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.

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.

Art, Movement and Music

These programs focus on the benefits of creative expression within a group setting. This type of therapy can lead to enhanced wellbeing, increased self awareness and understanding, as well as discovering new perspectives and improving problem solving. Sometimes words are not enough and Project Art, Music & Movement therapy provides the opportunity to express one's self more fully through a range of different materials and activities.

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.