I've not done it for depression but I did it for confidence. If I'm completely honest, it didn't help in that sense at all but it did help me short-term in that it just allowed me to relax for a while. I'm very, very cynical about hypnosis etc, but whether it's psychological or not when the hypnotherapist said to me 'When I click my fingers you will feel twice as deeply hypnotised', I did actually get that feeling, so it did something. It's like going to sleep except being awake at the same time - you are still in control and you can still move and think etc, it's just a bit more difficult; and when you wake up at the end it's like waking from a deep sleep. So I can see the benefits if you're anxious or need to relax - which may also help with depression?
So I don't know, but the experience of hypnotherapy is pretty nice anyway, so it might be worth a try at least? My teacher recommended it to me, and he said it helped him give up smoking, and he said it also helped his wife and a couple of his friends with sleep problems, so some people do seem to find it useful.
Good luck :)
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