Clients with no symptoms of psychosis likely will participate in our cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) specialized recovery community.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a well-tested specialized type of psychotherapy shown to be effective in treating depression. CBT suggests that individuals' thoughts, behaviors, and feelings are linked and affect one another. The goal of CBT is to change thinking, actions, and feelings through collection and use of observable data. 

What facts can we observe that offer a different perspective than  the long-held negative core beliefs that have been driving our thinking and actions? 

CBT focuses on what a person is experiencing here and now; it is not focused on going back and reviewing the hurts of your childhood. While we acknowledge the role of your past on your current illness, we focus treatment on the present, specifically on recalibrating thinking.

Clients with co-occurring borderline personality disorder may be assigned to the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) recovery community. DBT also may be appropriate for clients with depression who struggle with emotion regulation, self-harm, or frequent suicide attempts.

DBT progresses through four key modules: emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, mindfulness, and distress tolerance.

DBT helps clients learn skills to manage intense emotions, stress, and challenging situations to live a "life worth living."

Some people who have major depressive disorder also experience psychosis, often in the form of paranoia. Young adults may experience a first episode of psychosis (FEP) as part of a depressive episode. Medication is critically important for psychosis because everything gets worse every next day someone lives with untreated psychosis.

Clients experiencing depression with psychosis likely will enter the cognition and first episode (CAFE) recovery community. Once the psychosis is resolved through medications and therapy, clients may transition to the cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) recovery community if clinically appropriate.

All clients experiencing psychosis participate in computer-based cognitive training to prevent cognitive decline and improve executive functioning.

If clients need help recovering from a substance use problem, we help them address both their depression diagnosis and their substance use issue simultaneously, which research shows is essential for full recovery.

Clients with co-occurring substance use disorders are assigned to a recovery community like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to address the symptoms of depression as well as an additional dual diagnosis (DD) recovery community. Clients in the dual diagnosis recovery community meet in an additional daily group focused on understanding the addictive process, managing cravings, utilizing community supports and preventing relapse.

Trauma – particularly when experienced in early childhood – is very predictive of developing all mental illnesses, including depression. Skyland Trail practices trauma-informed mental health care. Trauma-informed care allows trauma survivors to first address the symptoms of a diagnosed mental illness like depression before processing their trauma.

Throughout treatment, care providers acknowledge that the client has experienced trauma and validate the emotions arising from that experience. But the treatment team does not ask the client to describe or re-live the trauma in any way. Treatment strategies are focused on helping the client develop skills to handle difficult emotions and stressful situations in healthy ways.

Completing trauma-informed psychiatric treatment for a mood disorder like depression allows clients to develop insight, adopt skills, and build a strong foundation for healthy living. Clients who are trauma survivors  are then better prepared and equipped to pursue formal trauma treatment with a specialized mental health provider.

Some clients may be assigned to our cognitive processing therapy group (CPT). CPT allows clients to address "stuck points" caused by their traumatic experience. Removing these stuck points, while not processing the trauma itself, allows clients to make more meaningful progress in therapy.

Skyland Trail is a top treatment facility for depression and anxiety. Our residential CBT program for depression and anxiety helps adults experiencing symptoms of both mood and anxiety disorders find a path to recovery.

Studies suggest that approximately 20 to 50 percent of adults with major depression also experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime, often with symptoms overlapping in the same timeframe.

An important part of residential treatment for depression and anxiety is a thorough diagnostic assessment. By combining results from measurement-based diagnostic assessments with the expertise of our on-site psychiatric team, Skyland Trail helps patients determine how each disorder may be affecting their mood and ability to function.

Clients looking for an effective rehabilitation center for depression and anxiety receive one-on-one support from a psychiatrist to collaboratively build an effective medication strategy. And because we are an evidence-based treatment center for depression and anxiety, our multidisciplinary team develops an individualized treatment plan for each patient, a plan designed to help them learn skills to successfullly manage both co-occurring disorders long-term.