Nearly 10 percent of the adult American population suffers from depression. While more than half of Americans believe that depression represents personal weakness, those suffering from depression as well as medical professionals know different. With its long winters, Maine presents particular challenges to depression sufferers. Fortunately, Maine offers a variety of depression counseling treatment options.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
While traditional talk therapy attempts to get to the root of a person's problems, cognitive behavior therapy does no such thing. CBT is concerned with how to help you deal with depression in your daily life, rather than the cause of your depression. The treatment helps people stay depression free for longer than just taking medication. Karin P. Sargent is a licensed clinical social worker in Gardiner, Maine, offering CBT.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Marsha M. Linehan developed dialectical behavior therapy in the late 1970s in response to perceived limitations of CBT. DBT attempts to balance the competing desires for change and acceptance. DBT was also founded to help therapists address what is known as "therapy-interfering behaviors." Patients do things that surreptitiously undermine their own recovery. Diana J. Bowen is a licensed clinical professional counselor offering DBT in Gardiner. ClearWater Psychotherapy also offers DBT in Falmouth.
Group Therapy
Some people feel more comfortable discussing their problems in a group. Group therapy also offers those with no insurance and financial difficulties the opportunity to address their problems with limited finances. Groups often have a focus, so you can find a group specifically geared towards depression, as well as group therapy for your age and gender. Southern Maine Psychotherapy in Yarmouth, Maine, offers a variety of groups for depression including men's, women's and mixed groups. ClearWater Psychotherapy also offers group counseling.
Positive Psychology
Positive psychology centers around the study of happiness. It attempts to treat patients by focusing on strengths rather than weaknesses. Christopher Peterson, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan, believes that "the good life can be taught." This is the aim of positive psychology. Christy A.Cole is an LCPC in Kennebunk, Maine, who offers positive psychology as a treatment for depression.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) originally began as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. It is now used for a whole host of mental health problems. The therapy attempts to address previous life traumas by desensitizing patients to the affects and assimilating the lessons. Maine residents can undergo this kind of treatment at ClearWater Psychotherapy.
