Healing Session For Depression

Use this simple and powerful process to help you through times of depression, sadness, loneliness or grief. If you've been suffering from depression, allow Andrea to guide you through a profoundly healing and relaxing practice to shift your being into a place of stillness, comfort and calm. This process is based on the work of Don Hadlock from The Process Therapy Institute and Richard Schwartz, founder of Internal Family Systems.

For additional help, you might consider joining Andrea in her depression relief course here on Insight Timer.

Transcript

Welcome, So first I'd like you to make sure you're in a comfortable position and begin to allow your body to settle into the surface underneath you, Whatever surface you are sitting or lying on. Notice all the places that surface is holding you up and see if you can really let your body sink into that support. And now notice your body breathing. You may be aware of your breath moving in and out of your nostrils or your mouth. Or you may be most aware of your chest or your belly rising and sinking. Simply notice your breath in whatever place it's most evident to you. And now I'd like you to see if you can get an image of the depressed part of you. There's no right or wrong image. The depressed part of you might look like a person or some other being or a younger version of you. It might look like a shape or a color or any other type of image. Just go with whatever comes up. Just get an image now of the depressed part of you. And now see if you can imagine that depressed part in front of you so you can have a little bit of distance from it and communicate with it. So see if you can pull that image out from inside of you and see it in front of you. And we'll be coming back to that image in just a moment. Now, I'd like you to tune into your heart, The loving, Compassionate, Wise part of you. If you can't connect with that part right now, You can imagine another person or being that is loving, Compassionate, And wise. And from that loving, Compassionate place in your heart, I'd like you to look at that depressed part in front of you. Look at that part with love and compassion and see if you can get a sense of what it really needs. It might need to express some feelings, Expression, The opposite of depression. It might need to be held or rocked. It might need soothing words or warmth or a healing color. See if you can get a sense of or even ask this depressed part what it truly needs and offer it now. Good. And before we sign off, See how you'd like to complete this process. You can imagine setting that depressed part of you in a safe place, Or maybe you'd like to imagine placing it in your heart, Whatever that part or your intuition guides you to do. Good. So once again, Bring yourself back to the surface underneath you and take a nice deep breath. If you'd like, You can give your body a little stretch. Depression needs soothing and comfort, Just like all our feelings do. So you can repeat this process any time you feel depression popping up. Simply get an image of what the depressed part looks like, Ask it what it truly needs, And then have the love and compassion in your heart offer it again and again and again.

Reviews

Such a warm and comforting voice, this was just what I needed right now, thank you 🙏🏼

The holidays are bringing up a lot of sadness. As I listened to this track I envisioned someone holding me as I lay crying in the fetal position, then realized the person holding me was me -- the love I was seeking was my own. This was truly moving -- thank you.

Really helped me realize stuff and relax!! Thank you for sharing ☺️😊

So simple and open. I like that it didn’t require thoughts to attend to the feelings.

Feeling a little overwhelmed, lonely, and depressed. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you.