Depression as a Spiritual Journey is the first book to address depression as a spiritual journey in the context of medication and counseling. What is the difference between melancholia and clinical depression? Why do people today suffer from an assortment of depressions rather than good old- fashioned melancholia? What is the difference between psychosis and depression, or the dark night of the soul and depression? Stephanie Sorrell defines some of these distinctions and unearths many of our mindsets that shape our ambivalent attitude to depression. She validates depression as a valuable and integral part of the journey with all its gains, losses and insight. Stephanie also encourages the reader to face the very real challenge of working with depression as a spiritual guide and teacher. Book jacket.