Understanding the Difference Between Situational and Clinical Depression
A conversation with a VP of sales about his concern for employees that seemed to be stuck in a rut, leads to this podcast about depression vs. situational depression.
What can leadership do? What can their staff do? When one feels stuck in place where you are doing what you have always done at work, but it just isn’t working anymore.
Tim, with a background in corporate leadership and Jonathan, in clinical psychology, discuss the concept of depression within the workplace, and what can people do outside of traditional therapy to take care of their mental health.
Originally recorded during COVID, this podcast rings truer than ever for professionals today. Learn the differences between depression and situational depression and how CoreSelf Mapping can help position your team in the right direction.
About the Authors
Tim Preston is co-founder of Simple. Not Easy., co‑creator of CoreSelf Framework, and co‑author of CoreSelf Positioning (2025). A former architect, entrepreneur, and business leader, he explores how individuals, teams, and organizations regain clarity, agency, and direction amid complexity and uncertainty.
Jonathan Thomas, MSW is a Bowen Family Systems practitioner, educator, co-creator of CoreSelf Framework, and co-author of CoreSelf Positioning (2025). Across five decades of work with children, parents, and families, he explored how people develop awareness, navigate relationships, and orient themselves during periods of challenge, change, and uncertainty.
Learn more about Jonathan, Tim & CoreSelf Positioning.