Treatment for depression at Mindfulthinking includes CBT, DBT, Schema, ACT, mindfulness, attachment/relational and solution-focused approaches. The goal is to help you develop understanding, awareness, and insight into your difficulties. During therapy Sherisse works with you to identify and change maladaptive and unhelpful thinking and behavioural patterns.

We will work together to understand if your relationships and patterns may be contributing to difficulties and if they are how to address them.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) can bring about lasting change that can decrease the chance of having depression again in the future. It helps the person to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours which can contribute to depression, and aims to build skills to manage depression in an ongoing way.

Problem-solving Therapy helps people gain mastery over day-to-day difficulties, stresses and problems which otherwise might seem overwhelming.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) involves addressing problems in the person’s relationships and expectations about others that might be contributing to their mood. IPT helps people to:

• find new ways to develop and nurture relationships

• resolve conflicts with others

• express emotions and communicate more effectively

• adapt to changes in life roles

• improve social support networks.

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is  designed to reduce the risk of depression returning (relapse prevention), by teaching participants mindfulness meditation combined with cognitive-behavioural techniques. MBCT focuses on practices to