Inclusion Criteria:  being a nursing student at the university during the research (November 2018-April 2019), not having any disability that would cause difficulties in filling in the data collection tools or during sessions, scoring scores indicating mild to moderate depression from the Beck Depression Inventory, agreeing to participate in the research, being over 18 years old.  Exclusion Criteria:  scoring scores indicating severe depression from the Beck Depression Inventory (severe depression requires psychopharmacological treatment).