Depression is common, and it is treatable. Symptoms may vary from person to person, but all types of depression – from mild to severe – can be effectively treated with mood management strategies. Depression is particularly responsive to counselling treatment. Research shows that counselling combined with physical exercise, healthy eating, and sleeping well can dramatically improve wellbeing and reduce the symptoms of depression. Counselling targets the underlying causes of depression. You’ll learn strategies to help regulate your mood, and ways to manage depression effectively. An experienced therapist can help you to figure out how to get your mind to work for you, not against you. Effective counselling is also the key to long-term recovery and the prevention of relapse. Decades of clinical research suggest that for relief from depression, counselling is a more effective treatment than taking medication. Those same studies also report that a course of therapy is just as effective as medication combined with counselling. Evidence-based interventions used to treat depression include Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, and Choice Therapy.