Spiritual Recovery Notes: A Healing Lesson to Break Free from Depression

Service Description

Do you wake up every day feeling exhausted, feeling like a heavy weight is weighing on your chest even when you're not doing anything? Have things you once enjoyed become dull, and even smiling has become a forced experience? Do you constantly have thoughts like "I'm not good enough" and "I can't do anything"? Do you want to change but lack the energy, or even feel lost about the future? Depression isn't simply a low mood; it's a chronic mental condition that drains your energy. It quietly affects your thinking, motivation, and relationships, leaving your life without color and direction. But the good news is that depression can be understood, managed, and even overcome! I'm Fani Wang, a registered psychotherapist. Over the years, I've worked with many people experiencing lows, helping them rebuild strength and hope from self-doubt and loss. Course Highlights - Designed and led by a professional and experienced registered psychotherapist - A combination of theory, hands-on experience, and personal insight - Traditional, evidence-based therapy approaches (cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, etc.) combined with mindfulness activities, innovative philosophical counseling, and expressive arts therapy, with the freedom to adjust the focus of the class Practical Methods for Adjusting the Focus of the Class - This isn't a rigid course with a "must-follow" schedule, but a healing journey that's uniquely yours. - You'll receive a questionnaire before the class begins, allowing you to adjust the focus of the class in your own way. 🔹 Want more philosophical conversation and less mindfulness? Sure. 🔹 Enjoy expressing your emotions through art? We'll emphasize that aspect. 🔹 Want to focus on mindfulness and meditation and minimize theory? That's fine too. I'll work with you to adjust the pace and content so that every step is truly helpful to you. Course Details Lesson 1: Understanding Depression and Accepting Yourself - Analyze the psychological and physiological mechanisms of depression and distinguish it from simply feeling down. - Learn to observe your own state without judgment, reducing feelings of self-blame and powerlessness. Lesson 2: Living with Emotions - Explore emotional signals and discern the underlying meanings of anxiety, sadness, and apathy. - Practice emotional soothing techniques to reduce the impact of emotional fluctuations on your life. Lesson 3: Taking Small Actions to Regain Your Rhythm - Set small, achievable, and stress-free goals. - Use action to break vicious cycles and gradually increase your energy and confidence. Lesson 4: Rebuilding Your Self-worth and Beliefs - Identify and challenge self-criticism and negative beliefs - See yourself from a new perspective and build a more stable sense of self Lesson 5: Looking Forward and Maintaining Your Mental Resilience - Build your own "Emotional First Aid Kit" - Quickly regain stability in the event of a low point in the future — Specific Examples of Experiential Activities — Philosophical Counseling Guided Discussion: - "Do you believe that pain in life has value?" - "Is happiness a 'fact' for you, or is it something you 'define'?" Expressive Art Therapy Activities: - Drawing to express current emotions - Writing to express current feelings Meditation: - Simple breathing exercises and body scanning exercises — What you will gain upon completing this course: - A clearer understanding of depression and self-acceptance - Reusable emotional regulation techniques - Multiple self-healing tools that blend philosophy, art, and meditation - Redefine the meaning and value of life - The mental resilience to face future challenges