Depression Therapy

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“I don’t feel like myself.”

You don’t seem to have interest in anything anymore.  Motivation is gone, and you don’t enjoy the things you used to enjoy. It is hard to make yourself do the things you know you should be doing.  You are lacking purpose and direction.  Life doesn’t have the same zest it has had in the past.  The world feels dull. You feel disconnected from others and can’t seem to make yourself be present and engaged. You notice others being able to “live life”, and this makes your inability to do so all the more painful.

“What’s the point?”

Loss of meaning and lack of a feeling of being engaged in life can be a painful experience whether you’re “clinically depressed” or not.  Everyone wants to be able to live life to the fullest and be able to experience the world in a meaningful way.  To feel as if you can not figure it out or make yourself feel better is frustrating, and can make you wonder if things will ever change.

“Why do I feel this way?”

You may have some idea of what the “problem” might be. However, it is not uncommon to feel as if this is coming from nowhere, with no rhyme or reason. “I have no reason to be unhappy, but I can’t help it”.

Therapy can help.

depressed man sitting in chair with head in hand

Depression Counseling

Depression therapy can help you:

  • Identify and work through emotional vulnerabilities from the past that contribute to your depression.
  • Work towards a more helpful and healing relationship with yourself, reducing excessive self-criticism and guilt.
  • Become more conscious of patterns within yourself and with others that contribute to your depressive feelings, and work to change them as you see fit.
  • Identify ways you might undervalue your own needs, and/or have difficulty asserting them in a healthy way.
Depression counseling patient looking at sky reflecting on life.

Depression Therapy at Deep Growth Counseling

Previously depressed patient looking out at a river in mountains feeling calm.

Depression therapy at Deep Growth Counseling will be individually tailored to your needs, led by you, at your own pace.

Treatment often incorporates the following:

  • Explore your experience in a way that helps you more consciously understand what is going on for you.
  • Notice and begin to understand unconscious patterns within yourself and with others. This may include exploring unconscious ways you may defend yourself against negative emotion, and/or ways you tend to relate to others.
  • Use psychotherapeutic tools such as EMDR to help you more deeply process past experiences that may contribute to your depression. See Does EMDR therapy work for depression? to learn more.
  • Psycho-education about depression.
  • Practical tools to help you improve depressive symptoms such as lack of motivation, lack of action, or sleep difficulties.

Schedule a Free 30 Minute Video Consultation

It’s Easy!

Step 1– Send form to schedule free video consultation.

Step 2– Meet with Chris to see if he might be a good fit for you.

Step 3– Book your first appointment.

Cost and Insurance

We take the following insurance:

BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS)

United Healthcare/Optum/UBH

Aetna

Cigna

Oxford

Self-Pay rate- $130