Therapy for Depression
Depression can also be a debilitating illness that affects your ability to be happy and experience joy. For some people their depression symptoms can be severe and they are unable to go to work or carry out their daily responsibilities. For others, their depression symptoms may be milder, but they struggle with finding joy and happiness in things they used to enjoy.
Symptoms of Depression:
- Feeling depressed most of the day, every day
- Loss of interest or pleasure in things you used to enjoy
- Increased or decreased appetite
- Fatigue, lethargy, or lack of motivation
- Feeling of worthlessness or inappropriate guilt most of the time
- Decreased ability to think or concentrate
- Recurrent thoughts of death, thoughts of suicide without a plan, a suicide attempt, or a plan to commit suicide
If you have a plan to commit suicide, have had a recent suicide attempt, or feel you are a danger to yourself or others please call 911 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room. Silver Lining Counseling is NOT a crisis service.
The good news is depression is very treatable. Through depression counseling, Silver Lining can help you reduce negative and self-defeating thoughts and replace them with positive and affirming thoughts. Additionally, identifying healthy ways of behaving and practicing good self-care can also reduce depression symptoms.
There are many other things that can help improve depression symptoms such as meditation and prayer, exercise, support groups and in some cases medication. The therapists at Silver Lining can help you determine which of these might be most helpful to you. Relief from depression is possible.
Are you feeling hopeless, isolated, and not your usual self?
Do these thoughts often enter your mind?
- I am worthless and can’t do anything about it.
- I feel guilty for just wanting to eat, sleep and be alone.
- I hate who I am these days.
- I can’t stop crying, which makes me want to stay away from others.
- I feel gut-wrenching pain, but no one understands.
- My life and the world around me are dark. I hate it, but I can’t change it.
If you have had any variation of these thoughts and don’t feel like your usual self, chances are you may be suffering from depression.
I want you to know that you are not alone and there are people who can help. Many of my clients find relief in realizing that their struggle does not own them and that there are many options available to once again have hope for their lives.
I understand the social stigmas that come with the label of being depressed and thus aim to help clients sort out their environmental, biological, and circumstantial factors while offering support and care through a very dark time in their lives.
If you are hoping to finally lighten this load and feel like yourself again, contact me today for a free consultation.