The Third Edition of Counselling and Psychotherapy for Depression is a popular and practical guide to working with people suffering from depression. As well as describing the skills and techniques used by practitioners, the book explores the features and complexities of depressed states including general negativity; sense of failure and abandonment; and feelings of powerlessness, anger, shame, and guilt. The Third Edition has been revised and updated and features a new chapter focusing on the role of the therapeutic relationship.