

Overview

This year one in ten adults will experience the isolation and inner barrenness of major depression. It is second only to marital difficulties in causing individuals to seek pastoral counseling.

Depression and Hope is the expert, authoritative guide to appropriate ways for pastoral counselors to think about and treat depression. Building on his counseling practice, research, and personal experience, Howard Stone explains the latest understandings of depression and its symptoms, its spiritual dimensions, the likelihood of suicide, as well as the pros and cons of various drug therapies (including Prozac). In his characteristically readable, no-nonsense way, Stone then offers specific, tested ways for counselors briefly and effectively to address the physical, behavioral, cognitive, and interpersonal facets of depression.

Though enigmatic, depression is very treatable, and Stone shows how proper intervention by clergy can facilitate not only strong recovery but also strengthened faith.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800631390
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	07/10/1998
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Howard W. Stone is professor emeritus of psychology and pastoral counseling at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He is the author of many influential books, including Depression and Hope, and editor of Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Introduction — A View of Depression

Depression on the Rise

The Depressed as Church Members

Chapter 1 — Characteristics of Depression

Chapter 2 — Melancholy and Spiritual Desolation

Chapter 3 — Suicide and Depression

Chapter 4 — Family Life of the Depressed

Chapter 5 — Framing Hope

Chapter 6 — Brief Pastoral Counseling of Depression: A Fourfold Approach

Chapter 7 — Interpersonal Interventions: Strengthening Intimate Relationships

Chapter 8 — Physiological Interventions: Prozac and Beyond

Chapter 9 — Cognitive Interventions: Changing How People Think

Chapter 10 — Behavioral Interventions: Shifting from Passive to Active Mode

Epilogue