Treatment for Depression

Day Programs

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

This program is based on the principle of accepting what is out of your control, while committing to action to enrich your life. It aims help you learn to handle painful thoughts and feelings, so that they have less impact on you and your decisions. You also learn to clarify what is truly important and meaningful to you.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Our program helps you to understand and change unhelpful thinking that may be negatively affecting your day-to-day life. CBT deals with the ‘here and now’ - how your current thoughts and behaviour affects you, now.

Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Program

This program aims to help better manage mood, attain better control of reactions to stressful events, and live with psychological and/or medical problems more effectively.  MBCT is a scientifically validated program for depression relapse prevention, managing stress and negative mood states.

If you want to focus more intensely on specific CBT topics while maintaining ongoing support for yourself, you can join this program after attending our CBT day, evening or inpatient program with follow up. You will practice CBT skills, both in sessions and with homework exercises, to regularly start using these skills in everyday life.

Exercise for Mental Health

This program promotes healthy living and aims to help you integrate both psychological and physical recovery. You will discuss nutrition, diet, exercise, balanced lifestyle, motivation, goal setting and mindfulness.

Project Art

If you enjoy creative expression and want to improve your confidence using a variety of art materials, this program may benefit you. It is also useful if you are unsure of your creative abilities, but interested in trying structured art projects to experience creative self-expression for personal development, and to experience emotional and psychological issues.

Psychological Injury

This program ensures a safe treatment setting, for people who have a psychological injury from the workplace. It teaches you the skills to help you live with your injury more effectively, understand its impact on you and others, as well as encouraging your return to work.

R.E.A.C.H. Bipolar and Depression

This Black Dog Institute developed program is based on the principles of Responsibility, Education, Acceptance, Connection and Hope. It is designed to help people manage their illness and stay well. Topics include fostering strengths; dealing with loss & grief; identifying early warning signs and triggers; wellbeing strategies, nurturing support networks and creating a unique 'stay well plan'. The Central Coast Clinic is an approved provider of this Black Dog Institute program for depression and bipolar disorder.

Successful Sleep

This is a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based program to help people with sleep difficulties including chronic insomnia, interrupted sleep, sleep apnoea and related mental health conditions. You will keep sleep a sleep diary, to monitor your sleep for entire program, and track changes in you sleep after applying the skills you learn.