Depression Counseling in West Palm Beach, FL.

Depression is a major cause that can lead to substance or alcohol addictions. Without really delving into the core issues behind someone's depression, there is no real rehabilitation from these addictions. Our Licensed professionals would use an individualized and personal approach into ensuring a positive outcome in healing and overcoming addiction.

When you're struggling with depression, it feels heavy and exhausting. Even simple tasks are overwhelming. I provide a compassionate and supportive space where we can explore the underlying causes of your depression. Together, we will work on identifying negative thought patterns and developing strategies to manage your symptoms. Using evidence-based therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing, my goal is to help you find relief, regain hope, and build a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Depression can leave you feeling like even the simplest tasks are impossible. Overtime you can start feeling guilt or shame about how hard life feels for you and isolate yourself. You're not alone in how you feel and you don't have to go through this by yourself! Through CBT, behavioral activation, and a huge does of empathy, you can start feeling like yourself again. Therapy is a safe space to express and feel your emotions and find accountability for moving towards your goals.

More than 70% of children and adolescents with depressive disorders or other severe mood disorders do not receive appropriate treatment. Early intervention provided by a Mental health professional gives them a voice to communicate negative emotions, regulate moods swings, reorganize their thoughts, and lessen the tendency towards somatization of internal conflicts usually externalized as general aches and pain, headaches, stomachaches, anxiety, guilt, and hopelessness.

Depression can color your world with a grayness that is hard to escape from. Depression can be very complex, involving a lot of heavy feelings and emotions. Let me help untangle the emotions and heal the pain. My job is to listen and find out gradually where the wound is - and then heal it. You don't have to live with the pain- let's work on it together.

So often, depression is a natural response by people who feel overwhelmed by all that is required to engage with and enjoy the world. After 42 years in the field, I have learned that the secret to helping clients get past that overwhelmed feeling requires only two easy steps. First, I listen closely to find out what people's natural strengths, skills, and gifts are. Then I gradually give them very small assignments called "baby steps" that rely on their strengths. Each small change has huge results, and depression soon fades away as each step is achieved.

I work with a depressed nervous system by working with the body. Often we struggle to sleep, eat, or accomplish relatively simple tasks. Our bodies are stuck with the brake on. When our body thinks it is futile, out mind follows quickly thereafter and we begin to tell ourselves how pointless things are and how worthless we are. I work with the whole body to re-regulate the body to enable you to get back to a whole integrated self.

We help our client to overcome or manage depression symptoms through holding safe space for them to work through difficult emotions and experiences in a supportive environment. Depression can be caused by many different factors and can be temporary or chronic. Processing traumatic experiences and gaining perspective into what is contributing to your symptoms can shed light on how to lessen the severity and have more good days than bad. We will utilize therapy techniques tailored to your specific needs to assist you in making progress.

If you’re experiencing sadness, hopelessness, or lack of motivation, I understand that it’s not as easy as “getting over it.” And while you might feel stuck, there is hope. Not just wishful thinking, but a structured process to help you break free and start really living life again. My passion is helping stressed out, burned out, and discouraged men regain their strength. At Lion Counseling, our mission is to help you escape the cages that hold you back and become the lion God created you to be. If you’re ready to take the first step, I’d be honored to work with you.