Depression Treatment

There are a number of reasons that contribute to someone experiencing depression. Apart from biological reasons such a brain chemistry, the primary reason people experience depression are family dynamics, environmental problems, life events and stress. When considering why you or your loved one is experiencing depression it’s important to look at what has changed in their environment, or have they been experiencing significant stress.

When treating depression The Bay team will conduct an analysis of the reasons for the depression, or the function of depression in a person’s life. Depression can have a number of functions, however, one of the most common causes of depression is a response to stressful life events, where the brain and nervous system is having difficulty processing and coping with the stress.

The purpose of depression is the body’s natural response to complex emotional states that the brain is finding difficult to process and move through. Depression allows the brain to slow down and start the process of disentangling complex emotions and provide meaning for challenging life events such as trauma, and grief and loss.

If you would like to know more about The Bay’s approach to treating depression, call our Executive Director today on 0437-966-457.

When working with your therapist you will learn that in order to be successful in your recovery, sometimes you will be encouraged to surrender to the healing process.

For many of us this can be confused with not trying or giving up. However, surrender means we stop resisting our intuition and start listening to what guides us internally. We stop trying to control outcomes with loved ones and placing unrealistic expectations on ourselves.

We learn to understand the inner critic that drives us, or paralyses us, and take steps to manage this part of us rather than this part managing our actions and relationships.