Depression Program

[David Tolin]

The IOL Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/Anxiety Disorders Center is pleased to announce its new Depression Program.  Research shows that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective and efficient treatment for depression, with results comparable to those obtained using antidepressant medications.

 

CBT is a time-limited, active treatment that aims to reduce depression by challenging unhelpful ways of thinking and by reversing patterns of behavior that allow depression to persist.

Unhelpful ways of thinking in depression include unrealistic, negative thoughts about one's self, feelings of helplessness, and pessimistic thoughts about the future.  CBT helps people learn to identify and challenge these patterns of thinking.

Unhelpful behavior patterns in depression include a lack of activities that bring the person a sense of pleasure or accomplishment.  In CBT, people learn to change their behavior so that life becomes more rewarding.

Our intensive program for depression lasts just 4 weeks.  Participants will receive three 2-hour individual sessions per week with an expert CBT therapist. 

To obtain more information about the Depression Program, please call 860-545-7685 or visit https://www.harthosp.org/InstituteOfLiving/AnxietyDisordersCenter/Treatment/Referral/default.aspx to refer a patient.

 

David F. Tolin, Ph.D., ABPP
Director, Anxiety Disorders Center
The Institute of Living
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
200 Retreat Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
phone (860) 545-7685
fax (860) 545-7156
www.drtolin.com
www.instituteofliving.org/adc