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Alternative Depression Therapy

Ben Schwarcz MFT - Psychotherapist

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Welcome to the Alternative Depression Therapy website!
Your resource for information on alternative and holistic treatments for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and stress. Treatments integrating Meditation, Yoga, Mindfulness, Energy Psychology, natural health, and Transpersonal Psychotherapy, offer a deep and life-changing path for healing the pain of depression.

Do you have any of the following symptoms?

  • Fatigue or insomnia?
  • Feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, or despair?
  • Suicidal thoughts, or thoughts of death?
  • Frequent crying spells?
  • Fear, anxiety, social withdrawal or isolation?
  • Negative, pessimistic thinking?
  • Feeling that life is meaningless?

    These are some common features of depression. If you want to find a way beyond this suffering, please read on...


    The Alternative Depression Therapy website offers:
    • Information about alternative therapies.

    • New ways of thinking about healing and personal transformation.

    • Self-Help Tools and information to assist with your personal growth and recovery.

    • Reference guides to products and alternative technologies for wellness.

    • Guided Meditations (audio)

    • An introduction to the Santa Rosa psychotherapy and meditation practice of Ben Schwarcz, MFT.


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    Deep depression is like a bad dream that never ends. It alters our perceptions of ourselves and the world, and causes unbelievable suffering. While depressed, it is very difficult to remember how if feels to be happy, or how to find your way back to feeling normal. Anyone suffering from severe depression, needs immediate, effective treatment, which should usually include both psychological (mental/emotional/spiritual) as well as physical interventions

    Lower level depression is even more common in our culture, and easier to hide. We tend to seek happiness by trying to deny or get rid of our pain. But this approach doesn't work. We can spend our lives running from ourselves. Living a life of constant distraction and activity is like a dog chasing it's tail. It may be entertaining for a while, but it will never end in fulfillment. What is it that we all want? Is it enough for you to not be depressed? Or would you like to be truly happy? Well-Being is more than the absence of depression.

    The pre-requisites for true happiness:

    1. Compassion for yourself (Self-Acceptance)

    2. Self-Awareness (Mindfulness)

    3. A mind un-cluttered by too many thoughts

    An alternative depression therapy should focus not just on the resolution of symptoms, but on raising the consciousness of the individual. This website is your portal to a deeper exploration of what it means to find your Self. Effective alternative therapies treat the whole person, so the benefits go beyond the resolution of symptoms. While millions of Americans are suffering from depression, millions more are deeply unsatisfied with life.

    Mind-Body approaches help you to experience your full Aliveness in every moment and in every breath.


    Effective psychotherapy is experiential, transformational, and challenges one's distorted thinking. The relationship between therapist and client is a totally unique healing partnership. Alternative Depression Therapy leads to the discovery that the self-images, thoughts, jobs, roles and beliefs which make up the ego or personality, are not the Essential Self. When we narrowly define ourselves we become fearful, vulnerable and unhappy. Through self-acceptance, compassion, and mindfulness we begin to discover our true nature. True healing is the realization that at your core, you are already whole, and lacking in nothing.

    Meditation techniques, when used properly, can be the most effective and direct path to Self Awareness and peace of mind. Meditation is a way of being your own therapist. It is a way to get beyond self-created illusions. It decreases stress, teaches us to relax deeply, to live in the present moment, and to let go. Combined with psychotherapy, it is a powerful catalyst for insight and freedom from the trappings of the over-thinking mind.

    Energy Psychology is a rapidly emerging dimension of therapy that works quickly and deeply by working on an energetic level. In this way, issues that once took weeks, months or years of therapy, can often be eliminated in a fraction of the time.

    More and more mental health professionals are now coming to recognize the power and effectiveness of an alternative depression therapy -- integrating the practice and concepts of meditation, yoga, and energy psychology with psychotherapy.


    Please take your time to explore this website, for ideas, resources, and approaches to treating depression naturally and effectively. Alternative medicines, complimentary therapies, and self-help tools are all available to assist you on your journey to recovery, and far beyond!


