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What is Clinical Depression?
Mental health professionals describe depression as mental illness that is often characterized by prolonged periods of sadness and melancholy. However, if someone is just hating the world around him or her, doesn’t mean that it’s already depression, but if this kind of behavior, the feeling of emptiness, loss of self-worth and absolutely no hope for [...]
Dec 6th, 2009 | Filed under IPT -
Acknowledge Your Depression
Depression is an disorder and needs to be recognized as such. It is not a reason to feel ashamed. The reason so many people fail to seek help for their depression is that they feel stigmatized to have a mental health problem. Unfortunately, this is one of the feelings associated with depression and makes the [...]
Dec 1st, 2009 | Filed under IPT -
What are the symptoms of depression?
Research shows that most people will have an episode of depression during their life. Depression does not care what your age is, what gender you are, or even what your race or social class is.
Depression can often make a person feel sad, helpless, hopeless, and irritable. It is normal for people to have these [...]Dec 1st, 2009 | Filed under IPT -
Helping children to talk in therapy
Children for a variety of reasons often are reluctant to talk about their feelings and concerns in therapy whether individual, group, or family therapy. Therapists sometimes need to be resourceful to help children who are anxious to participate in a meaningful way in the therapy process. It is important for children to feel included in [...]
Nov 11th, 2009 | Filed under IPT



