Depression affects one in five people at some point in their lives affecting body, mood, behaviour and thoughts. Anyone can get low at times, but with depression the feelings don't go away quickly and may be so bad they interfere with everyday life.

Sometimes there is an obvious reason for becoming depressed but it may not always be clear, there may even be more than one reason for the depression.  Often people don’t realise they are depressed; because it has come on gradually they have learnt to struggle on coping for example by keeping busy.  Coping strategies can sometimes create other problems such as stress, exhaustion or physical problems such as headaches.

What else can counselling help with?