Depression Treatment Centers in Sausalito, CA

Rather than merely containing or shaping behaviors, we are committed to assisting young people by addressing the deeper, more difficult issues that impact their lives including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and more.
At Paradigm Treatment, we have been providing residential treatment for teenagers (12-17) for over 12 years. Our program focuses on addressing mental health issues during this crucial developmental phase. While most teen treatment is focused on containing and changing behaviors, our goal is to identify the core issues driving negative coping skills. We help clients build self-awareness, heal from past traumas, learn coping strategies, life skills, and interpersonal tactics. Our skilled medical, clinical, and psychological staff work closely with each client, ensuring personalized support from the moment they enter our program. At Paradigm, we empower teens to build meaningful lives and equip them with skills to thrive beyond the completion of our program.
Rather than merely containing or shaping behaviors, we are committed to assisting young people by addressing the deeper, more difficult issues that impact their lives including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and more.
At Paradigm Treatment, we have been providing residential treatment for teenagers (12-17) for over 12 years. Our program focuses on addressing mental health issues during this crucial developmental phase. While most teen treatment is focused on containing and changing behaviors, our goal is to identify the core issues driving negative coping skills. We help clients build self-awareness, heal from past traumas, learn coping strategies, life skills, and interpersonal tactics. Our skilled medical, clinical, and psychological staff work closely with each client, ensuring personalized support from the moment they enter our program. At Paradigm, we empower teens to build meaningful lives and equip them with skills to thrive beyond the completion of our program.
(415) 326-1439 View (415) 326-1439
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
Evolve offers proven, evidence-based therapy programs for teens struggling with mental health, substance use, or behavioral challenges. Our short-term residential treatment center (RTC) provides 24/7 supervision and individualized care in a safe, supportive setting. With only six teens in the program at a time, we deliver highly focused and personalized treatment. We also provide structured outpatient therapy through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Families can expect compassionate care and meaningful progress at every step.
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
Evolve offers proven, evidence-based therapy programs for teens struggling with mental health, substance use, or behavioral challenges. Our short-term residential treatment center (RTC) provides 24/7 supervision and individualized care in a safe, supportive setting. With only six teens in the program at a time, we deliver highly focused and personalized treatment. We also provide structured outpatient therapy through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Families can expect compassionate care and meaningful progress at every step.
(925) 304-1379 View (925) 304-1379
Embark Behavioral Health
Treatment Center
Serves Area
We know how difficult it can be to see your child struggling with severe mental health issues like anxiety, depression or suicidal ideation.
At our programs in Walnut Creek, CA, our therapists work directly with each young person to identify where they are in their healing journey and develop a custom treatment program for their needs using evidence-based therapies and carefully tracked outcomes. We're here to help you overcome the challenges affecting you and your family’s everyday life.
We know how difficult it can be to see your child struggling with severe mental health issues like anxiety, depression or suicidal ideation.
At our programs in Walnut Creek, CA, our therapists work directly with each young person to identify where they are in their healing journey and develop a custom treatment program for their needs using evidence-based therapies and carefully tracked outcomes. We're here to help you overcome the challenges affecting you and your family’s everyday life.
(925) 966-3707 View (925) 966-3707
Alta Mira Recovery Programs
Treatment Center
Sausalito, CA 94965
Alta Mira is a residential treatment center in Sausalito, California, specializing in addiction and complex co-occurring disorders. Our team of highly credentialed addiction treatment professionals welcomes clients with a broad range of substance use and mental health conditions. Located just minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, our campus offers a private, secluded setting with panoramic bay views, mature gardens, and the casual elegance of a historic hotel. We are in-network with TriWest and welcome veterans seeking care.
Alta Mira is a residential treatment center in Sausalito, California, specializing in addiction and complex co-occurring disorders. Our team of highly credentialed addiction treatment professionals welcomes clients with a broad range of substance use and mental health conditions. Located just minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, our campus offers a private, secluded setting with panoramic bay views, mature gardens, and the casual elegance of a historic hotel. We are in-network with TriWest and welcome veterans seeking care.
(866) 374-0585 View (866) 374-0585
Marin Counseling Collaborative
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Our professional counselors can guide you to overcome the following: Couples Counseling, Changes in family (divorce, separation, loss of loved one), Grief and Loss, Parenting challenges, Anxiety/Stress Depression, Self Esteem issues, Self injury or self harm, Child behavioral issues, Trauma, Substance Abuse, Abuse related issues.
