And one of those questions is not: “Do you feel depressed?”
David Murray, author of Christians Get Depressed Too introduces his post with these words:
When I start counseling a depressed person, I’m looking for answers to five questions at an early stage in the conversation. I don’t ask them in a checklist or condemning manner, but I try to probe sympathetically to get a sense of where they are at.
Read the whole post as Murray explains why these five areas should be explored:
1. Do you accept you have a problem?
2. Are you willing to explore all the possible dimensions of this problem?
3. Do you want to be made whole?
4. Are you willing to do what you can to contribute to the healing process?
5. Do you trust me when I tell you that you have good hope of recovery?
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