Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning With Her Own Depression: a therapist's reckoning with her own depression

The Story

The memoir of an ordinary woman--a mother, a daughter, a psychologist, a wife--who skillfully, uncannily tells the tale of her spiraling descent into a severe, debilitating depression, Manning's is a witty and graceful account that belies the popular understanding of the controversial treatment she sought.