The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pastoral Counseling: Community and Silence

"The Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pastoral Counseling" introduces a new treatment model based on Quaker ideas and practices that can be used in conjunction with medical and psychological practice for treating manic-depressive illness. This unique book examines the interplay between religion and psychoanalysis, using the latest research on the importance of silence, prayer and meditation in psychotherapy, the role of community in healing and the problem of God and suffering. The book includes clinical examples from the author's counselling practice, case studies of bipolar clients and an extensive bibliography of materials on this crippling disorder that affects more than two million American adults.