Depression Treatment
As humans, sadness is natural - depression is different. It carries an intense weight and takes away your joy, motivation, and energy. It often fosters a lack of excitement about every part of one’s life. Here at Greenberg Psychological, our clinicians are here to unpack the roots of your depression, improve your mood, and strengthen your self-esteem and sense of self.
The intense feelings of sadness associated with depression come in all different forms and symptoms may vary. At Greenberg, your clinician will individualize your treatment instead of using a cookie cutter approach to ensure you are receiving the best possible care. Treatment modalities for depression vary and include (but are not limited to) the following:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):
CBT assists clients in monitoring and adjusting the thought patterns that worsen their depression. It also places emphasis on building coping skills to manage depressive symptoms, stressors, and interpersonal conflicts.
Interpersonal therapy (IPT):
IPT is rooted in the fundamental belief that our relationships play a fundamental role in our mental functioning. IPT works to improve your relationships with others in order to relieve your depressive symptoms. Problematic interpersonal relationships have a direct affect on one’s mood, and have the ability to foster depressive symptoms. By uncovering how your relationships affect your mood and making efforts to improve your relationships, depressive symptoms and interpersonal functioning also improve.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT):
MBCT is rooted in the concept of decentering. Decentering is the ability to separate oneself from one’s thoughts and observe thoughts as the mind’s products instead of instinctively identifying with them or viewing them as truth. Someone without the ability to decenter might have a negative thought about themselves and immediately believe. On the other hand, someone who practices decentering can observe the thought as a separate mental event instead of identifying with the negative thought.
Psychodynamic therapy:
Psychodynamic therapy assists clients in identifying unconscious patterns that affect their mood and wellbeing. It also helps clients to uncover how past events affect them in the present day and contribute to their depressive symptoms.