Depression Counselling in Neebing, ON.

Depression can be a powerful, debilitating condition that has a profound impact on our quality of life. Whether the depression is situational, or more of a chronic nature, I will work with you in a therapeutic manner to develop a wellness plan that best meets your needs and abilities. Accessing additional family and community resources, where appropriate, can also be a part of our treatment plan.

Major Depression is a mental health problem that afflicts many people. Its painful effects can impair the ability to function normally and live a happy, productive life. My approach to counselling depression is based on Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavioural therapies. This combined approach can help clients learn how to identify, dispute, and replace negative thoughts and beliefs about self, others, the world, and God, which often maintain their depression. Homework assignments are completed between sessions to assist clients to practice skills learned in therapy as part of the treatment.

Depression can leave us feeling empty, emotionally low, and unmotivated. When we can understand our experiences of depression, we can cultivate different responses. In therapy, you can learn how to challenge depressive thought patterns, develop self-compassion, and understand the root causes of the depression you are experiencing. Book a free consultation to explore if we are a good fit for therapy.

Experiencing depressive symptoms, low mood, low affect, low-ness is hard. Using psychodynamics and person-centered, strengths based therapies, I strive to aid clients in understanding the patterns of these symptoms so we can, collaboratively work together to process these feelings and devise ways that work for you to regulate and improve mood over time.

Depression can touch our lives on many levels, affecting how we think, how we feel and even what we do. Counselling can help you learn new skills and strategies to manage the thoughts and feelings that surface in depression, and help you begin taking steps to improve your situation. It can be possible to stop struggling with those thoughts and feelings and take back your life.

Sometimes men don't see depression as depression. It can just feel like your irritable all the time. You get easily frustrated and lash out at others. You start avoid the relationships in your life. You get home from work and you go be by yourself. This isn't helping though. It helps you escape the pressure of everything and everyone else. (Until the guilt pops back up later). You're tired though. And thinking about how to tackle this seems more exhausting. Let's start getting perspective on this so you can find where to go from here. You deserve to feel better. You deserve to manage your emotions and relationships with confidence.

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 such a terrible feeling........that absence of feeling anything. It's a dark place to get, and like most human experiences has a lifespan, particularly if we cast every vote we have to contribute to mobilizing ourselves slowly- getting the trajectory heading in another direction through our own small efforts. Depression deserves so much self compassion, and some challenging of those distorted thoughts depression loves to tell us are the truth.

When struggling with depressed moods, everything feels heavy and you lack a sense of meaning and purpose. Even the most simple tasks can feel impossible. If you find yourself turning to alcohol, substances, or other addictive behaviours to cope with depressed moods, there is a way out. I help clients with addictions overcome the depressed moods causing them to turn to substances or addictive behaviours to cope. Everyone is different, so I work with you to develop a plan that fits your unique situation. If you are unsure where to start, send me a message. If I'm not the right fit, I can connect you to resources that will allow you to start getting help today, without having to wait.

While everyone has felt various amounts of sadness and hopelessness, depression is different. It can permeate multiple aspects of your life including relationships, work, and friendships. It may feel isolating to not have the motivation to engage in simple activities, while others may have no idea why you feel the way you feel. However, there is hope and help is available! Together, we can slowly work through your thought patterns, emotions and behavior to turn the direction of the downward spiral. As difficult as it may seem, I encourage you to take your first step and reach out today to book a consultation.