DEPRESSION THERAPY IN MIAMI
Overcome Depression: Your Journey To Happiness Begins Here
DEALING WITH DEPRESSION
When you don’t know how to stop your negative thoughts.
Depression makes it difficult to concentrate at work, school, or during family activities. It makes your future feel bleak, which leads to losing hope. You may have a hard time getting off the couch, get irritable with loved ones and even turn to some form of self destructive behavior or have ideas of not wanting to be around anymore.
On top of that, there are the physical symptoms of depression:
Constant exhaustion
Inability to sleep
Appetite changes
Back pain
Digestive issues
Persistent fatigue that makes it incredibly hard to care for your self or other loved ones
THERAPY ISN’T ABOUT ‘CHEERING UP’
Feeling misunderstood is very common when you’re depressed—and positive advice is not helpful.
Many people try to keep their depression hidden because they want to prevent their children or family members from worrying or sharing their struggles. They may also wonder what’s wrong with them: why they just can’t be more positive or look on the bright side. Frustrated and ashamed that they don’t have the perfect lives they see others have or see on social media, they conceal their mental health issues.
As a result, depression can feel even more lonely and debilitating.
YOU’RE NOT ALONE
Millions of people suffer from depression.
Each year, 17.3 million U.S. adults (7 out of every 100 people!) experience major depression.
Culturally, there is a lot of pressure to succeed and to meet certain demands and expectations in relationships, at work, and at home.
Despite how natural it is to encounter obstacles in life, mistakes are frowned upon, which makes decision-making difficult and failure discouraging.
When these pressures, expectations, and disappointments accumulate beyond a person’s ability to tolerate them, depression is a natural result.
DEPRESSION THERAPY HELPS
Depression therapy can help you react to painful emotions in healthier ways.
Painful emotions are a normal part of life, but suffering doesn’t have to be. Some people feel things more intensely than others and have a harder time managing these uncomfortable emotions.
Understanding what triggers your depression and which thoughts tend to arise as a result can help you make more conscious choices and avoid unhealthy coping mechanisms.
Mindfulness and other emotional regulation tools will help you be able to manage and tolerate difficult emotions when they arise and choose behaviors that improve your situation now and in the future.
YOU MAY BE WONDERING
I’ve tried it all, can this help?
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Some of our clients received depression counseling before. A few had even been hospitalized or enrolled in residential depression treatment without much improvement. They never learned practical skills to help them control their emotions and behaviors, leaving them vulnerable to relapse. By using proven, evidence-based strategies for treating your depression, we can increase your chances of success.
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Yes. Even if you suffer from intense feelings of sadness and hopelessness, and other therapy approaches haven’t helped to get rid of your depression, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) might be the right treatment for you. DBT can help you change negative emotions and thought patterns so that you act more effectively. DBT is unique in that it provides you with a variety of skills for managing strong, uncomfortable emotions that get in the way of creating a meaningful life that you can look forward to. It also focuses less on talking than other cognitive therapies and more on helping you make behavioral changes. Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have demonstrated DBT’s effectiveness in reducing self-harm, suicidal behavior, and depression
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Even if your situation seems dire, that doesn’t mean there’s no hope. We won’t pretend that depression therapy is easy since it takes a conscious effort to break through old thought and behavioral patterns. But if you commit to this work, you’ll start approaching life in a different way and feel better.
There will probably be days when you fall back on old patterns, but the support and encouragement we offer can help you get through these challenging times.
You won’t beat your depression overnight, but the small steps you take now can gradually pull you out of hopelessness and lead you to a more fulfilling life.
Schedule a free 20-minute call with our care coordinator.
Getting started is easy…
STEP ONE
Schedule a call.
You’ll visit with our care coordinator during a quick 20-minute call.
STEP TWO
Get matched.
We’ll learn about your needs and answer your questions so we can connect you with the right therapist for you!
STEP THREE
Book your first session.
We’ll guide you to fill out a few forms and get your first appointment on the calendar so you can start feeling better!