Behavioural Solutions to Depression That Work (with Dr. Colleen E. Carney)
Join us for this one-day workshop designed for all healthcare providers looking for solutions to managing depression in a variety of healthcare settings.
You don’t have to have mental health expertise to effectively incorporate these concrete strategies into your health care practice to more effectively support your clients who are experiencing Depression!
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Major depression is a huge contributor to the global burden of disease and is the leading cause of disability worldwide (Ferrari et al.,2010; World Health Organization, 2017). Depression has symptoms that can impair motivation and sap energy, so that clients understandably can feel stuck in multiple domains in their life.
When people feel like they cannot move towards what they want, they can feel hopeless. Health providers need evidence-based, easy to deliver strategies for their clients with depression to help with depression symptoms, as well as help them with inertia and take action in their recovery.
Behavioural activation is an evidence-based treatment for depression (Martell, Dimidjian, & Herman-Dunn, 2010) that helps clients identify behaviours most likely to create momentum towards feeling better, and to test out strategies to enact these mood-boosting behaviours.
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This interactive workshop will teach you how to identify problems associated with depression and techniques from behavioural activation such as:
1) Strategies for moving when you don’t feel like it
2) Behavioural strategies for ruminating
3) Designing tests of the mood and activity connection
4) Collaborating on an activity schedule
5) Strategies for those who are "over-scheduled"
Using experiential exercises and case studies, you will get active practice in this treatment.
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Dr. Colleen Carney is a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Director of the Sleep and Depression Laboratory. Dr. Carney is a leading expert on depression and insomnia treatment, with over 25 years of experience in cognitive behavioural therapy, and over 100 publications, including 12 books. Dr. Carney trains students and professionals internationally - delivering over 200 clinical workshops. They are a passionate advocate for improving access to evidence based treatments for insomnia and depression.