    For my free online community, dedicated to exploring natural healing, meditation, yoga, and spirituality, please visit
    EmptyMind.


    The Alternative Depression Therapy website may serve as a self-help tool, but the use of this information does not constitute a therapist/client relationship and should not serve as a means of self-diagnosis or a substitution for actual psychotherapy. The information on this site is for informational purposes only. If you are experiencing symptoms of depression it is advised that you see your doctor or therapist for an evaluation. If you are having active thoughts of suicide please call 911 or the National Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE.

    For information about Psychotherapy and Meditation instruction in Santa Rosa, California, please contact:

    Ben Schwarcz, MA, MFT
    Licensed Psychotherapist (Lic# mfc35606)
    Authorized teacher of Kriya Yoga

    707/326-5566

    3452 Mendocino Avenue, Suite C
    Santa Rosa, CA 95403


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    Childhood Bipolar Disorder is being increasingly diagnosed, and at younger ages than ever before. This is a trend that should cause us all great concern.

    Energy Psychology
    Energy Psychology is a quickly emerging field which recognizes and works directly with healing emotional, cognitive and even physical symptoms by balancing the energy system of the individual

    EFT
    EFT is simple but powerful healing technique for quickly alleviating both emotional as well as physical pain,often in minutes.

    Headaches
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    Yoga for Depression
    Yoga for depression, anxiety and stress. Overview of types of yoga and meditation. Details about the types used in my therapy practice.

    Mindfulness Meditation Technique
    Mindfulness Meditation Technique: Instruction in the art of stillness. Meditation is the most powerful therapy available, and is easy to learn if you are dedicated to your personal healing....

    Transpersonal Therapy
    Transpersonal therapy most often refers to a branch of psychotherapy that views the individual identity primarily as a Soul. The personality or ego, as well as the body are but superficial layers...

    Adolescent Depression Treatment
    Adolescence is one of the most confusing and turbulent stages of life. Teen suicide is rampant in America. Adolescent depression treatment offers a solution...

    Drumming Therapy: Healing Through Rhythm and Sound
    Drumming Therapy taps into layers of the mind and body that other modalities cannot. Repetitive drumming changes brain wave activity, inducing a state of calm and focused awareness.

    Lucid Dreaming Technique: Conscious Dreams
    Lucid Dreaming Technique: Learning to gain conscious awareness while dreaming, and guided dream work, help to deepen the therapeutic process of self discovery and insight.

    Art Therapy for Depression
    Art therapy for depression: Healing Through Creative Expression. A collection of artistic images expressing the pain of depression, and the journey towards healing and liberation...

    Laughter Yoga
    Laughter Yoga is a modern day invention that has quickly gained worldwide popularity. Developed by a doctor who recognized the simple truth that laughter is the best medicine.

    Law of Attraction
    The Law of Attraction is the principle by which we consciously or unconsciously create our reality by our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Learn to intentionally use your mind to get what you want.

    Postpartum Depression
    Postpartum Depression is a common, treatable, and serious depressive illness that occurs in up to 20% of new mothers shortly after the birth of a child. Quality help is available to those who seek it.

    Therapeutic Journaling
    Therapeutic journaling is one of the easiest and most practical self-help techniques for dealing with any problem. A therapeutic journal is much more than our old outdated concept of a "diary."

    Ask a Therapist
    Ask a Therapist a question and see your answer posted (anonymously) on the site.

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    Marriage Counseling
    Marriage counseling is a powerful and effective way to transform you relationship. Greater intimacy, connection, empathy and harmony are some of the many benefits that can be achieved.

    Death As Teacher
    Death: Deep awareness of impermenance, of the possibility of death in this very moment, can be a profound gateway to higher consciousness and freedom of mind

    Toxin Alerts
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    Kriya Yoga
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    Depression Test
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    Health Supplements
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    Guided Imagery
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