DEPRESSION THERAPY
While it’s common to have days where you feel sad or blue, depression is more pervasive and ongoing. If you’re depressed, you may not only feel sad, but also hopeless, irritable or worthless. You might also lack motivation or energy, have difficulty sleeping and concentrating, or experience changes in appetite and weight.
What is Depression?
The symptoms of depression can interfere with your ability to perform at your best in different areas of your life. Often individuals report a feelings of disinterest and low motivation along with persistent feelings of sadness when they feel depressed. You may struggle with simple daily activities and feel reluctant to reach out for support.
Psychotherapy can be helpful to understand and process your life experiences that might be contributing and maintaining feelings of sadness. Feeling depressed doesn’t mean that you can’t take steps towards breaking from this pattern. You can learn evidence-based interventions based on Mindfulness therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to not only manage your symptoms but regain control over your healing journey towards your goals.
How can psychotherapy help?
Alleviate depressed mood and return to the previous level of effective functioning.
Develop healthy cognitive patterns and beliefs about self and the world that lead to alleviation and help prevent the relapse of depression symptoms.
Develop healthy interpersonal relationships that lead to effective resolution of current conflicts or problems.
Appropriately grieve the loss in order to normalize mood and to return to the previous adaptive level of functioning.
Understand patterns of response that are reinforcing the symptoms and learn ways to break free from the cycle of symptoms that amplify the helplessness.
Learn about ways in which you can manage your thoughts, feelings and behaviours through evidence-based interventions to realise your full potential as an individual.
Our Approach for treatment
We utilize an integrative approach to treating depression with concrete goals and evidence-based interventions to help regulate emotions.
We integrate interventions from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy(CBT), Schema Therapy, Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Therapy, and trauma-informed interventions to help collaboratively design a plan for my clients to navigate towards their goals.
The first few sessions focus on understanding your primary concerns and how depression is affecting your life, understanding your thought patterns, and your motivation for change. The session also focuses on collaboratively setting goals to work towards desired change utilizing evidence-based interventions.
If you are feeling overwhelmed and think you are going through depression, feel free to reach out for a brief consult to understand how psychotherapy could help you in your current journey in life.