Depression




	I personally went through many periods of depression, I tried may drugs - from tranquillisers, trycyclics to the so called modern SSRIs and hybrids. Some helped at times, but others made things worse and ALWAYS there was the fear that another black period was just around the corner. Until that is, in 2002 when, using some self hypnosis and other techniques, I started to change the way I felt about ... well my life! Hand on heart, I have never looked back. We practice this solution-focussed therapy using cognitive, behavioral and hypnotic techniques. There is no need to concern ourselves too much with the past and although understanding the past can be interesting and sometimes helpful, it is usually not enough to change *how we feel and act now.* We want to relieve problems as quickly and effectively as possible

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY - APRIL 2006 - “The prescription of so-called "happy pills" has risen by more than 120 percent in the past decade amid soaring levels of depression and anxiety, an Independent on Sunday investigation reveals today.

Faced with growing concern from doctors who say they are forced to prescribe drugs as a "second best" treatment, the Government is to promote alternative methods of dealing with the nation's dependency on drugs. Read More...

The three main techniques we use are cognitive, behavioural and hypnotic.

Cognitive therapy is about looking at how we think about the world -- we can sometimes think our way into problems that would not otherwise exist.

Behavioural therapy is about how we behave because we can sometimes act in ways that are unhelpful. Someone who is depressed is likely to stop cdoing things they once enjoyed. Changing how we behave can change how we feel.

Hypnosis will help you change how you feel about a situation. If you are terrified of a situation, you are not really able to cope with it too well are you?

When used together, these three techniques allow you to change the three key areas of any problem: How you think about it, what you do about it and how you feel about it.

A fantastic resource is the Depression Learning path at Uncommon Knowledge and it is well worth taking.


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