Self Help Books on Depression

These are some of the better self-help books that I’ve seen. These resources bring help to your own home.

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Depression workbook: 70 Self-help Techniques for Recovery by Tim Watkins presents a wide-ranging view of depression. This book discusses what depression really is, medications, talking therapies and other treatments.

How to Pray Through Depression and Loneliness! By M.J. Andre discusses loneliness as the path to depression and the way out. Addictions and pornography provide fertile ground for depression. Love and a relationship with God are strong allies to overcome depression.

Attracting Your Depression-Free Life by James Weaver and Kevin C. Clancy, Ph.D. The law of attraction promises that when we replace our negative thoughts with positive thoughts that positive experiences follow. Cognitive therapy, mindfulness and a structured approach called “The Therapeutic Lifestyle Change” are advocated for treating depression.

Self-Coaching: The Powerful Program to Beat Anxiety and Depression by Joseph Luciani promotes a specific self-coaching model to manage an array of mental illnesses.

The Ultimate Survival Guide by Heather Rose promotes the value of positive thinking and release of negative thoughts, social skills and developing a self-help plan.

Attacking Anxiety and Depression Coaching Video by Lucinda Bassett represents a wonderful and doable approach to relieving the twin horrors of anxiety and depression and taking our lives back.

The Noonday Demon – An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews with fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policy makers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Andrew Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease. He confronts the challenge of defining the illness and describes the vast range of available medications, the efficacy of alternative treatments.

Depression: Looking Up From the Stubborn Darkness by Edward T. Welch. Where Is God in the Struggle? Looking away from despair towards hope can feel risky. What if God doesn’t come through for you? What if you don’t feel instantly better? Instead of offering simple platitudes or unrealistic “cure-all” formulas, Edward T. Welch addresses the complex nature of depression with compassion and insight, applying the rich treasures of the gospel, and giving fresh hope to those who struggle.