At times we all need help sorting out life's complexities. At the Marin Counseling Collaborative we offer professional, skilled, affordable, psychotherapy to address the challenges that life can bring. The Marin Counseling Collaborative is a community counseling center and training program operated by Bay Area Community Resources, a non-profit organization providing services to Marin residents since 1975. We provide counseling to adults, couples, and families. All of our therapists have specialties in working with children and adolescents.
Our professional counselors can guide you to overcome the following: Couples Counseling, Changes in family (divorce, separation, loss of loved one), Grief and Loss, Parenting challenges, Anxiety/Stress Depression, Self Esteem issues, Self injury or self harm, Child behavioral issues, Trauma, Substance Abuse, Abuse related issues.
At times we all need help sorting out life's complexities. At the Marin Counseling Collaborative we offer professional, skilled, affordable, psychotherapy to address the challenges that life can bring. The Marin Counseling Collaborative is a community counseling center and training program operated by Bay Area Community Resources, a non-profit organization providing services to Marin residents since 1975. We provide counseling to adults, couples, and families. All of our therapists have specialties in working with children and adolescents.
(415) 300-2286 View (415) 300-2286
Mind Therapy Clinic
Treatment Center
Serves Area
We are an innovative psychiatric clinic specializing in complex disorders with personalized, multidisciplinary care. Our continuum includes outpatient, IOP, PHP, and 24/7 residential services at E Street Housing. Treatments include evaluations, medication, individual & family therapy, case management, group therapy, mindfulness, DBT, TMS, and diagnostic imaging.
We are an innovative psychiatric clinic specializing in complex disorders with personalized, multidisciplinary care. Our continuum includes outpatient, IOP, PHP, and 24/7 residential services at E Street Housing. Treatments include evaluations, medication, individual & family therapy, case management, group therapy, mindfulness, DBT, TMS, and diagnostic imaging.
(415) 991-7463 View (415) 991-7463
The Lotus Collaborative
Treatment Center
Serves Area
The Lotus Collaborative's Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) has been created for clients affected by anxiety, depression and trauma who need additional support, or for those transitioning from higher levels of care.
The Lotus Collaborative offers holistic behavioral health recovery services both virtually, and in-person, at our Santa Cruz and San Francisco California locations. As more than just another treatment center, we are a multi-disciplinary team of compassionate and skilled mental health experts, that have a passion for helping clients obtain health and happiness. We believe in providing our clients with a recovery environment in which they feel heard, ​respected and empowered.
The Lotus Collaborative's Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) has been created for clients affected by anxiety, depression and trauma who need additional support, or for those transitioning from higher levels of care.
The Lotus Collaborative offers holistic behavioral health recovery services both virtually, and in-person, at our Santa Cruz and San Francisco California locations. As more than just another treatment center, we are a multi-disciplinary team of compassionate and skilled mental health experts, that have a passion for helping clients obtain health and happiness. We believe in providing our clients with a recovery environment in which they feel heard, ​respected and empowered.
(415) 886-1753 View (415) 886-1753
Bayside Marin Treatment Center
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Providing exemplary addiction and dual diagnosis treatment for adults in beautiful San Francisco, California, Bayside Marin offers superior care in a setting that embodies tranquility. This center features world-class treatment that utilizes evidence-based therapeutic interventions and treatment methods that have improved the lives of countless individuals by allowing them to truly recover and heal from addictions and mental health concerns. Bayside Marin is licensed to operate 30 beds and features 24-hour nursing staff that is supervised by a board certified physician. Cornerstone to the care supplied by this renowned center is the highly individualized treatment planning that takes into account the various needs of the men and women served. This unique facet, coupled with the unparalleled dedication by the staff, is what makes Bayside Marin the treatment leader it has become.
Providing exemplary addiction and dual diagnosis treatment for adults in beautiful San Francisco, California, Bayside Marin offers superior care in a setting that embodies tranquility. This center features world-class treatment that utilizes evidence-based therapeutic interventions and treatment methods that have improved the lives of countless individuals by allowing them to truly recover and heal from addictions and mental health concerns. Bayside Marin is licensed to operate 30 beds and features 24-hour nursing staff that is supervised by a board certified physician. Cornerstone to the care supplied by this renowned center is the highly individualized treatment planning that takes into account the various needs of the men and women served. This unique facet, coupled with the unparalleled dedication by the staff, is what makes Bayside Marin the treatment leader it has become.
