Understanding And Treating Depression

How to lift depression fast and create lasting change

What you'll learn

You will understand what depression is and what the symptoms of depression are.

You will know what causes and maintains depression

You will understand what you can do to help clients to overcome depression

You will have a basic understanding of the main drugs used to treat depression

You will have a basic understanding of the role of nutrition and diet in relation to depression

Requirements

It is helpful if you are trained in some form of psychological therapy

The course touches on Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness but isn't a course specifically about these areas, so it is helpful for students to have knowledge of these areas from prior training, or following this course to take some additional training in these areas to increase knowledge

The ability to download and view the PDF handout, and printing facilities if the student wants to print the handouts

Description

Understanding and Treating Depression is a course for counsellors, hypnotherapists, and other professionals working with clients who may have depression. The course can also be taken by those interested in gaining a greater understanding about depression for personal development or learning.
The course is taught by Dan Jones, who has worked as a depression and anxiety specialist since 2001 and teaches therapists to treat depression and anxiety disorders, prior to this Dan worked in psychiatric care homes.This understanding and treating depression course also contains a 54-page PDF of extensive course notes and a PDF document of links to articles to supplement your learning and a list of recommended reading.Depression is the predominant mental health problem worldwide. In the UK in 2014 one in five people over 16 showed symptoms of anxiety or depression, so it is very common among the general population and there is more prevalence with clients in therapy who perhaps are presenting with something other than depression as their reason for seeking support.On this course you will learn:
• What depression is and the symptoms of depression• What causes and maintains depression• How to treat depression
The course is structured to give you an understanding of what depression is and depression symptoms before covering causes of depression which includes the cycle of depression, the depressive attributional style, worrying, and sleep and depression. Then the course progresses into the nature of depression as a deep trance state and how it isn't the things that happen to people that causes depression, but rather their response to the world around them that leads to depression, then the role of stress in relation to depression is explored. These understandings pave the way to be able to understand how to help clients quickly move on from depression and how to help them reduce the chances of having periods of depression in the future.
One of the first paradigms explored is the idea that rather than depression being a problem it is actually a solution or a signal for the client, and to tackle the depression you need to know what it is a signal or solution for and address that. The course looks at some of the myths around depression treatment, like clients having to feel worse before they get better, that anti-depressants are a good solution for long-term treatment of depression, and that depression is a biological illness.
Before getting into what you can do to treat depression there is an overview of the main drugs used in depression treatment. It is common for clients to assume therapists know about the drugs they have been prescribed, so it is helpful to have a basic understanding of this, Then the course moves into how to lift depression, how I structure a therapy session when working with depression clients, what information I look for from the client, how I gather that information, what information is needed from a client to help them move on from being depressed and how I help clients to carry changes forward into their life beyond the therapy session. 
To end the course diet, nutrition and exercise are covered as well as two topics I rarely see on other courses, safeguarding your client, as there is an increased risk of suicide among depressed clients, and there maybe risk of harm to others, and safeguarding yourself, it can be an emotional and difficult role working with depressed clients, especially if they commit suicide or threaten to, or if they have been revealing very emotional information to you, so it is important to know how to look after yourself.
I am always on hand to respond to any questions you may have as you progress through the course (I try to respond to questions within 24 hours). There is also a Sussex Hypnotherapy Centre certificate of completion in addition to the Udemy certificate of completion.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is Depression

Lecture 3 Symptoms of Depression in Children

Lecture 4 Symptoms of Depression in Teens

Lecture 5 Symptoms of Depression in Adults

Lecture 6 Depression Differences Between Men and Women

Section 2: What Causes Depression

Lecture 7 Depression is Rarely a Biological Illness

Lecture 8 What Causes Depression

Lecture 9 The Cycle of Depression

Lecture 10 The Depressive Attributional Style

Lecture 11 The Happiness Attributional Style

Lecture 12 Worrying

Lecture 13 Sleep and Depression

Lecture 14 Depression is an Emotional Trance

Lecture 15 Difficult Life Experiences Don't Cause Depression

Lecture 16 Stress and Depression

Section 3: How To Treat Depression

Lecture 17 Depression as a Signal or Solution

Lecture 18 Client's Don't Need to Feel Worse Before They Get Better

Lecture 19 Drugs Are Not Usually The Best Lasting Treatment

Lecture 20 Basic Overview of The Main Drugs Used in Depression Treatment

Lecture 21 Post-Natal Depression

Lecture 22 Bi-Polar Disorder

Lecture 23 How to Lift Depression

Lecture 24 Structuring Therapy Sessions

Lecture 25 Innate Emotional Needs

Lecture 26 Pattern Matching

Lecture 27 Being Solution Focused

Lecture 28 Focusing on Positives

Lecture 29 Finding Strengths and Skills

Lecture 30 Using Scaling

Lecture 31 Environment

Lecture 32 Goals

Lecture 33 Tackling Worrying

Lecture 34 Relaxation

Lecture 35 Mindfulness

Lecture 36 Mental Rehearsal

Lecture 37 Developing a Client's Inner Awareness

Lecture 38 Task Setting

Lecture 39 Exercise

Lecture 40 Diet and Nutrition

Section 4: Safeguarding

Lecture 41 Safeguarding Your Client

Lecture 42 Looking After Yourself

Section 5: Conclusion

Lecture 43 Conclusion

Lecture 44 Certificate of Completion

This understanding and treating depression course is primarily for psychological therapists - including counsellors and hypnotherapists who feel they could benefit from further learning around understanding and treating depression,This course is for those who are psychological therapists or hypnotherapists in training, or newly qualified who want to learn more about understanding and treating clients with depression,Those with a personal interest in understanding depression may find this course helpful, to give understanding about depression and also about how depression can be treated