Depression Treatment Using Psychotherapies

Depression Treatment Using Psychotherapies in Sydney

Depression Treatment Using Psychotherapies

Depression can strike anyone, whether they live in Sydney or elsewhere, leaving them feeling not just alone but hopeless, lost and fatigued. Good news is that depression treatment using psychotherapies is possible. Once client consult their general practitioner, they may prescribe medication, psychotherapy or a combination of both for its treatment. For clients suffering from mild to moderate depression, psychotherapy is a better option. For those suffering from severe depression, a combination of psychotherapy and medication is recommended.

Psychotherapy with a trained Psychologist can help identify the reasons for depression. The psychologist is able to train the client in using effective coping strategies for dealing with depression and empower them with skills to change the thinking patterns that cause depression to persist. With these skills clients are able to reduce the chances of having a relapse of depression.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

In CBT therapy the client works closely with a therapist to find thinking patterns that trigger their depression. Having gained this insight, the clients are able to recognize the thought patterns that can bring about depression and restrict them from making improvements in their health. Therapists work with individuals for 10-20 sessions to help them recognize their negative thought patterns and turn them into more positive and rewarding behavioural patterns.

A short explainer video on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

A short explainer video of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). CBT is one of the most effective and recommended psychotherapies for treatment of depression, bipolar-disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Eating Disorders, Sleep Disorders, Sexual Disorders, Psychotic Disorders and Somatoform Disorders.#clinicalpsychology #counsellor #ipt #cbt #mentalhealth #psychotherapy #therapy #humanbehaviour #act #mbct #dbt #nt #depression #anxiety #stress #selfesteem #ptsd #bt #trauma #ocd #obsessions #compulsivebehaviour #groundingtechniques #exposuretherapy

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Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

This type of therapy revolves around personal relationships and the effects they have on individuals. Through IPT individuals will learn how their relationship can be adding to their depression and then focus on ways to deal with problems that arise from these relationship issues. Unlike other forms of therapy that concentrate on emotions, feeling or thoughts being experienced by the individual, in IPT the focus is on the relationships the individual has and its impact on the individuals mental health. IPT therapy typically takes about 20 to 24 sessions.

Behavioural Activation Therapy (BAT)

Also referred to as Behaviour Therapy (BT), Behavioural Activation is a component of cognitive behavioural therapy. This type of therapy can be used in an individual therapy session or in group therapy sessions that tend to run for sixteen weeks. Through this therapy, individuals will work with a therapist to help eradicate unwanted or maladaptive behaviour. The therapy is used in mental health conditions that involve unwanted behaviours such as phobias, obsessions, anxiety and addictions. In one of the most prominent behaviour techniques, popularly known as systematic desensitization, clients are asked to imagine anxiety-producing situations and then imagine dealing with actual feared objects or situations.

An explainer video on Behaviour Therapy

Behavioural Therapy (BT) is used for treating unwanted behaviours such as addictions, phobias, anxiety and OCD. Here we provide a short explainer video on what exactly is behaviour therapy and how it is used.#clinicalpsychology #counsellor #ipt #cbt #mentalhealth #psychotherapy #therapy #humanbehaviour #act #mbct #dbt #nt #depression #anxiety #stress #selfesteem #ptsd #bt #trauma #ocd #obsessions #compulsivebehaviour #groundingtechniques #exposuretherapy

Posted by Potentialz Unlimited – A Psychology Practice on Monday, 7 August 2017

Problem-Solving Therapy

Problem-solving therapy is an in-depth therapy that helps the client rethink and rework the problems and issues they are experiencing. In the sessions with the psychologist, the clients discuss the root cause of their problems and then come up with specific ways to resolve these issues. Clients prepare a plan of action with the Psychologist and then implement it. In case the problem is not successfully resolved, they again sit with the therapist and discuss the reasons for the failure and make another plan of action. This type of therapy is highly beneficial to treating depression because it allows the individual to see the actual cause of their depression and then come up with a workable plan to cope, think through and resolve the problems they are facing.

There are a number of different therapy techniques that can help you fight against your depression. Some of the other choices available to therapists are covered in the highly informative infographic we created for the purpose.

Pool of therapies available for treating depression and bipolar disorder

Therapy can greatly reduce the effects of depression and help you thoroughly work through the deeper triggers of your depression whether in groups on in individual sessions with the therapist.

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