Ai y 1/ If :>u /'rf'■ Overcoming Depression Books by Paul A. Hauck Published by The Westminster Press Love and Be Loved Overcoming Jealousy and Possessiveness Brief Counseling with RET How to Stand Up for Yourself Marriage Is a Loving Business How to Do What You Want to Do: The Art of Self-Discipline Overcoming Worry and Fear Overcoming Frustration and Anger Overcoming Depression Reason in Pastoral Counseling In collaboration with Edmund S. Kean: Marriage and the Memo Method Overcoming Depression by PAUL A. HAUCK THE WESTMINSTER PRESS Philadelphia Copyright © MCMLXXIII The Westminster Press AU rights reserved—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a re¬ viewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review in magazine or news¬ paper. Published by The Westminster Press^ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10 9 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hauck, Paul A. Overcoming depression. 1. Depression, Mental. 2. Rational-emotive psychotherapy. I. Title. RC537.H37 616.8'95 72-13416 ISBN 0-664-24969-8 To the most creative thinker I have ever met: Albert Ellis Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/overcomingdepresOOhauc Contents Preface 11 1. How May I Help You? 13 2. Bad Me! 27 3. Be Kind to Yourself 57 4. Poor Me! 77 5. Poor You! 107 6. Some Final Advice 129