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

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.

You have helped me heal through layers of pain. I have followed you for over 10 years now and helped me heal that person who continued to allow abuse and neglect to where I am today. I now have a wonderful life and know that I am worthy. Thank you Andrea. You made a difference.

This was really good and helped me today. Thank you.

Thank you. This has left me feeling calm and relaxed. You have a very gentle voice.

Very productive. I broke out sobbing early on. I felt deep feelings of sadness. When I started listening again, I felt my belly let go and a few constructive ideas occurred to me. I moved away from the past. To the music of your voice.

Thank you for helping me access and comfort my depressed part. We shared a peach and sat in the sunshine.

Thank you! I finally cried which I’ve been needing to do for a week. This was so beautiful.

This felt so healing. I started crying immediately. Thank you so much 🩷

Brief, but very useful in a moment of feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
Thank you.

Very good and helpful practice. I feel much better after, thank you!

Thank younfor this. It’sna tool I come back to and it is truly a gift. Thank you.

This was a gentle and helpful intervention. Thank you.

Helpful and beautiful. Needed to give that part of myself a hug.

That was beautiful & so soothing & just what I needed. Thank you so very much!

Helpful and reasonable. I prefer meditations that aren’t overly spiritual so this was great.

This meditation is beautiful and very helpful. Your soothing voice also helps me feel less depressed. Thank you for sharing this meditation.🩷🦋🌸

Physical pain often manifests itself with emotional responses.

I enjoyed the chance to recognize and address with cooling salve my overly stressed psyche and body. 🙏

Calm acceptance and understanding of my depressed state of mind and feelings. Thank you Andrea. 🙏