Depression Management Program

Depression Management Program

Do you struggle with Depression? UVic Counselling Services will now offer an 8 to 10-week (one session per week) Depression Management Program. The program is based on Changeways, a program developed at the Department of Psychology at UBC Hospital. The program will provide clients with instruction in a variety of problem-solving, lifestyle management skills. The emphasis is on providing specific, research-based strategies for dealing with life problems. The content includes:

• Identifying problems and transforming them into goals for change.
• Breaking goals down into manageable steps.
• Learning about stress.
• The signs, symptoms, and causes of depression.
• The effects of diet, exercise, sleep habits, caffeine and drugs and alcohol.
• The importance of building recreation into one's daily life.
• Strategies for developing a more satisfying social life.
• An introduction to assertiveness skills.
• Identifying negative and self-defeating thought patterns.
• Learning to think in a more balanced and realistic manner.
• Preventing mood problems from becoming unmanageable.

This group is free of charge.

If the Group or Workshop is already scheduled
Please make a 20 minute appointment to meet one of the facilitators, to make sure that the group is appropriate to your needs.

If the Group or Workshop is not already scheduled
If we have sufficient interest in this group we will offer it as possible. To show your interest, please come to the Counselling Services and fill our a timetable to show us when you would be available.

Schedule
Please check the events page to see if a group is scheduled.