Depression is persistent feelings of sadness and emptiness, a lack of motivation, crying, changes in eating or sleeping, disinterested in the things you once enjoyed and potentially self-harming behaviors or thoughts of suicide. Many counseling interventions effectively treat depression, including behavioral, cognitive, interpersonal, psychodynamic, and mindfulness interventions. People with depression may also require medication.
Available Treatment Options
Behavioral therapy uses interventions to change behaviors that lead to or exacerbate distressing emotions. Cognitive interventions involve examining thought processes to change unhelpful patterns of cognition. Psychodynamic counseling fosters self-awareness through exploring unconscious thoughts and how one’s past affects current functioning.
Therapists Who Specialize in Helping Those Who Struggle With Depression
If you’re experiencing or have experienced something negative in your life that is keeping you from living the life you want to live, I know how painful and frustrating it can be. Maybe that negative experience was life threatening, like an assault or car accident. But maybe they were smaller, seemingly less significant experiences, like emotionally abusive relationships, or the death of a love...
My collaborative approach to wellness allows us to work together to cultivate a relationship where your unique needs can be seen and supported. Part of our work together will include looking at your identity. I have a particular passion for working with Black women who may find themselves struggling to feel heard, represented, and navigate intimacy. Do you find yourself frustrated by being one ...
How would life look differently if you could overcome or change certain aspects? Maybe you'd feel less anxiety or feel more purposeful each day. Your relationships would improve and you'd feel better about yourself. You'd feel more balanced and at peace. You want to feel understood and free from judgment. Whether your goals are geared toward self-improvement, recovering from deep-seated issues,...
Emotional scars and mental anguish are detrimental to one’s health and happiness, and may interfere with one’s daily functioning. My specialty is to help you heal, or alleviate your symptoms concerning your issues or condition to achieve tranquility, harmony and a meaningful life in a compassionate and professional way. We will work together in achieving your goals through: Assessing your issue...
I strive to offer individuals and families help in developing skills to cope with life struggles and to make positive and healthy changes; focus of treatment is the individual, developing goals and objectives that you determine are necessary for your healing and recovery. I can help you with issues with codependency, poor boundaries and communication in interpersonal relationships and recovery....
Anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns are just a few of the challenges that threaten to overwhelm us. Unexpected loss, disappointing dreams, lonely relationships, and feelings of being less than or undeserving lead to questions like, “what am I doing wrong?” and “how did I get here?” Perhaps you feel like you’re doing everything right and it’s still not working. Carefully-controlled...
I have devoted my career to helping infants, children, adolescents, families, and adult women. I specialize in trauma, depression, anxiety, abuse, neglect, adoption, parenting struggles, attachment difficulties, behavioral issues, domestic violence, relationship struggles, and more. I have extensive training in trauma, attachment, play therapy, and parenting. I am endorsed in Infant Mental Heal...
My goal as a therapist is to co-create a place where clients can say the unsayable and survive. As a psychotherapist with a background in Clinical Social Work, my interest is in holding the nuance of your intersecting experiences, identities and environments to make meaning. My focus is on providing culturally aware, queer-affirming, trans-affirming care. I believe that for treatment to be...
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them” - Albert Einstein; For several years a major focus in my practice has been working with high functioning individuals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder and their families. But, this hasn’t limited the breadth of my professional activities. People come to me with the “common cold” conditions of anxiety and...
ONLINE and IN PERSON therapy in CALIFORNIA for WOMEN experiencing ANXIETY, DEPRESSION and POSTPARTUM concerns! You have been feeling sad, anxious, irritable and no longer yourself. You want to enjoy your life, but you are overwhelmed, frustrated and exhausted. You may be struggling with adjusting to life as a new mother, working mom, college student or as a partner. Over time, you have lost a...
I believe healing comes from listening, empowerment, self-awareness, advocacy, and collaboration. Chronic illness and disability can limit an individuals quality of life in many ways: (1) employment, (2) school, (3) relationships, (4) physical, and (5) mental health. A disability does not define a person’s identity, or limit functioning. If you are living a life filled with stress, anxiety, or...
( English | 中文 ) Cheryl uses various modalities for short term therapy including: CBT, Solution Focused Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy. She also utilizes psychodynamic approaches to help individuals understand how past and current situations may be connected, in order to help them make meaningful changes, to even long term patterns. Cheryl ...
“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”—Brené Brown . Life transitions can be difficult and sometimes we find ourselves in a rough chapter. If you're looking for a counselor who passionately cares and wishes to connect with you in your commitment to change, growth, and healing, I would consider it a privilege to walk beside you toward that journey of being seen, heard, a...
I applaud you for exploring and embarking on this new adventure of healing and restoration in your life. My areas of specialty include helping people heal from early childhood trauma, which sometimes results in depression and anxiety as well as addictions such as overeating, gambling, shopping, and eating disorders. For others they just cannot seem to find joy in their lives and are not sure wh...
My goal is to walk alongside clients giving them the skills and healing they are looking for. I do this with a specialized treatment modality using EMDR. The feedback from this form of therapy continues to be my passion to help individuals who struggle in life. I am able to help a wide variety of mental health struggles using EMDR. Meeting you where you are at in your healing and walking alongs...