Depression Counselling in Labuma, AB.

Keystone Child and Family Therapy offers counseling for those struggling with depression and anxiety. Both depression and anxiety can make daily activities quite difficult to complete, or even initiate. Clients will benefit from learning about these debilitating experiences, whether they struggle with it or their children. Clients will learn effective coping techniques to deal with their depression and anxiety and to regain a sense of control over their lives. Keystone also offers counseling to parents who have children struggling with anxiety and depression and provides practical strategies to both children and parents to regain control over their lives.

At MTO Reach we help to treat depression by combining evidence-based techniques like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with empathetic listening, talk therapy and tailored interventions specific to individuals. We aim to help clients identify negative patterns of thought, develop effective coping strategies, and set goals that they are able to achieve. The approach often includes fostering healthy routines, building supportive relationships, and, pin pointing and growing from specific traumas.

In our sessions, we will explore the factors that contribute to feelings of depression and low mood and practice skill-building. We can learn to identify and shift the thinking patterns, accept and process our emotions, and detach ourselves from any expectations that may be keeping us stuck. We can also learn new ways to relate to ourselves and support ourselves through depression.

Research has clearly demonstrated that mindfulness-based approaches to depression are so powerful that they can reduce the chances of having a relapse by 50%! That's a big deal. A depressed mind is busy creating all kinds of negative thoughts. Mindfulness-based therapy will teach you a new way to relate to your thoughts. You don't have to believe everything you think! Especially the bad stuff, becuse it's often not true.

Do you struggle with feelings of depression? Does it feel like an impossible hill to climb every day? You do not have to struggle alone. Let's climb that hill together and find ways to help you reach the top. At Mah's Counselling Services, I utilize a variety of therapies to help you with your depression such as Cognitive Behavioral, Emotionally Focused, and Narrative therapy. Call or email today to book an appointment.

Depression is on the rise in not only Canada but around the world. There a variety of reasons why this is - I have come to believe its the rise of a society that is busy and not taking care of themselves emotionally and physically. We are focused on the future and not enough on the present. Counselling allows a person to slow down and be in the present. People can then receive care and support as they walk through their feelings, thoughts and stories of their life.

When one is depressed the range of thoughts and feelings encompass a wide spectrum. Sadness and despair might be pervasive. One can feel as if they have fallen into a deep dark pit where everything is covered in negativity and hopelessness. In this state, one can feel inadequate, discouraged, unable or unwilling to make decisions. In addition, guilt, shame, profound low self-esteem and loss of interest in relationships, sex, career and even life itself are commonly found. A variety of evidence-based tools, specific to the needs of the individual, applied skillfully at the right time, can dramatically lift one out of that deep, dark pit and help avoid relapse.

Depression can occur in our lives when we have been under a great deal of stress or sometimes in reaction to life difficulties. It is a physical illness as much as an emotional mental illness. If you are suffering with depression, don’t continue to suffer alone. Counseling can help you know how to get well and how to make changes so you can stay well and enjoy life in the ways that fit who you are as a person. I use a combination of strategies based on positive psychology and cognitive behaviour therapy including exploring the beliefs you have that may be getting in the way of your happiness.