Interesting article on depression, a very good read :-) I would say from a personal stand point I have had very bad experiences with traditional therapy whether it be talk therapy or cbt, it seems to be very often now being prescribed for absolutely everything, which from a practical point of view makes no sense whatsoever, it would be impossible that one form of therapy can handle everything, the same goes for pharma products, which can also have a sinister edge to them as well, that said for anyone these things have worked for then all power to them, we have to find help wherever it is possible to find it, thats just my personal experiences and views. Practical help though that you suggested has for me always been the most powerful thing, which circumstances or day to day life shifts I always see a dramatic change in my day to day health which shows that these aspects massively effect your overall wellbeing, I don't doubt that for a second. It sounds to me from the little I know of occupational therapy that this may be a far better form of therapy than these other ones as is it looks at empowering the individual, and very often those with mental health issues suffer a major and chronic shortage of control over there own lives, anything that can address that shortfall must be massively positive :-)