(628) 203-0580 View (628) 203-0580
Breathe Life Residential Program
Treatment Center
Serves Area
We treat substance use disorders, dual diagnosis, complex trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, and co-occurring mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
If you or someone you love is navigating addiction, trauma, or a co-occurring mental health condition, you deserve a place that truly understands. At Breathe Life, we serve adults 18+ — including LGBTQ+ individuals, those dealing with chemsex addiction, complex trauma, eating disorders, and dual diagnosis. Our clients come seeking more than sobriety: they come to rebuild their lives in a safe, affirming environment set on a 22-acre Laurel Canyon campus in Los Angeles.
We treat substance use disorders, dual diagnosis, complex trauma, PTSD, eating disorders, and co-occurring mental health conditions including depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
If you or someone you love is navigating addiction, trauma, or a co-occurring mental health condition, you deserve a place that truly understands. At Breathe Life, we serve adults 18+ — including LGBTQ+ individuals, those dealing with chemsex addiction, complex trauma, eating disorders, and dual diagnosis. Our clients come seeking more than sobriety: they come to rebuild their lives in a safe, affirming environment set on a 22-acre Laurel Canyon campus in Los Angeles.
(877) 702-1746 View (877) 702-1746
Avery Lane
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Avery Lane is an innovative San Francisco Bay Area all-female Primary Substance Abuse, Primary Mental Health and Trauma Specialized inpatient and outpatient treatment center with programs thoughtfully designed and developed exclusively to meet the unique needs of women. We treat everything that comes up for women specifically while they struggle with substance abuse and mental health concerns. Our experienced clinical and medical team utilizes the latest holistic and evidenced-based approaches to provide women with the most effective and engaging treatment for their individualized core issues. We have created a community environment in which our team and participants work together to heal and grow. Our small and intimate home-like environment offers the perfect atmosphere to foster rehabilitation with 24/7 dedicated staff support. Our individualized programs and different levels of care offer long term support options to end the cycle of addiction and gain a life of recovery and hope outside of addiction.
Avery Lane is an innovative San Francisco Bay Area all-female Primary Substance Abuse, Primary Mental Health and Trauma Specialized inpatient and outpatient treatment center with programs thoughtfully designed and developed exclusively to meet the unique needs of women. We treat everything that comes up for women specifically while they struggle with substance abuse and mental health concerns. Our experienced clinical and medical team utilizes the latest holistic and evidenced-based approaches to provide women with the most effective and engaging treatment for their individualized core issues. We have created a community environment in which our team and participants work together to heal and grow. Our small and intimate home-like environment offers the perfect atmosphere to foster rehabilitation with 24/7 dedicated staff support. Our individualized programs and different levels of care offer long term support options to end the cycle of addiction and gain a life of recovery and hope outside of addiction.
(415) 569-2691 View (415) 569-2691

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Embark Behavioral Health
Treatment Center
Serves Area
We understand how heartbreaking it is to watch your child struggle with severe mental health conditions like suicidal thoughts, self-harm, depression and anxiety.
At our residential treatment center, we believe that family involvement is key to your child’s healing process. Our program fosters open communication, trust and connection between parents and teens, offering family involvement to strengthen trusting relationships. We work closely with families to ensure they’re involved every step of the way.
We understand how heartbreaking it is to watch your child struggle with severe mental health conditions like suicidal thoughts, self-harm, depression and anxiety.
At our residential treatment center, we believe that family involvement is key to your child’s healing process. Our program fosters open communication, trust and connection between parents and teens, offering family involvement to strengthen trusting relationships. We work closely with families to ensure they’re involved every step of the way.
(458) 310-3941 View (458) 310-3941
Ezcare Clinic
Treatment Center
San Francisco, CA 94102
We provide diagnosis & full-scale mental health treatment. Our licensed mental health professionals help you manage all ADHD/ADD, anxiety, and other mental health disorders.
