The resulting behavioral psychotherapy involves helping patients increase their frequency and quality of pleasant activities. The course was designed as a psychoeducational group or small seminar, teaching people techniques and strategies to cope with the problems that are assumed to be related to their depression. These strategies include improving social skills, addressing depressogenic thinking, increasing pleasant activities, and relaxation training. The CWD course for adults consists of 12 two-hour sessions conducted over 8 weeks. Sessions are held twice weekly for the first four weeks.
Groups typically consist of six to ten adults, with a single group leader.
Booster sessions can be built in as needed to prevent relapse. Group format, individual treatment, and minimal phone contact have all fared equally well, providing therapists many convenient and cost-effective options that can be tailored to the needs of the patient. Participant workbook for the Coping with Depression Course. Adolescent coping with depression course. A psychoeducational intervention for unipolar depression.