Depression Therapy and Major Depressive Disorder Treatment

Depression is a mood disorder that deeply impacts emotions, thoughts, and behavior, often causing persistent sadness, hopelessness, and detachment from life. Those affected may lose interest in activities they once enjoyed, struggle with daily tasks, and experience intense isolation. Negative thinking patterns—such as self-criticism and feelings of worthlessness—can amplify symptoms, creating a cycle of loneliness and despair.

Depression therapy and major depressive disorder treatment, help individuals challenge these negative thoughts, manage emotions, and reconnect with their interests. Over time, therapy can reduce symptoms, improve motivation, and restore a sense of hope and well-being.

Techniques used for depression include  the BARS / Unblocking / Traumatic Incident Reduction - TIR / EMDR / EFT Therapy /  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - CBT / Somatic Body Processes

•  Feeling sad or "down in the dumps"
• The future looks hopeless
• Feeling worthless
• Feeling inadequate, inferior or less than others
• Self-critical and blame yourself
• Difficulty making decisions
• Frequently feel angry &/or resentful
• Loss of interest in your hobbies, career, family, &/or friends
• Push yourself hard to do things
• Feeling old or unattractive
• Loss of appetite or over eat or binge eat compulsively
• Difficulty sleeping: falling asleep or staying asleep
• Excessively tired or sleeping too much
• Loss of interest in sex
• Worry excessively about your health
• Have thoughts that life is not worth living or you think that you would be better off not alive

Depression therapy serves as a transformative tool for individuals living with major depressive disorder (MDD), providing support in processing the complex layers of thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, judgments, memories, images, emotions, body sensations, and experiences that contribute to their depressive state. MDD often entails a deeply ingrained cycle of negative thinking, emotional numbness, and self-criticism, all of which can feel impossible to break without help. 

Depression therapy helps individuals begin to explore the underlying factors that keep them in a persistent state of mental and emotional pain.

Therapeutic work involves confronting these patterns and processing them in a safe, supportive environment. When these painful memories and judgments are acknowledged and the emotional energy behind them is released, a new sense of freedom and space can emerge within the individual. 

This process enables the person to receive new insights, form healthier beliefs, and envision new possibilities for themselves and their relationships. 

Forgiveness—whether directed toward oneself or others—becomes attainable, promoting emotional release and healing.

Ezreena’s approach to depression therapy is designed to facilitate a deep transformation. She guides clients in "discharging" the emotional energy that is often attached to negative beliefs, helping to lift the weight of self-criticism, inadequacy, or past trauma.

Once this emotional discharge occurs, it creates an open mental space for positive beliefs and affirmations to take root. One must first process out the "negative" to ensure room for new affirmations and perspectives to genuinely "stick"; this allows clients to form a more solid foundation for lasting change.

During depression therapy with Ezreena, individuals learn to release what no longer serves them (old beliefs and behaviours) and embrace what nurtures them, leading to renewed motivation, a healthier self-image, and a more hopeful outlook on life. Through this approach, they can transcend the limitations of their depressive states and gradually reclaime a sense of empowerment, self-worth, and emotional balance.

Ezreena often uses Unblocking and EMDR & TIR to process negatives beliefs and traumatic incidents in order to release the emotional charge that is causing the depression.