Posted by Sara Ann on October 9, 1999, at 0:24:13
In reply to What to expect from a psychotherapist, posted by Lori on October 6, 1999, at 0:12:20
I did a lot of reading about treatment efficacy when I was suffering from mild to moderate depression. If the depression is mild to moderate, there is a mega study that showed both interpersonal therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to be as effective as medication. If the depression is major depression, I think meds are the best way to not get stuck at the bottom. And there is another study that says that the longer that major depression is untreated, the more prone the suffering person will be to suffer recurrent depression. It sounds like your daughter deserves the best psychopharmacologist that she can find. They are NOT all created equal. If she is having psychoanalytic psychotherapy, it's time to run from that, psychoanalytic psychotherapy has not been proven effective for any psychiatric illness.
There's another issue here, that you don't say that your daughter is asking for your help. I think that offering advice in those circumstances could hurt your relationship with her. If she is depressed she needs all the support she can get. Maybe the best thing to do is listen and offer to help her explore other treatment modalities if this one doesn't work for her.
Hope some of this helps...
Sara Ann
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