Practical Support Share each other’s burdens … GALATIONS 6:2 (NLT) The most important practical thing you can do for a friend who may be depressed is to help him or her get both a medical and a counseling evaluation to create a treatment plan. The sooner treatment is started, the sooner the depression will be relieved. You can also help your friend in the recovery process. Here are some suggestions: Encourage your friend to complete the entire course of treatment (counseling, medication, etc). Many people battling with depression want toSEE DETAILS

The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out. PROVERBS 20:5 (NIV) Counseling taught me to be a better communicator. By learning how to listen and communicate, I was then able to start to identify and verbalize how I was feeling deep down inside – it has been a lifelong process for me. I began to learn to process with my wife what was going on inside – my feelings and thoughts. That enabled us to become more understanding and supportive ofSEE DETAILS

All this comes from the Lord almighty, wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom. ISAIAH 28:29(NIV) I understand how Christians can be skeptical about the emphasis some people put on using a counselor as a substitute for seeking wisdom from God – the God who is called “wonderful in counsel and magnificent in wisdom” – but none of our Christian counselors ever led us away from seeking God’s wisdom. Instead, they shared with us the Godly wisdom from the Word of God while they taught us to examine our livesSEE DETAILS