ABOUT DR. CINDY HOARD
Cindy Hoard is a student and patient of treatment-resistant depression. She has undergone a wide range of treatments, therapies and activities to help herself over many years. As a consumer of many sources of information, research and modalities she has been an active participant in her own care. Over 40 years she documented her journey, expressed her reactions to lived experiences and kept a history of her progress in journals.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Spirit Rising: My Winding Tumultuous Odyssey with Depression is a memoir by Cindy Hoard blended with self-help; lived experience, treatments of depression, and the evolution of personal Spiritual life in the process. There is a unique integration of her professional knowledge as a psychologist; and her personal insight and involvement with depression. The two sources inform and impact each other.
Each reader will have a unique trip on this journey with benefits for patients, family members dealing with depression, physicians, friends, professional therapists, spiritual directors, professors and anyone curious about the multiple issues, insights and approaches to the adventure with treatment-resistant depression.