Your Experience is UniqueDepending on your cultural background, upbringing, and identities, you may experience symptoms of depression that are unique to you. Some people experience depression mostly as physical symptoms such as headaches, stomach aches, chronic pain, fatigue, or changes in appetite. Others may experience depression as a sense of restlessness, agitation, or irritability. Depression can also occur together with other mental health concerns such as anxiety, trauma, or disordered eating. Given the many forms of depression, it is sometimes hard to identify. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 7.1% of adults in the U.S. experienced depression in the past year. You are not alone. Many have walked down this path before and have come out on the other side with a renewed sense of themselves and a regained purpose in life.
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What Does Depression Treatment Look Like?When you enter into treatment with one of our counselors, we will first take a broad and comprehensive approach to understanding you and your life. As your therapist gets to know you, the assessment includes understanding your current stressors and symptoms, your relationship dynamics, your past experiences, your family history, your sociopolitical context, your cultural background and identities, your coping strategies, the patterns that you have noticed in your life, your strengths and resilience, etc. As therapy progresses, your therapist will take the issues that are the most alive for you and go deeper. As mental health professionals, we believe that our emotions give us clues to the bigger picture and it is the also the vehicle for change.
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How Will I Know I am Making Progress in Depression Treatment or When I Am Better?Progress in therapy is not a linear path across time but a circular journey to health and healing. Think of psychotherapy as being in the shape of a screw. At some points in the therapy process, you may feel like we are going around and around on the same issues but each time we pass by them we are going deeper. Through the practice of effective coping strategies, we will immediately address the most painful aspects of your life. We want to first decrease the depression symptoms that are impacting your everyday living. From there, we will go deeper to explore the roots of your depression.
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work with UsSchedule a free 15-minute phone consultation with one of our therapists.
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