Depression Counselling in Bowen Island, BC.

I will listen to the stories of your experience with depression. Together we will find ways of coping with depression, while working on acceptance of living skillfully with depression. I will teach you how to be more compassionate with yourself, using techniques from Mindful Self-Compassion. I will help you build capacity to cope with depression and capitalize on your strengths.

Depression affects all of us is some form or another, feelings of emptiness and despair can be challenging. For some taking the first step to get help can be even more challenging, I congratulate each client that comes in for counselling. I work with my clients on the issues behind the depression, and make small changes to the unhealthy patterns. In therapy, the clients learns their strengths, and how to utilise their strengths to make the necessary changes that can help them heal to have a fulfilling life.

Depression can be suffocating, but there is a way out! My focus is to help you find hope, purpose and inner peace and to help you see a future with genuine smiles. You can wake up not feeling numb or empty and actually have something to look forward to. I use evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help clients identify negative thought patterns, develop coping skills, and learn healthy habits for better mental and emotional wellbeing. You'll learn tools you need to a happier and more fulfilling life. Through our work together, clients can gain a sense of empowerment, improve their relationships, and increase their overall sense of well-being.

HAVE YOU LOST SOME OR ALL OF THE JOY YOU USED TO EXPERIENCE? Depression robs you of your vitality and makes it difficult to connect with others. When it is mild or moderate, depression feels like a constant obstacle that seems to take too much energy to get around. Depression symptoms can manifest as feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of energy or interest in activities that were once enjoyable. Physical symptoms can include changes in appetite, fatigue, and trouble sleeping. Emotionally, depression can leave you feeling isolated and alone. Therapy can be helpful in treating depression by providing support, understanding, and coping strategies. We are here to help you genuinely be

Feelings of depression can originate from many different sources, including issues related to addiction, the effects of addiction, infidelity, difficult childhoods, dysfunctional families of origin, and the impact of past hurts and coping patterns. By offering a setting that is based on trust, empathy, and collaboration, counselling can provide you with a safe and supportive space to explore your thoughts and emotions while creating a deeper, more authentic understanding of who you are, what you need, and the dynamics that you are navigating. It is possible to thrive and be well no matter what you have been through, and counselling can help with this.

Depression is debilitating, frustrating and can leave you feeling like there is no light to be seen. We can help you take one step at a time to learn tools to handle strong feelings associated with depression . We work with the individual to address the biopsychosocial contributors to depression and use CBT, talk therapy and mindfulness to treat the underlying cognitions associated with the depression

I know all about the deep darkness of depression and how to climb out of it. Depression can be brutal and isolating. First we need to be witnessed and understood in our pain in a safe comfortable non-judgemental space. Then we can learn tools and strategies to face the things that seem impossible to face. I will support you to take the steps necessary to improve your depression.

Depression is often associated with negative beliefs about oneself and the world, and EMDR can help to desensitize and reprocess these negative beliefs, leading to a more adaptive and positive worldview. Through the use of bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping, EMDR can help to process the distressing memories and beliefs, reducing the intensity of the emotional response and increasing emotional resilience. By addressing the underlying negative beliefs, EMDR can help to alleviate symptoms of depression and improve overall mood and well-being.

Depression is tricky. Depression causes a lowered mood, fatigue, and decreased motivation. Sometimes, Depression goes unnoticed by friends and family. It can appear like everything in your life should be fine, but inside, it's a struggle to get out of bed. I provide a non-judgmental space to explore the areas of your life impacted by depression. You will learn alternative coping mechanisms to help ease future symptoms of depression.

Depression can be a debilitating mental health issue, but the good news is there are excellent therapies out there designed to help treat it! Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to be one of the most effective treatments in helping with depression. CBT is a shorter term and skills-based therapy intended to help individuals learn strategies to better manage their mood and improve the quality of their life. I'd be happy to discuss more about CBT for depression with you!

Social anxiety and shyness can easily lead to feelings of depression. If you feel depressed because you feel alone, isolated and have trouble making friends, you might be glad to know that there is a way to learn and practice the social skills you missed learning as a child. You can learn and practice new skills, meet new people, learn how to start conversations and create your own social circle. Life can change and it takes just one step to start the process rolling in the right drection.

As someone who has a history of depression personally and intergenerationally, I am well aware of the great challenges and opportunities for growth that this experience can bring. For those struggling with depression, healing can feel elusive, as if nothing will ever work. It often requires a wider lens, an eye for patterns and a deeply supportive and holistic orientation to shift this dynamic. My approach comes from my years of experience moving through and finally out of my own depression and integrating the ancestral patterns that laid the foundation for it in my life. I now come to you with a wide-reaching tool kit to support you in your journey.

