Kat Jensen (singer-songwriter): Living w/Depression & Tony Gonzalez (DBSA, San Gabriel Valley)

Host Mari Fong interviews Kat Jensen (singer-songwriter) & Tony Gonzalez (DBSA, San Gabriel Valley). Kat Jensen talks about depression, her family history of mood disorders, having a schizophrenic mother and physician father, cutting, suicide attempts, and how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy was the solution to dealing with her depression. Tony Gonzalez, President of the San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, talks about how COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY relieves your mind by focusing on the present, and how SUPPORT GROUPS can be the key to healing and dealing with bouts of depression and other mood disorders.
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