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I am worthless and can’t do anything about it.
I hate who I am these days.
I’m no good.
I feel gut-wrenching pain but no one understands.
Everything is too hard and overwhelming.
I don’t have the energy or motivation…
Everyone would be better off without me.
I believe that depression is the world’s oldest con and needlessly robs us of the joy we should be experiencing. Using over 50 methods, I will teach you how to crush these negative thoughts and learn how to find happiness again.
We are all resistant to change. Many times, if we are stuck, it is just easier to stay stuck. To heal and experience positive change you must overcome resistance to change. Inertia can be your biggest enemy in recovering from depression.
In therapy, we will blend classic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with aspects of Motivational Interviewing. In Motivational Interviewing (MI), you can bolster your internal resources, getting ready for altering your behavior. As we work together, you become your own advocate for change, effectively melting away the psychological resistance that can hold you back.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a type of talk therapy that can be very effective in treating depression. CBT is the most evidence-based type of psychotherapy, outperforming other forms of therapy as well as psychiatric medication. Research suggests that people who undergo CBT were fifty percent less likely to experience depression again within 12 months compared to people who only take anti-depressant medication. CBT can be effective for light, moderate, and severe cases of depression and can even help people who have been suffering with depression for years or decades.
In therapy, you will get help identifying your negative, distorted and self-defeating beliefs. CBT makes you conscious that you have these thoughts in the first place. Once you have identified problematic thinking patterns, CBT teaches you how to talk back to your negative thoughts, and replace negative thinking with positive, healthy, and realistic thoughts.
When you fall into a pattern of negative thoughts you might feel unworthy or assume that your life is horrible and will only get worse. You are likely to fixate on your defects and failings. As you begin to change the way you think, you will dramatically change the way that you feel.
When you find yourself thinking, for example, “What’s the purpose of trying today? Everything I try to do fails in the end”, you can identify the negative thought and decide to talk back and challenge it. You can use a technique such as the Double Standard technique and try to talk to yourself as you would to a dear friend, with compassion and warmth.
