Module One: 6 sessions
Depression Relief Therapy 1
with Dr Lauren Axelsen
Understanding Your Depression
SESSION 1 OF 6
Duration 27mins 48secs
TAKE THE QUIZ:
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen describes the symptoms of depression, and how they may vary from person to person. We discover how to identify depression, which is an important first step to take towards treating depression. Dr Axelsen identifies the various types of symptoms, which include; physical, behavioural, thoughts and feelings.
Dr Axelsen explains Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and how it can treat the symptoms of depression. She outlines the three levels of thought that can help us change our negative beliefs about ourselves, lesson our emotional reactions, and approach life and our problems with clarity.
ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: Depression Relief Therapy 1
01
Understanding Your Depression « you are here
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen describes the symptoms of depression, and how they may vary from person to person. We discover how to identify depression, which is an important first step to take towards treating depression. Dr Axelsen identifies the various types of symptoms, which include; physical, behavioural, thoughts and feelings.
02
Monitoring Your Depression
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen shows us how to monitor our depression. When everything feels like a struggle, and we are without joy, it's not enough rating our mood with an arbitrary 1 to 10.Dr Axelsen guides us through the process of monitoring our typical week, showing us how to create meaningful mood monitors...
03
Goal Setting For Your Recovery
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen discusses coming to terms with suffering from depression. She addresses the problems you might be noticing, offering steps to change by using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to set new behavioural goals.
04
Reactivating Your Life
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen discusses how to schedule activities into our week that will lift our mood. When we’re depressed everything feels like a struggle, we stop doing activities because we no longer enjoy them or we feel worthless. This is a slippery slope that worsens our depression.
05
Healthy Sleep Routines
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen investigates the complications with sleep disorders. Experiencing issues with sleep is a common symptom of depression. Dr Axelsen explains the complications with the two sleep disorders; insomnia and hyper-somnia. She discusses why it is very important to develop a healthy sleep routine, showing us how to develop good sleep...
06
Capturing Your Automatic Thoughts
In this session, Dr Lauren Axelsen investigates negative thoughts that make us feel despair, rage or guilt. She explains the automatic thought process and shows us how to capture these negative thoughts and identify them as symptoms of our depression. We discover how to start looking at our negative thoughts in an objective, evidence based...
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