THE PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH FOR DEPRESSION VOLUME 2

The psychotherapeutic approach for depression helps people with depression by understand the behaviors, emotions, & ideas that contribute to his or her depressed state; understand and identify the life problems or events-like a major illness, a death in the family, a loss of a job or a divorce-that contribute to their depression and help them understand which aspects of those problems they may be able to solve or improve; regain a sense of control and pleasure in life; & learn coping techniques and problem-solving skills.There are several types of psychotherapeutic approach, but they all have the same goal to understand the causes of patients' depression, help depressed people feel more in control, & teach them ways to handle how the condition makes their feel.The idea is to track their moods and practice new ways to react to people and things that happen.Types of the psychotherapeutic approach for depression are Individual Therapy; Group Therapy; Couples Therapy; Family Therapy; Interpersonal Therapy; Psychodynamic Therapy; Cognitive Therapy & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. We hope this book provide useful information that will help psychotherapists, psychologists, & psychiatrists.

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Jules R. Bemporad is a supervising and training analyst, a member of the senior faculty of Psychoanalytic Institute of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science, New York Medical College. He is a prolific author & wrote books & articles on Depression, Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Child psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Eating Disorders.