Person Centred Depression Counselling
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Depression And Feeling Down

Depression counselling is often recommended as a combination treatment plan. Talking therapy can help you identify, address and manage negative, self-defeating thoughts that may affect the way you behave with depression.

We all have times where we feel sad, but depression affects your daily life, making it hard for you to find enjoyment in day-to-day activities. Depression is a mood disorder that can take many forms: some days you may find it impossible to get out of bed, while other days you may feel more able to go about your normal daily tasks.

Living with depression can be incredibly difficult, for both those suffering and those around them. Due to the nature of the condition, however, seeking help can often be delayed.The Person-Centred Approach (PCA) is the opposite of the CBT model. The client is in charge of the sessions.

Carl Rogers, the founder of PCA, has proven that the client as an individual, given certain conditions, can heal and strive to be the person they want to be.

Typical Symptoms

If you have depression, you are likely to have at least five of the following symptoms:

you may feel worthless
like life isn’t worth living
constantly anxious, tearful and worried
feel like you can’t concentrate

you may feel worthless
like life isn’t worth living
constantly anxious, tearful and worried
feel like you can’t concentrate

Indecisive
Irritable and intolerant of others
You are not getting enough enjoyment out of life

You May Experience

Changes in sleeping patterns - broken nights or oversleeping
Changes in eating patterns - loss of appetite or overeating
Tiredness and a loss of energy
Persistent headaches and/or stomach upsets

Chronic pain
A slower speaking pattern than usual
Loss of libido
Changes to the menstrual cycle

You May Also

In some circumstances, you might not even notice that you have developed depression, especially if it has been a gradual process over several weeks or months. Sometimes it takes a friend, a family member or a partner to point out that you may have a problem.

Neglect hobbies and interests
Isolate yourself from friends and family

Take part in fewer social activities
Notice your productivity falling at work

When is the right time to seek help?

For many, being treated for depression can seem an impossible task, but the sooner help is sought the better. In some cases, the illness can disappear without treatment. This is not always the case however and there is a danger that living with the condition will put significant emotional and physical strain on your health and well-being.

In the initial stages, your GP will look to diagnose the condition. From here our counsellors can help offer you support.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is among the recommended therapies for treating depression. This therapy is based on the premise that the way we behave and think affects the way we feel. People with depression tend to have self-defeating thoughts that can lead to negative behaviour. CBT aims to help them identify and address these negative thoughts.

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Rainer

Rainer moved to the UK over 50 years ago, he has been married for 55 years. He is a qualified engineer and has studied several models of psychotherapy.

The need to help people spurred him on to enter the counselling profession. More Info >

Faith

Faith is a qualified counsellor and uses person-centred therapy in online sessions. Faith lives in the Wigan area.

Any work will be confidential, and Faith will build a trusting and safe environment for you to explore any issues and needs you have. More Info >

What our clients say.

” Rainer was a great help in listening to what I had to say, and then, gradually, his comments and prompts guided me to a fair amount of self reflection which helped me to realise that there are always other angles and perspectives to our ‘problems’, and that it was within me, myself, to reflect on and identify and choose to adjust my approach to things and choose ‘positive’ options rather than negative ones that may have become bad habits, which we have probably developed from a ‘tunnelled vision’ perspective. All of this has helped me to get less anxious and stressed with ‘life situations’ and to manage them in a more positive way. “