Depression Therapy

There is no “best” therapy for depression. Many therapeutic approaches yield similar results. Common approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or Solution-Focused Therapy is just as effective as less common models. What really makes therapy effective is the skill of the therapist, and the relationship the client and therapist build together. This is called the therapeutic fit. In short, if clients dig their therapist, then therapy is probably going to work.

Some people’s depression may be temporary and may go away after treatment. While others may experiences multiple bouts of depression over the course of their lives. The goal of any good therapy is to help clients have the experiences and develop the skills necessary so that their depression goes away. In some instances, that looks like equipping the client so they can manage and fix future episodes.

Depression feeds itself. Depressed people stop doing the things that make them feel better, making the depression worse. So, letting Depression go untreated and slowly take over your life is how depression gets worse. Believing what the Depression tells you (like that change is not possible, or you are unfixable) only makes the Depression worse.

No, actually. Studies suggest that as people age, they experience less depression on average. But, age does not itself solve depression. It is not something one “grows out of”. Depression is a serious event for anyone. However, young adults report depression at higher rates than older adults.