Depression & Depressive Disorders
The stories in this section examine the wide spectrum of depressive mood presentations clinicians encounter in practice, from major depression and dysthymia to trauma-linked and treatment-resistant forms. They also speak to the clinical realities of working with anhedonia, shame, and stalled motivation. You'll find expert guidance on addressing challenging symptoms that consider attachment history, co-occurring conditions, loss, global events, invalidation, and temperament. Throughout these pieces, gain insights on how to move beyond symptom reduction and work to restore agency, connection, and meaning in clients' lives.
The Shocking Treatment That Never Went Away
The Story of ECT—and Its Newer, Safer Alternatives
The Beauty of Longing and Melancholy
Susan Cain Celebrates the Sensitive Client
Elisha Goldstein asks clients what they need in tough moments and explains why it helps them learn to trust themselves. Read more
Judith Beck talks about an intellectual technique that she uses when doing childhood work with adult clients suffering from depression. Read more
Too many therapists today confuse the healing release of tears with the helpless despair triggered by reliving traumatizing memories in therapy. Read more
It’s not necessarily that sadness must always be avoided, but maybe we need to find a way to give it its place. Read more
Depression is an ill-defined diagnosis encompassing conditions with a variety of underlying causes. Recognizing different forms of depression is the key to... Read more
Treating depression requires a commitment to working with mind, body, and spirit. Read more
If Thomas Jefferson were a psychology graduate student today, he’d probably think of himself as a positive psychologist. It was Jefferson, after all, who... Read more
There's increasing evidence that mindfulness helps depressed people fight relapse. Read more
Two new studies suggest that the conventional wisdom fostered by drug companies about what causes depression and how both the brain and the Prozac generation... Read more
Getting a depressed client mobilized to take the initial steps toward change can be the key to treatment. Read more
Thrivers are not Pollyannas. They are not blindly optimistic and are far from showing the often irritating feigned cheerfulness that can result from trying to... Read more
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