This concerns how people relate to one another in their everyday lives. The different ways they communicate with other people and the manner in which they express themselves. Finding out whether someone is assertive, aggressive or timid is very necessary in this treatment. Indeed, it's vital.
Do they have 'social skills?' In other words, how do they actually behave around other people? It's very common for depressives to feel a lack of satisfaction in all manner of relationships. Family, work and social. Depression can cause a person, even one who was once charming and outgoing, to lose all desire to be around others, so that all the finesse they once had is lost.
Sometimes, the depressed person simply wants to be alone. To do a Greta Garbo, if you will! This was my problem. I was fine with my wife and son, but with any other family member and, God help me, strangers, I'd run a mile. Even talking on the telephone was extremely difficult.
Then again, there are others who can stand being around people, but they don't know what to say to them.
Other depressed people become a lot less assertive, they're unable to be positive about anything. After all, making decisions requires you to be positive and decision making for depressives is out of the question.
My 'decisions' entailed whether to sit in this chair or that and in what room was I going to spend the day.
Those who suffer from a milder form of depression may well be able to interact with others, but they tend to retreat, especially in group situations.
Yet others there are who try to carry on conversations, but tend to go what I can only describe as 'off centre.' They might talk too much, giving someone their life story in rapid-fire sentences or perhaps asking totally inappropriate questions. This is mainly because they're determined to fit in, they think they're chatting pleasantly, but in fact the reverse is true.
Others simply stand in the corner, quite unable to engage in small talk.
Like all the aforementioned therapies, Interpersonal Therapy in itself isn't the answer. For those people who do have communication problems, though, it's proving to be a very practical, sensible and helpful way for them to re-learn that which they've lost.
Fortunately, this idea that depression is simply a chemical imbalance is quickly losing ground.
Now, with all the therapies we've looked at, I'm sure you realize more than ever how vital it is to receive help from a professional who's highly qualified in depression. Someone with a very deep knowledge of the subject.
The last person you want to go to is the equivalent of 'Fred's Auto Wrecking and Wedding and Funeral Parlour.'
Mike Bond, telling us about Interpersonal Therapy and its uses. A visit to his Website, The Hypnosis Attraction, will give you so much more information about the condition of Depression. Make certain you pick up your copy of 'Why Worrying is Hypnotic and What To Do About It' FREE! Simply click on the 'free' to grab your copy Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Mike_Bond
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