Turning Your Down into Up: A Realistic Plan for Healing from Depression

By Dr. Gregory L. Jantz and Ann McMurray

You Can Hope Again
 
If you feel you will never get out of depression, Dr. Gregg Jantz has one word for you: hope. Gregg believes that since every person’s path into depression is unique, every path out will be unique as well. And healing is possible.
 
Turning Your Down into Up will help you:

   • Determine whether you are depressed
   • Understand why you can’t “just snap out of it”
   • Decide whether medication might be a good option for you
   • See the link between depression and overdependence on social media
   • Understand how family dynamics affect you
   • Be encouraged that you can find healing
 
This practical book includes a three-month personal recovery plan that focuses on spiritual renewal, emotional wellness, environmental balance, physical health, relational healing, and tech detox. Along with unique insights into treating the whole person, Turning Your Down into Up includes questions for reflection and journaling prompts. Here you will find real answers…Real freedom…Real hope.

“Turning Your Down Into Up is a comprehensive, whole-person approach to curing depression…with new answers and hope for the healing journey.” 
—Dr. Catherine Hart Weber, author of Flourish: Discover The Daily Joy of Abundant, Vibrant Living

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jul 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9780307732118

Reviews for Turning Your Down into Up

[maryann12_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Applying the whole-person approach to recovery can individualize treatment for depression. The whole-person approach is based upon recognition of the unique components of an individual’s life and how these components interweave to form the whole person. This book is designed to explain each component of the whole-person approach and how those components can identify real answers to curing depression.The components we will look at in the whole-person approach are emotional, environmental, relational, physical, and spiritual. Together, these components provide keys to why a person is depressed, and they can open a doorway to his or her recovery.Turning Your Down into Up have outlined a clear and achievable step-by-step process that allows anyone to not only heal but to unlock our individual road map for a powerful, happy and fulfilling life.Create your own happiness, be responsible for it and exalt in your achievement! This book will bring depression management strategies to people who do not have access to mental health programs or who want to learn new skills. Practical, straightforward, grounded in persuasive research, this book is recommended for anyone seeking an alternative approach to treating depression.