Shane RMT
Natural Brilliance would be a good choice if your depression is the kind that stops you from doing what you need to be doing. Giving you a way to move ahead in spite of your depression holding you back. Action is one way of getting over depression. The you know what you got to do but can't be bothered doing it kind of depression.
Also Resiliency would be a good course to look at for dealing with the burnout and job search if they are the cause of your depression that course is for bouncing back from setback. Select this one if you are feeling lost type of depression. The not knowing what to do and feel like you are picking yourself up by the bootstraps byt don't know why you should deptression.
Another thing that has been shown to help overcome depression is Spring Forest Qigong, and I belive this is true for exercise in general. Starting and sticking with an exercise program will usually help too.
The choices are there. Depending on which course you choose you will need to make a commitment to work with it daily for about a month. Although you'll notice the depression lifting in almost immediately you need to stick with it for a month to prevent backsliding.
Alex
I had a girlfriend who had a long history of problems with severe depression. We talked about it on several occassions. At one point I asked her, "Did the therapists ever ask you, 'If one day you woke up and found out that you were completely cured of your depression, what would that be like?'" She said no, they hadn't. And then we had a long discussion about the consequences of living without depression.
She told me that the thought scared her. "I've lived so long with depression," she said, "that I don't know who I'd be without it. I am afraid that I would no longer be me, that I'd lose myself." "Do you think," I asked, "that this has kept you from getting over it?" "I think it's part of it," she answered.
I am not saying that this is the case for you, but these issues are not always so simple and cut and dried. The therapists saw depression as merely something bad and something to get rid of. Their thinking process was notably superficial as were their results. None of them discussed the consequences of the therapy being successful with the client, which was a big mistake.
A good thing about the natural brilliance method is that this form of ecology check is integral to the process.
[This message has been edited by babayada (edited September 19, 2004).]
For Respond, Take the ideas that you gained from noticing and then select what you would like to put into action. Knowing what works and what doesn't work.
It is important to remember that you will Witness what happens and the cycle starts over again. So there is no one right choice. The true right choice is a starting point and follow through to test it out and you keep testing till you find what works for you.
Alex