Hope Prevails: Insights from a Doctor's Personal Journey through Depression

by Dr. Michelle Bengtson, Marilyn Meberg (Foreword by)

Overview

Neuropsychologist Offers Hope to Those Struggling with Depression

As a board-certified neuropsychologist, Dr. Michelle Bengtson sees the devastation of depression. Early on, she practiced the most effective treatments and prescribed them for her clients. But when she experienced depression herself, she found that the treatments she had recommended were lacking. Her experience showed her the missing component in treating depression.

In Hope Prevails, Dr. Bengtson writes with deep compassion, blending her training and faith, to offer readers a hope grounded in God's love and grace. She helps readers understand what depression is, how it affects them spiritually, and what, by God's grace, it cannot do. The result is an approach that offers the hope of release, not just the management of symptoms.

For those who struggle with depression and those who want to help them, Hope Prevails offers hope for the future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800727079
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/16/2016
Pages:	204
Sales rank:	523,298
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Michelle Bengtson is an international speaker, a national and international media resource on mental health, and the author of the bestselling, multi-award-winning books Hope Prevails and the Hope Prevails Bible Study. Her book Breaking Anxiety's Grip won the 2020 AWSA Golden Scroll Book of the Year and the 2021 Christian Literary Reader's Choice Award in four different categories. She is also the host of the award-winning podcast Your Hope-Filled Perspective. A board-certified clinical neuropsychologist in private practice for more than twenty years, Dr. Bengtson blogs regularly and offers a wide variety of resources on her website, DrMichelleB.com.

Table of Contents

Dedication 9

Foreword Marilyn Meberg II

When the Whole World Is Laughing but You 15

A Letter to My Depressed Self 19

1 This Thing Called Depression 25

2 You Are Not Alone 33

3 The Underlying Causes of Depression 41

4 Recognize You Have an Enemy 55

5 Recover Your Joy 69

6 Reclaim Your Peace 91

7 Reestablish Your Identity 107

8 Know Your Worth 123

9 Remember Your Secure Destiny 133

10 Be Confident That Nothing Separates You from God's Love 147

11 God Uses Your Pain 161

12 The Way to Hope 171

You Have a Gift to Give 193

Appendix: Helping a Depressed Loved One 195

Acknowledgments 197

Notes 199