Dear Cathedral Counseling Center,

My parents divorced when I was three and my

father died when I was nine years old. That’s

when I first started therapy. Since then I’ve been

in and out of therapy, seeing

a total of about six different

therapists. I never stayed

with one person for longer

than a year and I never went

because I truly wanted to.

I only went because loved

ones thought it was best

for me.

When I first started com-

ing to Cathedral about two

years ago, it had been three

years since I had last been

to therapy. It was my own

choice to go this time. I

was almost 25 years old and

had just ended a relationship

with someone I thought I

was going to marry. I needed someone to tell me

I was going to be okay if I ended my relationship,

but that was the least of the things that I needed.

However, my therapist Bruce never once told

me what I was supposed to do or how I was

supposed to feel. He just listened and guided

me until I found out things about myself I never

would have otherwise. I’ve struggled with finding

happiness my whole life but now I truly feel like

I’m discovering things about myself and learning

how to make myself happy

for the first time in my life.

And I couldn’t have done it

without Bruce.

Like I said, I’ve seen many

therapists in my life and

never liked any of them

enough to continue ther-

apy. But I enjoy therapy

now and go for myself,

not anyone else. And I

have finally found a thera-

pist that I am comfortable

with and feel helped me

begin to find myself. None

of this would have been

possible without Cathedral

Counseling and that is why

I am choosing to share my story. I am truly grate-

ful for all the financial contributions that make my

therapy possible.

-- A Client, February 2010

Letter from a Client

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A big THANK YOU to all

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Recurring Depression

Mental Health in the News

Jane M. Von Bergen

Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on Wed, Oct. 7, 2009

Unemployed people are four times more likely to experi-

ence severe mental-health issues, including depression, than

people with jobs, according to a survey released October 6,

2009 by the National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental

Health America. According to the survey, severe mental ill-

ness is also twice as likely to affect people who have expe-

rienced a forced job change, such as cuts in pay or hours.

“Compounding the problem, when you lose your job, you

lose your health insurance, and then you lose your ability

to pay for treatment,” said Michael J. Fitzpatrick, executive

director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, an advo-

cacy group in Virginia.

In fact, 13 percent of the unemployed say they have seri-

ously considered harming themselves, the survey showed.

The findings come as no surprise to Cheryl Spaulding, leader

of Joseph’s People, a support group for the unemployed at

St. Joseph’s Church in Downingtown. In her 14 years as a

leader, several among the thousands of people who have

joined the group have killed themselves. “They were unem-

ployed people who lost their hope,” she said. “Depression

and the loss of hope are the biggest battles unemployed

people fight.”

Survey finds mental-health troubles rise in jobless

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Dr. Charles Raison, Psychiatrist

Emory University Medical School

Our best official data suggest that about 15 percent of

American adults will experience a major depressive episode

during their lifetimes. However, if you have one episode of

depression, the chance of having a second episode increases

to 50 percent. That is a 300 percent increase in risk, and it

shows the tremendous effect that depression has on the brain

and the body. If you’ve had two episodes of depression, your

chances of having a third episode increase to 75 percent.

Once you’ve had three or more episodes of depression, your

chances of becoming depressed again approach 100 percent.

The notion of kindling has been taken up as a metaphor

to describe the fact that people usually need something bad

to happen to have a first episode of depression, but that over

time, the depressive episodes seem to just happen spontane-

ously. The idea here is that depression damages the brain

in ways that make it easier and easier for people to fall back

into depression the more often they experience a depressive

episode. Thus although the old cliché says “that which doesn’t

kill me makes me stronger,” for most people, it is truer to say

“that which doesn’t kill me makes me depressed.” Sadly, for

most people, stress doesn’t lead to strength, it leads to brain

damage.

So if someone is really serious about never being depressed

again, the best course of action is to find an antidepressant

that works and has tolerable side effects and stay on it chroni-

cally. In addition, one should have access to a competent psy-

chotherapist so that life issues can be faced early on, before

they lead to depression. In addition, reduce the stress in your

life to manageable levels by making choices that will foster

good interpersonal relationships and that will give your life a

sense of purpose.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/11/17/

depression.recurrence.raison/

On Not Turning Away

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This year’s Professional Development

Workshop Series was well-attended with

25-30 participants at each of the three work-

shops. The theme this year focused on one

of the most challenging aspects of clinical

practice: staying connected to people who

are in great psychic distress. How do we

face, and feel, their suffering without need-

ing to turn away or becoming overwhelmed?

We explored, shared, and reflected on

the experiences of suffering, healing and

forgiveness. We learned how some of the

great faith traditions and psychological theo-

ries understand those aspects of human

existence and behavior. And we looked at

our real-life experiences, identifying how we

as clinicians can keep looking and listen-

ing to even the hardest parts of our clients’

stories.

“Excellent workshop! Much to think about

and digest. Feeling well fed!

“You take the forbidden topics and make us

able to look at them.”

“I selected this series because the topic is

very relevant to my practice, the quality of

previous CCC offerings, and the opportunity

to connect with the CCC community.”

“Nice open engaging presentation style with

a lot of good research”

“Thoughtful & intelligent … demonstrated

the complexity of the context for forgiveness

on a clinical level.”

“Great combination of theory and practice.”

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