Mood Disorder

According to Wikipedia, “mood disorder is a condition whereby the prevailing emotional mood is distorted or inappropriate to the circumstances”. In most cases untreated mood disorder affects individual health, daily functioning, and relationship. There are different categories of mood disorder based on duration and the severity of symptoms, but most of them are treatable and majority of them can be treated without administration of psychotropic medication which is our objective in “OC Family Counseling”. Identified diagnostic criteria are: Dysthymia, Cyclothymia, Major Depression, Postpartum Depression, and Bipolar Disorder.

Clinician perspective
During my professional carrier, I have discovered that the outcome of treatment is more effective if I considered the client’s inner strength and resources. How the client sees herself/himself in relation to the illness? In my experience, patients who believed in their strength have overcame the health dilemma easier than those who were skeptical of their ability and were depend only on medicine or doctors. As a clinician, I help my clients to find their potential and strength for more effective results. This is especially true for a person suffering from debilitating symptoms of depression. In “OC Family Counseling” office, the clinician provide exclusive assessment diagnostic and determine the course of treatment in which in most cases is based on Medication-Free Treatment approach.