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Part 2: Beyond Pills: Effective Treatment of Depression

Session #: 710-303
Presenter(s): Michael Yapko
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Although the pharmaceutical industry and medical establishment insist otherwise, there's very little evidence that depression is a primarily a medical illness, best treated with medications. On the contrary, the latest research clearly demonstrates that depression is caused more by social factors and negative interpersonal patterns than individual biochemistry. In this workshop, we'll discuss the many ways that therapy can help change the physical, mental, emotional, and social patterns that cause and maintain depression. You'll learn well-researched strategies for dealing with sleep disturbance, reducing anxiety, changing attributional thinking, and targeting dysfunctional behavior and thoughts. We'll explore how to strike a balance between being supportive and gently challenging clients and the importance of assigning homework that gives regular practice in depression-fighting skills. (This session will continue with Workshop 303.)

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