We provide diagnosis & full-scale mental health treatment. Our licensed mental health professionals help you manage all ADHD/ADD, anxiety, and other mental health disorders.
(415) 562-0784 View (415) 562-0784
Teen Depression Treatment Center at Evolve
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Evolve offers tailored, empathetic care to help teens conquer depression and rediscover their sense of hope.
We combine evidence-based therapy with cutting-edge diagnostic tools to deliver individualized, data-driven care. Our innovative approach ensures measurable progress, proven outcomes, and lasting change. We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
Evolve offers tailored, empathetic care to help teens conquer depression and rediscover their sense of hope.
We combine evidence-based therapy with cutting-edge diagnostic tools to deliver individualized, data-driven care. Our innovative approach ensures measurable progress, proven outcomes, and lasting change. We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
(408) 516-4172 View (408) 516-4172
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
At Evolve, we provide compassionate, individualized care to help teens navigate challenges and rediscover hope. We offer therapeutic programs for teens, including short-term residential treatment. Our RTC for teens serves only six clients at a time, allowing for truly individualized care, 24/7 support and supervision, and evidence-based therapies. In addition, Evolve provides structured outpatient therapy for teens through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Rooted in compassion and connection, our teen treatment programs help adolescents heal and grow.
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
At Evolve, we provide compassionate, individualized care to help teens navigate challenges and rediscover hope. We offer therapeutic programs for teens, including short-term residential treatment. Our RTC for teens serves only six clients at a time, allowing for truly individualized care, 24/7 support and supervision, and evidence-based therapies. In addition, Evolve provides structured outpatient therapy for teens through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Rooted in compassion and connection, our teen treatment programs help adolescents heal and grow.
(925) 378-4864 View (925) 378-4864
Elevation Behavioral Health
Treatment Center
Serves Area
Elevation Behavioral Health is a fully licensed residential treatment facility located in Southern California. Elevation is licensed with the Department of Health Care Services and the Department of Social Services. The facility is co-owned and operated by Dr. Priya Chaudhri and Steven Booth, both individuals with extensive experience running high-end rehabs for over a decade. Clients at Elevation Behavioral Health live in luxurious accommodations and receive individualized treatment that is designed to help them develop a solid foundation of recovery using evidence-based methods of treatment. Clients with primary mental health diagnosis are treated as are those with co-occurring substance abuse issues.
Elevation Behavioral Health is a fully licensed residential treatment facility located in Southern California. Elevation is licensed with the Department of Health Care Services and the Department of Social Services. The facility is co-owned and operated by Dr. Priya Chaudhri and Steven Booth, both individuals with extensive experience running high-end rehabs for over a decade. Clients at Elevation Behavioral Health live in luxurious accommodations and receive individualized treatment that is designed to help them develop a solid foundation of recovery using evidence-based methods of treatment. Clients with primary mental health diagnosis are treated as are those with co-occurring substance abuse issues.
(818) 877-4617 View (818) 877-4617
Evolve Sacramento Teen Treatment Center
Treatment Center
Serves Area
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
At Evolve, we provide compassionate, individualized care to help teens navigate challenges and rediscover hope. We offer therapeutic programs for teens, including short-term residential treatment. Our RTC for teens serves only six clients at a time, allowing for truly individualized care, 24/7 support and supervision, and evidence-based therapies. In addition, Evolve provides structured outpatient therapy for teens through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Rooted in compassion and connection, our teen treatment programs help adolescents heal and grow.
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
At Evolve, we provide compassionate, individualized care to help teens navigate challenges and rediscover hope. We offer therapeutic programs for teens, including short-term residential treatment. Our RTC for teens serves only six clients at a time, allowing for truly individualized care, 24/7 support and supervision, and evidence-based therapies. In addition, Evolve provides structured outpatient therapy for teens through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Rooted in compassion and connection, our teen treatment programs help adolescents heal and grow.
(855) 534-3979 View (855) 534-3979
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
Evolve offers proven, evidence-based therapy programs for teens struggling with mental health, substance use, or behavioral challenges. Our short-term residential treatment center (RTC) provides 24/7 supervision and individualized care in a safe, supportive setting. With only six teens in the program at a time, we deliver highly focused and personalized treatment. We also provide structured outpatient therapy through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Families can expect compassionate care and meaningful progress at every step.
