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think about think about
• Focus is on emotional
processing and finding
emotional meaning, to • May be useful
help people find their for people with
• Individual intervention own solutions and psychosocial,
delivered by a practitioner develop coping relationship or
with therapy-specific mechanisms. employment
training and competence.
problems
• Provides empathic
• Usually consists of 8 listening, facilitated contributing to
regular sessions, although emotional exploration their
additional sessions may be and encouragement. depression.
needed for people with
Counselling • May suit people
comorbid mental or • Collaborative use of who do not like
physical health problems or emotion focused talking about
complex social needs, or to activities to increase their
address residual symptoms. self-awareness, to depression in a
help people gain
• Uses an empirically greater understanding group.
validated protocol of themselves, their • Avoids
developed specifically for relationships, and potential side
depression.
their responses to effects of
others, but not medication.
specific advice to
change behaviour.
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