ABSTRACT

First published in 1994. Some episodes of depression can even be prevented, but the greater focus in this book is on responding to the experience of depression that is already present in the afflicted individual. This book represents an effort to make the extremely complex and subjective experience of depression one that can be better understood and more effectively treated. It does not represent a school of therapy in a singular way. Rather, it promotes the recognition of the diversity of human experience such that an emphasis on anyone approach will seem obviously self-limiting.

part |56 pages

Theoretical Framework

chapter |9 pages

When Living Hurts

chapter |11 pages

The Direction of Relief

chapter |14 pages

The Multiple Dimensions of Depression

chapter |20 pages

Patterns of Pain

part |135 pages

Treatment

chapter |5 pages

Therapy: Interrupting Patterns of Pain

chapter |16 pages

Starting with the Future

chapter |21 pages

In and Out of Control

chapter |25 pages

Where the Chips Fall

chapter |22 pages

A Part and Apart

chapter |19 pages

Never and Always Alone

chapter |6 pages

Inside Out and Outside In