Abstract
A commentary by a noted television anchorman in the book ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS about this depression contains familiar themes. These will be cited, followed by a consideration of traditional psychoanalytic theories of depression. Broadening the contemporary theoretical domain, self-psychology provides useful understandings of how narcissistic aspirations along with failed childhood affect attunement become central features of depression. Treatment implications are considered along with an application of theory to a pastoral counseling case. Such a case demonstrates the role and interplay of religious ideation, emergent narcissistic aspirations and affects as they relate to a client's depression.
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