Finding the right mix for you
You're welcome to put together your own holistic program of Unburden services, or speak to the Client Experience Officers or your therapist about what might work best for you. If you're taking, or thinking about, medication for depression, we're also happy to work alongside your GP so everyone is on the same page.
If you'd like more information for some self-help therapy, we invite you to read through our library of blogs, or consider books our team has recommended.
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Read at your own pace
Interesting information on depression from our library
Books we recommend
A neuroscientist explains what's happening in your brain when you're depressed, and how small changes to sleep, movement, gratitude and connection can start to shift it. It’s an easy read with short chapters, which helps when concentration is hard.
The Upward Spiral
by Dr Alex Korb
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Based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, which was developed to help people stop depression coming back. It’s a practical book and comes with guided meditations.
The Mindful Way Through Depression
by Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal and Jon Kabat-Zinn
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A classic self-help book based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), showing you how to catch and challenge the thoughts that keep you low. It's been around for decades, so some parts feel a bit dated, but the tools still work well for many people.
Feeling Good
by Dr David D. Burns
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Ready when you are
You don't have to wait until you hit a wall. Request an appointment at our Graceville or Rocklea clinics. If you're not sure where to start, give us a call. Our Client Experience Officers are more than simply receptionists, they are specially trained to help work out the best starting point for you, whether that's choosing a therapist, or considering a few of our services. If even making a phone call feels like one more thing on your list, request a call back and we'll come to you.
We'd love to help you unburden.
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The alarm goes off and you lie there, already tired. Getting up, having a shower, replying to a message: it all takes more than you've got. You used to love catching up with friends, or getting lost in a hobby. Now you cancel plans and don't really miss them, and that worries you more than you let on.
Maybe you're sleeping far too much, or lying awake at 3am. Maybe you've lost your appetite, or you're eating for comfort and feeling worse for it. You read the same paragraph three times. Small decisions feel enormous. You're snappy, or flat, or both.
Underneath it all is a voice telling you you're failing, that you're a burden, that you should be able to snap out of it. On the worst days it can feel like things will never get better.
If you've felt like this most days for two weeks or more, it's time to unburden.
Depression isn't laziness, and it isn't something you can simply think your way out of. It affects your brain, your body and how you see yourself, and it's one of the most common things we help people with. It can lift, and you don't have to wait until you hit rock bottom to get support.
Psychology & more
How Unburden can help
Depression isn't only in your head. It shows up in your sleep, your energy, your appetite and your gut, which is why at Unburden we've designed a 'Psychology & More' approach that looks at body and mind together, to help lift that depression feeling.
Individual therapy
Most people start with individual therapy. Our psychologists are highly qualified and able to select from a range of therapies to find the one that works best for you. Together you'll work out what's keeping you stuck, and build practical steps to get your energy, motivation and sense of self back, one small step at a time. If necessary, this may involve a deep dive into your past to uncover and repair the root-cause of what’s happening to you now. We aim to make your therapy both a practical and insightful experience, so that you don't feel like this for the rest of your life.
Support for your body as well as your mind
With depression, we also recommend considering approaches that work in different ways. These can be done when you have time, and while you are doing other therapies.
Research suggests acupuncture can help with depression, particularly alongside psychological therapy, and many people find it a calming hour that's just for them, which can be rare when you're struggling.
What you eat affects how you feel. Australian research has found that improving the quality of your diet can help reduce symptoms of depression. When you're low, eating well is often the first thing to go, so our gut-health dietitian takes a realistic look at what you're eating and helps you make small, doable changes. No strict diets, and no judgement.
Low mood can also be tangled up with hormones, gut health and nutrient levels. Our clinical naturopath looks at the whole picture and builds a plan to support your body, always checking how any herbal medicines fit with medication you already take. For women, changing hormones during perimenopause can bring low mood seemingly out of nowhere, and this is an area where our naturopath, dietitian and psychologists often work together.
Depression and sleep feed off each other. Your therapist can work with you on practical ways to reset your sleep, and our naturopath and acupuncturist can support this from the body side.
Connecting with others
Depression tends to pull you away from people, just when connection would help most. Our group therapy programs and workshops can be an easier way to reconnect with others who understand, and to build skills together.