Can counselling help depression?
Conventual counselling has been shown to make depression worse. Understand why this is and why Human Givens counselling avoids the trap and will help you.
What kind of Counselling helps Depression?
The answer to the question – can counselling help depression is a simple one. Whether the answer inspires you or lowers you will depend on whether what I say really makes sense to you from your own personal experience of depression. And then of course whether you can easily find a good Human Givens practitioner.
And this is the answer – yes counselling can play a massive part in your recovery from depression. But most counselling available will not help and may indeed make your depression worse. You need to find a Human Givens counsellor – as they will know what to do and exactly what you need.
This is the Register of Practitioners. A good place to start. Or contact me of course.
Conventional Counselling for Depression may make you feel worse
To understand why this is the case, you have to know what causes depression in the first place.
At its core it is very simple – depression is the exhaustion from worrying and ruminating uselessly which never resolves anyhing. And which then leads to even more worrying and increasing amounts of exhausting dreaming as your body attempts to deal with the situation. I call it the depression vicious cycle.
You are worrying incessantly and despite all your efforts you cannot get to any resolution. The real reason for this is that as your exhaustion grows your capacity to worry well with a good focus on actions you can take erodes away. In fact your worrying becomes useless and unproductive. Yes, there may well be real question to be dealt with but you have become too exhausted to deal with them.
Matthew explains it all powerfully from his personal experience.
So the trap has been set. If only you could talk to someone about your problems, you would get resolution. I know what I will do, you say to yourself – I will go to see a counsellor who will listen to my problems and give me the clarity I am desperate for. Can conventional talking counselling help depression?
In your exhausted state, a continual focus on what is wrong and what your problems are will just make you feel even worse. And there is the evidence to show that conventional counselling does not help, particularly long-term psychodynamic counselling. In fact this can be absolutely toxic. If you are depressed I urge you to keep well away. And if you are undertaking counselling and it is not helping, you will now know why. You should stop right now.
Human Givens counselling can help your depression quickly
The basic point is simply stated – delay worrying about your problems until your head has cleared, your exhaustion has reduced and you are sleeping and dreaming better.
And this is what I will be focusing on if you come to see me.
Depression Epidemic
Antidepressants?
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Why an Epidemic?
Depression Stories
Donkey
Onion tears
Imprisoned
The Contract
Buddhas Three Tasks
Gifts
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