Depression Counselling in Fort Erie, ON.

Depression not only affects your mood state, but also your -- *behavior, *the way you look at yourself, *relationship with people around you and *physical and organic function. Gestalt therapy emphasizes your capacity to develop your potential. In therapy with me change will take place through the relational experience, and increased awareness, this process, is what gives meaning to discovery to you. In Gestalt therapy, what is considered is your totality, a combination of your sensorial, affective, intellectual, social, and spiritual dimensions (Brownell, 2010). Studies show that the patients treated with Gestalt demonstrated fewer depressive symptoms following the intervention.

Can we transform emotional pain into personal growth and find hope? I can help you become aware of how certain negative automatic thoughts, beliefs and expectations contribute to feelings of anxiety and sadness. Often these automatic negative thought patterns are developed as a result of a past painful and difficult experience. They determine how we deal with loss, change, conflict and social interactions. Supporting you in identifying and understanding these thought patterns, can help resolve problems in maintaining relationships and establish a stronger sense of self-worth. Schedule a free consultation with me to see if we are a good fit for therapy.

While we all have days where we feel sad and 'depressed', if it goes on day after day so that negative thoughts make us feel exhausted, powerless, empty, discouraged and hopeless, then we need help. Leaving depression untreated can lead to several physical and mental complications and even suicide. Fortunately, trained counsellors can assist us in retraining our mind and teach us new skills to challenge depressive thinking so that we can lead a confidently depression free life.

Depression can be mild moderate or severe. It need not be severe in order to ask for help. Wherever your depression is along the continuum of severity, we can work together to develop strategies to help you work toward rediscovering motivation, increase energy levels, let go of the tendency to dwell on negative thoughts and feel more connected in your life and your relationships.

The quagmire of depression can feel impossible to escape. Getting started is the hardest. In counselling we first explore ways you might change the situation. Initially you may not succeed. But even the effort will energize you and may lead to other actions, other arenas where you have more options. You will learn something new. Best of all you will feel more alive, more involved with other people and with daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & it's offshoots are well-tested approaches to changing depression by altering your actions or expanding your thoughts. Another approach, Mindfulness, can give a broader perspective. Counselling helps you explore and discover what works for you.

Being depressed leaves your feeling helpless and hopeless. You may be overwhelmed by sadness or feel irritated and angry all the time. You may feel lonely and fear you are a burden. You may find it impossible to get out of bed or participate in your life. You may just feel nothing at all. Therapy can help you to uncover the root of your depression and learn to regulate your emotions, manage intrusive negative thought patterns, and motivate and support you in taking control of your life and your healing. Therapy can help. Please reach out for a free consult to determine if I am the right therapist to help you.

In depression counseling and treatment, my approach centers on creating a compassionate and non-judgmental space where clients feel heard and understood. By integrating various therapeutic modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, and mindfulness techniques, I collaborate with clients to explore the root causes of their depression and develop personalized strategies for healing and growth. Through this process, clients gain insight into their thought patterns, learn effective coping skills, and develop resilience to better manage their symptoms. By addressing depression holistically, clients not only experience relief from their distress but also cultivate a sense of empowerment, self-awareness, and hope for a brighter future.

When working to treat depression, I like to focus on a holistic approach, targeting all aspects of healing from the physical to the mental to the spiritual. Depression manifests differently for everyone so we will work together to target your triggers, your motivators, and a balance between responsibilities and fun, creating a life worth living for you.

Depression is often a response to having experienced profound psychological pain. It is a way for us to retreat or numb ourselves from the overwhelming emotions of such stressful circumstances. It acts as a protective shield in a way. In therapy, we will work towards addressing the underlying sources that are contributing to feelings of deep sadness. This can be a difficult task and as such it can be helpful to include strategies alongside our reflective work which may include CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, and Behavioural Activation. Book a free 15-minute consultation with me to see if I’m the right fit for you.

Depression is a struggle to manage for may people. You are not alone in your questions, struggle or Journey in understanding your experience with depression. Depression can result from something or a situation occurring to or around people, or on other occasions may simply be occurring. Understanding how your experience with depression may be effecting you, and how you can continue on a journey of change, can be done though therapy modalities of embodiment and talk therapy. Movement can be offered to support your understanding of how depression maybe impacting you- body, mind and heart to help you choose your healing journey.

My therapy sessions are used to teach strategies designed to help people better cope with negative thoughts or process difficult experiences. I focus on identifying cycles, triggers and patterns towards effective healing. I work with clients that are experiencing situational, chronic or acute episodes of depression that are short or long term at this stage in their life.

Depressive symptoms include deep sadness or hopelessness that persists for an extended period of time and has multiple impacts on affected individuals. It can greatly hinder an individual's capacity to engage in everyday activities. Fortunately, the effects of depression are highly treatable through therapy, which can serve as a potent remedy. Therapy can help you determine which negative or distorted thought patterns lead to the helplessness and hopelessness that come with depression and set realistic goals that enable you to enhance your emotional well-being. You will regain a sense of control and pleasure in life while incorporating enjoyable, fulfilling activities back into your life.

I can offers a safe space to explore and understand the underlying causes, negative thought patterns, and emotional challenges of the depression you are going through. Through various therapeutic approaches, I can help you gain effective coping strategies, develop healthier thought patterns, and build resilience. I have 12 years of experience helping clients manage and thrive through depression.

Our experiences of depression can be hard to make sense of. At times we feel depressed because of a specific situation, other times it's not clear what's making us feel the way we do. Therapy can be a helpful process when experiencing depression as it can provide us with a safe(r) relationship to gain insight into why we feel the way we do, discover tools we can use day-to-day to manage thoughts and feelings, as well as help us plan ways to help ourselves in case these feelings resurface in the future.

Depression can affect people in lots of different ways. It is more than just being sad or having the blues. It affects one’s mental state and all aspects of one’s life. Mastora focuses on changing negative styles of thinking and behaving and re-purposing the thinking process toward a more positive response. In addition she focuses on understanding and working through personal relationships that may cause or make depression worse.