Depression

Often it happens that clients come to us with a single request, and in the course of therapy turns out completely different. For example, depression. It also can be in different types: explicit, latent (hidden) - the most dangerous, when a person does not even suspect its existence. And she manages it, dictates how to live. Someone once said that depression - is a consequence of imperfect love. So it is, because depressive personality - is the result of neglect in childhood from parents, this lack of love. But the main thing - this feeling of loss or inaccessibility of what happened and the lack of acceptance of this. For example, a woman with age loses its beauty and power, and if she will not accept it, then fall into a deep depression throughout his life.
Working with such clients a therapist must understand what for the client needs his depression? What does it give him? Client can not be praised - it is very sensitive to others and dependent on their environment.
Depressive clients deny all the good in themselves, deny their right to exist, a negative image of themselves as overcritical of yourself. In relations with others depend on the requirements of others, they have no boundaries, there is a feeling that nobody understands, hence there is loneliness. It is a vicious circle.

Manifestations of depression:

• mood - sadness, depressed mood, a feeling of apathy;
• inhibition of thought;
• motor retardation;
• physical manifestations - insomnia at night and daytime sleepiness, increased or decreased appetite, body pains, stress, changes in vital tone.

Factors:

• loss;
• guilt;
• потребность повернуть время вспять; need to turn back the time;
• self-agression;
• low self-esteem.

Actually therapy:

Therapy begins with the moment of arrival (after all, it is important to start something for themselves). First is the realization of his depression, and that the cause of suffering lies in the client, not the entire world around to blame. At this stage it is important to live together with the client of his feelings and depressive feelings. New and future are frightening. It may take as many as apply it to the client, then it is necessary to talk about the symptoms of the client in the context of his experiences. Resize these experiences (again together). And only after that could be approached to discuss the symptom with regard past experience, the significance of symptoms in his life (remember at the beginning of the question we set ourselves at the beginning of treatment - for what his client needs a symptom). And here is to sum up the client to his future - what next? And after all this can be approached for completion of therapy. But very carefully, because may occur anger, rage, may worsen symptoms. For the least painful goodbyes can together work out the ritual of completing.