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• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 29 and under >> Interview 02 >> Has come across unhelpful holistic therapists and wonders about their qualifications.

Effective approaches include medication (currently Efexor 75 mg/day), hypnotherapy and counselling. Was finding it difficult to find therapy in the NHS.

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Talking therapies - Finding a therapist

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 29 and under >> Interview 02 >> Has come across unhelpful holistic therapists and wonders about their qualifications.

Effective approaches include medication (currently Efexor 75 mg/day), hypnotherapy and counselling. Was finding it difficult to find therapy in the NHS.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 19 >> Feels that the occupational therapists set her challenges that were too hard, and so this contributed to her feeling a sense of failure.

Has managed to find joy in life through approaches including medication (currently venlafaxine 150mg & chlorpromazine 25mg), counselling, partner support, Christianity and voluntary work (which led to rewarding employment).

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 22 >> Therapy can involve a long and meaningful relationship where you work on highly personal issues, and that requires a trustworthy and skilful therapist

Is now managed by a skilled team in the NHS, which includes long-term therapy. Therapy is addressing her distorted thinking patterns and difficult past. She now understands she can move beyond depression.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 22 >> Felt numbed by Lustral (sertraline) and stopped taking her tablets, but suffered strange withdrawal symptoms, and so re-started her medication. (Playe

Is now managed by a skilled team in the NHS, which includes long-term therapy. Therapy is addressing her distorted thinking patterns and difficult past. She now understands she can move beyond depression.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 22 >> Her therapist told her she needed to be more stable on medication and have more social support around her before she was ready for therapy. (Played by

Is now managed by a skilled team in the NHS, which includes long-term therapy. Therapy is addressing her distorted thinking patterns and difficult past. She now understands she can move beyond depression.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 20 >> Says that once you are well and can judge, you need to view your sessions with your potential therapist as a relationship, which needs to have trust,

Her recovery initially came about after hospitalisation including Electroconvulsive Therapy. With supportive long-term therapy and medication (Prozac and lithium) she has been in recovery ever since 1989.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 27 >> It takes time to know if you can trust a therapist and divulge sensitive information, but you can know if you feel comfortable with them on the first

Her main helpful approaches include hospitalisation, various therapies (including art therapy), Citalopram (40mg/day), reduction in work hours, Christian prayer and diary writing.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 30-39 >> Interview 09 >> Liked the therapy approach called 'systemic consultation', which attempted to understand his perspective, it focused on current difficulties and it he

Since 1995 has undergone a recovery which has involved therapy (systemic consultation) as well as learning social skills, engaging in enjoyable activities, and involvement in self-help groups.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 30-39 >> Interview 08 >> She felt hurt and rejected when after 6 months of counselling, her counsellor announced flatly that she couldn't see her again. (Played by an actor)

With the ongoing care of her GP and ongoing counselling with a skilled practitioner, she has been in recovery since early 2003. Not currently on medication.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 27 >> In therapy she could talk to a stranger about issues she had never discussed, and work out what was at the root of her problems.

Her main helpful approaches include hospitalisation, various therapies (including art therapy), Citalopram (40mg/day), reduction in work hours, Christian prayer and diary writing.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 29 and under >> Interview 15 >> Was pleasantly surprised by her welcome at a private psychiatric hospital.

With the help of a caring GP, her counsellor, private hospital treatment, Efexor (150mg/day) and self-help books, she was feeling better and is keen to continue her healing and help others. She has written a book: Saving Samantha: A Young Woman's Escape from Childhood Hell (isbn 1401910300) about her experiences.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 06 >> Discusses how a therapist helped her to see that she might not be at fault if an acquaintance ignored her.

Has responded very well to Prozac (currently 20 mg) and cognitive behavioural therapy, and feels she should be on an antidepressant permanently to correct a chemical imbalance.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 07 >> Feels that the stigma of mental illness is less in Brazil than in the UK, and he is encouraged by the way celebrities are increasingly open about depr

Used a raft of strategies to recover including time off work, attending a support group, counselling, physical exercise, interaction with nature and pets, and spiritual healing.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 40-54 >> Interview 22 >> Was surprised when her therapist told her she needed to be more stable on medication and have more social support before she was ready for therapy. (P

Is now managed by a skilled team in the NHS, which includes long-term therapy. Therapy is addressing her distorted thinking patterns and difficult past. She now understands she can move beyond depression.

• Mental health >> Depression >> Age 29 and under >> Interview 02 >> The NHS offers no sure path for getting a referral to a talking therapist, and it's easy to fall through the gaps, especially if your income is low.

Effective approaches include medication (currently Efexor 75 mg/day), hypnotherapy and counselling. Was finding it difficult to find therapy in the NHS.