How To Help A Depressed Friend

We’ve all experienced it. We’re going about our business– going to work or school, and then one day we wake up and just don’t quite feel right. Maybe nothing has triggered it, but maybe it’s a bad break-up, a job you’re unhappy in, or just the hard transitions of every day life. For some of us, all it takes is a long run, 9 hours of sleep, a bowl of ice cream. But sometimes it’s more than that. Regardless, depression is an isolating experience, and I’ve often wondered how I can be the best, most supportive friend possible to someone experiencing it. I decided to ask Austin based psychotherapists, Dr. Suzy Stege and Dr. Rick Thompson for how to navigate these sometimes choppy waters (and, full disclosure, I’ve been lucky enough to have both of them as professors in my counseling program, and I can say from experience that they know ...see the slideshow here

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