HOW DO I FIND A CHRISTIAN COUNSELOR IN SMALLER OR RURAL COMMUNITIES?
That may be a problem, since counselors don’t usually list themselves in the Yellow Pages as being “Christian” (although some do). The obvious first step is to consult your pastor. If he or she doesn’t have information, contact a referral agency. Here at the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, we keep a referral listing, as do the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology at Biola University and Focus on the Family. HOW SUCCESSFUL IS MEDICATION IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION? Medication is not very helpful in treating the ordinary reactive depressions most of us experience. Its primary use is with the endogenous depressions. The exception would be the occasional use of medication to restore the body’s chemical balance after it has been disrupted by a lengthy depression, such as may occur in bereavement. As I have pointed out before, although reactive depression Page 135 has a psychological cause, it affects the physical system as well. After a long depression, that balance needs to be r
