Most people who’ve struggled with depression know the feeling of being handed a set of coping strategies and told to practice them until things get better. Deep breathing, thought journals, behavioral activation. These tools aren’t useless, but for many people, they scratch the surface of something much deeper. A growing number of mental health professionals are asking a different question: what if the goal isn’t just to manage depressive symptoms, but to understand where they come from in the first place?… Read more