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Pair your TMS
Treatment with Talk
Therapy
If you are not yet seeing a therapist,
this may be a great time to begin.
We recommend a minimum of one
session per week during the course of
TMS treatment to help with potential
highs and lows as response is shown.
Research shows that patients who utilize
talk therapy have better outcomes than
those who do not. Here are a few tips to
assist you:
• Although there are a lot of different types Three Common Types of Therapy
of talk therapy, they all have a similar
goal: to help you feel better. Talk therapy 1. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
teaches you strategies and gives you the CBT operates off the assumptions that
a person’s mood is related to his or her
tools to deal with stress and unhealthy patterns of thought. The goal of CBT is to
thoughts and behaviors. learn to recognize these negative patterns
and replace them with healthier ways of
• Include some self-care time for yourself thinking.
in your weekly schedule. This may 2. Psychodynamic Therapy
include walking in the park, reading, Psychodynamic Therapy is designed to
getting a manicure, working outside, etc. help patients explore the full range of their
feelings and emotions. By making these
• Consider using self-help audio products unconscious elements present patients
or reading materials during your are able to understand how these feelings
treatment course. Refrain from watching affect their mood.
or listening to negative things when 3. Interpersonal Therapy
outside of treatment, as they may trigger IPT operates off the belief that there
negative emotions (Examples: Watching are three components to depression
(symptom, social, and coping
the news, sad movies, angry music, etc.). mechanisms.) The therapist focuses on
identifiable problems like when and how,
the patients interacts with others. By
addressing the problem with the patient,
the patient is able to realize the benefit of
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