How to lift depression

Why take this course

Although antidepressants can play a role in reducing symptoms, they can also be dangerous and prove hard to withdraw from – research shows that appropriate counselling is more effective at lifting even the most severe depression, with a much lower rate of relapse.  The approach you will learn on this workshop is in this category and is proving very effective – 10,000s of people have already been successfully helped with the knowledge and skills you will learn on the day.

I feel much more confident in my understanding of the process of depression and how to target it with helpful interventions

DANIEL COOPER

What will you learn

• New insights into why depressed people wake up tired and unmotivated, and what to do about it
• Information about the links between inflammation and depression
• Clear, practical steps for lifting even severe depression
• Demonstrations of the skills that quickly break the cycle of depression, move people on and prevent relapse
• A profound understanding of why these work and are a big improvement on drug therapy
• Practice sessions in using these proven skills and techniques yourself
• What to do if you suspect someone may be feeling suicidal
• How to establish what’s not working in a person’s life and why, using a case history
• Techniques for tackling rigid thinking, negative expectancy and the pessimistic rumination that causes depression
• How to work with your clients to find effective ways they can get their innate emotional needs met well and in balance
• A range of additional useful tips and strategies that you can easily incorporate into your work
• The opportunity to watch a film of master therapist Joe Griffin working quickly and successfully with a highly depressed patient
• You will also have plenty of time to ask questions of the tutor, who is also a practising therapist herself…

Everyone, not just the caring professions, should do this day.

GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Who is this course suitable for?

• If your life is affected by depression in any way – perhaps the staff or students you are responsible for at work present with depression, or a friend or family member is depressed – you will benefit from attending
• Anyone who, for whatever reason (personal or professional), would like to better understand the causes of depression and be able to offer practical help to people who are depressed
• If you would like to know how best to prevent relapses and help clients build long-lasting resilience against future setbacks, this workshop is for you
• Anyone concerned about the side effects of drug treatments for depression, who would like to know about the easy-to-learn psychotherapeutic techniques that can lift depression quickly, will benefit from attending
• It is essential training for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists, HR professionals and all other health and welfare professionals – since depression is now so common, it is crucial to understand it and know how to treat it quickly and effectively.

Good to know

This workshop complements our online course: How to break the cycle of depression.

Guided imagery and visualisation and Therapeutic Language are useful skills to have for implementing the strategies taught on this workshop.

Course Programme

• From 8.30am
• Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am)
• 9.30am Understanding depression and what you can do about it
• 11.00am Discussion over tea/coffee
• 11.30am Exploring how to work with depression
• 1.00pm Lunch (included)
• 1.45pm Practice in using the HG approach
• 2.45pm Discussion over tea/coffee
• 3.00pm Guided imagery for depression
• 4.00pm Day ends

On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.