• Learn group and individual activities that can be used with clients to assist them in addressing depression
  
• Define emotional interventions
  
• Discuss why it is important to add-in happiness experiences
  
• Discuss solution focused methods for helping clients identify emotional interventions
  
• Define mindfulness and how it can help clients tap into happiness and gratitude and develop hardiness
  
• Explore types of emotional interventions that can be used in individual and group counseling
  
• Define cognitive interventions
  
• Discuss how thoughts, emotions an overall health impact depression
  
• Identify activities to help clients learn about and address cognitive distortions, irrational thoughts and distress intolerant thoughts including activities from CPT, CBT, Cognitive Restructuring, ACT and DBT
  
• Learn how to help clients develop psychological flexibility.
  
• Learn about the mind-body connection and the HPA-Axis
  
• Explain how physical vulnerabilities such as sickness, chronic pain, impaired sleep, lack of sunlight and poor nutrition impact mood
  
• Identify activities that can be done by individuals and in group to help participants reduce their vulnerabilities and cope with any unavoidable ones.
  
• Discuss the impact of relationships on mood
  
• Identify how healthy, supportive relationships can assist in recovery from depression
  
• Identify skills necessary to form healthy, supportive relationships
  
• Explore group and individual activities to help people define and develop these relationships
  
• Differentiate spirituality from religion
  
• Discuss why spirituality can be important in recovery from depression
  
• Identify spiritual principles like connectedness, hope, faith, courage, discipline, humility and compassion and how they can help address depressive symptoms
  
• Explore individual. and group activities to help clients develop these principles in themselves.
  
• Discuss how the environment can impact mood
  
• Identify characteristics of environments including noise, crowding, lighting, organization, color, temperature and smell that can impact mood
  
• Identify activities to help clients identify and implement practical tools to improve their environment
  

Objectives:

• Identify the symptoms of depression
• Examine the function of depression
• Explore ways depression can become dysfunctional
• Identify the impact of depression on the person and recovery
• Identify interventions that are commonly used to address depression and prevent relapse
• Help for family members or significant others in dealing with a person with this issue

• Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
• Differentially Diagnose Bipolar Disorder and depression
• Recognize general medical conditions and drugs that may mimic depression or mania
• Understand the goals of management of bipolar disorder and depression
• Identify bipolar patients at increased risk of suicide
• Understand the link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse
• Identify key areas of consideration when making a treatment placement decision
• Learn about the areas which patients with bipolar disorder and their families may need education
• Familiarize self with the most common psychopharmacological interventions for bipolar disorder abd depression

• Differentially diagnose bipolar disorder
• Recognize general medical conditions and drugs that may mimic depression or mania
• Understand the goals of psychiatric management of bipolar disorder
• Identify bipolar patients at increased risk of suicide
• Understand the link between bipolar disorder and substance abuse
• Identify key areas of consideration when making a treatment placement decision
• Learn about the areas which patients with bipolar disorder and their families may need education
• Become familiar with the most common psychopharmacological interventions for bipolar disorder

• Explore information on the use of the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
• Identify the nature of depressive symptoms, the relationship between these symptoms and the toxic or withdrawal effects of substances, and how depressive symptoms affect treatment participation.
• Explore approaches and psychosocial interventions for working with depressive symptoms, and the clinician's role and responsibilities in relation to substance abuse clients with depressive symptoms.
• Determine specific principles, skills, techniques, and resources that may by used in implementing treatment strategies with clients.
• Recognize the interactive and collaborative process between the counselor and client and how it supports change and enhances psychological and emotional growth.

Objectives:

• Identify multiple types of depression and why a holistic preventative approach is important
• Explore the effects of depression
• Identify strategies for addressing depression