In the psychotherapy of depression, there are two kinds of psychotherapy with better effects, namely cognitive behavioral therapy and interpersonal therapy.
In cognitive behavioral therapy, psychological counselors help clients adjust their bad cognition and change their depressed thinking patterns and behavior patterns. In interpersonal psychotherapy, helping visitors learn to associate emotions with interpersonal communication, and adjusting and improving interpersonal relationships appropriately can alleviate depression.
For depression, there are mainly psychotherapy, drug therapy and physical therapy. One of the effective methods of psychotherapy is "self-affirmation strengthening method", which is based on the practice of psychological counseling in the East and the West. It believes that some people suffer from depression mainly because they constantly strengthen their negative emotions and behaviors. If they do the opposite and constantly strengthen their positive emotions and behaviors in time, the components of depression will become less and less and eventually disappear.
The specific implementation method of "self-affirmation strengthening method" is as follows:
First, adhere to normal activities.
Some patients can go to work and do housework normally, but they don't go to work or even do housework. This is very harmful. The more so, the more I feel useless. In fact, patients have the ability to complete work tasks and do housework well. As long as you insist on doing what you should do, your mood will not get lower and lower.
Second, there is room for making plans. Think about what to do tomorrow before going to bed every night. Don't set the plan too high or too low, leave enough room. So that the plan can be successfully completed every day. This is what people usually say, "You can pick the fruit in one jump."
Third, affirm yourself in time. Before going to bed every night, you should fully affirm your achievements and progress the next day, and don't say anything negative. It is best to keep a diary, in which you can record good experiences, progress and achievements. Keeping a diary like this every day makes life more and more interesting.
Fourth, don't say negative things to relatives and friends. Relatives and friends don't listen to patients' negative words. It's not that we have no sympathy for patients. The most important thing is that listening to patients talk about negative things will strengthen their willingness to talk about negative things.
As the saying goes, "heart disease still needs medical treatment", and most patients with depression have certain incentives (such as frustration and misfortune). ) Before getting sick, I was pessimistic in the process of depression and depression. Disappointed and lonely, helpless. Generally speaking, these conditions can be treated by psychotherapy-the so-called "heart medicine". Because according to foreign clinical research in recent 20 years, a considerable number of patients with depression can be cured or relieved by psychotherapy or various treatment methods (combined with drugs). For example, a large sample of follow-up study was conducted in the United States, and it was found that the efficacy of interpersonal psychotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy for outpatients with depression was similar to that of tricyclic antidepressants (propionic acid), with an effective rate of 60%-80%.