We provide proven help for teen depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance use, ADHD, ODD, conduct disorder, and other complex mental health issues.
Evolve offers proven, evidence-based therapy programs for teens struggling with mental health, substance use, or behavioral challenges. Our short-term residential treatment center (RTC) provides 24/7 supervision and individualized care in a safe, supportive setting. With only six teens in the program at a time, we deliver highly focused and personalized treatment. We also provide structured outpatient therapy through our full-day teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and after-school teen Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). Families can expect compassionate care and meaningful progress at every step.
(925) 886-0258 View (925) 886-0258
Mission Prep Teen Treatment
Treatment Center
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Mission Prep California supports teens aged 13-17 navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, mood disorders, and technology dependence.
Our residential program incorporates evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, and trauma-informed care. After completing residential care, teens can transition to Mission Connection Teen’s virtual IOP for continued growth and support, ensuring seamless care as they reintegrate into daily life.
Mission Prep California supports teens aged 13-17 navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, mood disorders, and technology dependence.
Our residential program incorporates evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, and trauma-informed care. After completing residential care, teens can transition to Mission Connection Teen’s virtual IOP for continued growth and support, ensuring seamless care as they reintegrate into daily life.
(424) 484-5056 View (424) 484-5056
Rather than merely containing or shaping behaviors, we are committed to assisting young people by addressing the deeper, more difficult issues that impact their lives including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and more.
At Paradigm Treatment we recognize the unique challenges faced by young adults (18-26) during the transition from adolescence to adulthood and are committed to creating a safe environment catering to those needs. This pivotal time involves tremendous transformation as teens leave behind the security and dependency of their younger selves to embrace the greater responsibilities and freedoms of adulthood in an ever-chaotic world. The Paradigm Young Adult program focuses on addressing mental health issues during this crucial developmental phase. We help clients build self-awareness, heal from past traumas, learn coping strategies, life skills, and interpersonal tactics. Our skilled medical, clinical, and psychological staff work closely with each client, ensuring personalized support from the moment they enter our program. At Paradigm, we empower young adults to build meaningful lives and equip them with skills to thrive beyond the completion of our program. Due to a lack of quality mental health resources throughout the country, it's common for us to treat clients from all over the Pacific Northwest at our San Rafael location.
Rather than merely containing or shaping behaviors, we are committed to assisting young people by addressing the deeper, more difficult issues that impact their lives including anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, and more.
At Paradigm Treatment we recognize the unique challenges faced by young adults (18-26) during the transition from adolescence to adulthood and are committed to creating a safe environment catering to those needs. This pivotal time involves tremendous transformation as teens leave behind the security and dependency of their younger selves to embrace the greater responsibilities and freedoms of adulthood in an ever-chaotic world. The Paradigm Young Adult program focuses on addressing mental health issues during this crucial developmental phase. We help clients build self-awareness, heal from past traumas, learn coping strategies, life skills, and interpersonal tactics. Our skilled medical, clinical, and psychological staff work closely with each client, ensuring personalized support from the moment they enter our program. At Paradigm, we empower young adults to build meaningful lives and equip them with skills to thrive beyond the completion of our program. Due to a lack of quality mental health resources throughout the country, it's common for us to treat clients from all over the Pacific Northwest at our San Rafael location.
(415) 687-5325 View (415) 687-5325
Embark Behavioral Health
Treatment Center
Serves Area
We understand how heartbreaking it is to watch your adolescent or teen struggle with severe mental health conditions like suicidal thoughts, self-harm, depression and anxiety.
At our residential treatment program, we believe that family involvement is key to a teen’s healing process. Our program fosters open communication, trust and connection between parents and teens. Through family workshops and regular check-ins, we use family involvement to strengthen trusting relationships during treatment and beyond.
We understand how heartbreaking it is to watch your adolescent or teen struggle with severe mental health conditions like suicidal thoughts, self-harm, depression and anxiety.
At our residential treatment program, we believe that family involvement is key to a teen’s healing process. Our program fosters open communication, trust and connection between parents and teens. Through family workshops and regular check-ins, we use family involvement to strengthen trusting relationships during treatment and beyond.
(801) 346-2119 View (801) 346-2119

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Depression Treatment Centers
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.

What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.

What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.

Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.

How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.