Have you been feeling very depressed, unmotivated, hopeless or stuck? Do you want to free yourself from the vortex of depression? EMDR therapy and hypnotherapy are very powerful tools used to help you break free from your depression. You can start to feel joy, hope and excitement again! You feel motivated and become more engaged in life. You can begin to feel better about yourself and the world around you! EMDR and hypnotherapy can help you look at the root causes of your depression. These methods can facilitate the release of buried emotions such as shame, guilt, worthlessness or resentment. They both can help you change your mindset, then change your life! Call 778-548-7345!

Depression drains your energy, hope, and drive, making it difficult to do what you need to feel better. But while overcoming depression isn’t quick or easy, it’s far from impossible. You can’t beat it through sheer willpower, but you do have some control—even if your depression is severe and stubbornly persistent. Recovering from depression requires action. But taking action when you’re depressed is hard. In fact, just thinking about the things you should do to feel better, like going for a walk or spending time with friends, can be exhausting. Getting the support you need plays a big role in lifting the fog of depression and keeping it away.

Depression is extremely complex - at times it can completely turn your life upside down and rob you of any joy or happiness that you previously felt. Yet other times it can also show up in more subtle ways throughout your life, almost unknowingly at first. Every person is different but one commonality with depression is that it can make you feel incredibly alone and self-deprecating. Isolation feeds depression and hinders our functioning. My aim is to create a compassionate relationship so that you don’t feel alone. I’ll offer empathy and kindness while we gently work as a team to find what works for you in your journey towards a healthier mind.

Depression and the feeling of being overwhelmed, scared and even paralyzed are real. The good news is that depression is treatable. Identifying the reasons behind depression, understanding the inner tensions that create depression are the necessary steps to move into a hope-filled life. Being able to look forward to the day ahead, living out your hopes and dreams is achievable.

If depression could speak, it would say "why bother?" Depression leaves us feeling unmotivated, hopeless, and negative about ourselves and our potential. In counselling, I provide a compassion-focused approach to treating depression that will help you to increase your sense self-worth and build motivation to mobilize yourself. I believe that when treating depression, it is essential to explore emotions such as anger, guilt and shame that often perpetuate a defeated and empty state. Doing so can feel uncomfortable, but is ultimately liberating. Many of my depressed - even suicidal - clients report that therapy has helped improve their mood and take meaningful action in their lives.

As human beings, we mostly ignore the flashing red engine light warning us that a tune up is in order. We put our heads down and keep going and before we know it we're just not functioning right. My role in helping you through depression is reconnecting you with your needs: emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, relational, and occupational, so that you become your best champion in meeting your needs and feeling more connected to yourself and others.

Sometimes feeling sad, stuck, and hopeless is something that can be shifted with support and some fairly straightforward strategies. At other times, depressed feelings can be signs of complex processes that take time to unravel and sometimes lead to profound transformations. Still at other times, stuck emotions and energies can be moved through experiential processes. Ultimately, feelings of depression and their resolution are unique to your life. Even though ways out can be challenging to see when we’ve been feeling stuck for some time, there are many ways through. I'll help you find the one that works for you.

Our practice incorporates the compassionate inquiry approach to delve deeper into the underlying factors contributing to depression. Additionally, we utilize approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and other approaches to assist clients in developing awareness of the thoughts that lead to feelings of depression. Furthermore, we integrate positive psychology techniques to promote well-being and resilience.

Depression can be incredibly debilitating - I understand as I have experienced depression myself. I support clients with building tools, increase understanding and education and help improve daily functioning. We will work together to determine your goals and take a proactive approach to follow through on a plan for effective solutions. The sessions will lead to improved mood, increased daily functioning and moving from surviving to thriving in your life!

What do you think 'depression' is? A symptom or a diagnosis? Many clients I meet have struggled to believe that change was possible. Depression can fade the colors in life and bring us into a state of hopelessness. Its tough to get motivated and believe again. Kathryn can empower you again to take your life back, ignite the flame that may seem to have been snuffed out. She will support you to set goals that YOU are comfortable with, and she will encourage you each week to measure your success based on YOUR progress.

Depression is now the number one cause of suffering in the world today (World Health Organization Statistics). Each person's story is different and there is no "one size fits all" when it comes to treating depression, depending upon the severity of symptoms. I assess and offer practical tools as well as create a safe and secure place and environment for people to come and talk to me about things that they may not tell anyone else because of the shame and stigma of depression. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy as well as a number of other therapeutic techniques which have been proven to help with depression.

I support a lot of clients going through a darker time on a journey to find more ease and light in their life. We combine strategies from cognitive-behavioral therapy by noticing the negative thoughts that often run on a loop and reframing them together with somatic/body-focused approaches and sitting with the painful emotions our body is holding and by giving them attention releasing some of the tension and finding more openness. The combination of the left and right brain approaches is incredibly helpful in processing painful emotions and experiences and integrating them rather than carrying the weight around. I am very grateful to be able to support you on this journey - you are not alone

Depressing is experienced through withdrawal, low mood, sleep disturbances and isolation. Counselling can help to process your feelings, increase activity and movement, enhance relationships, and ultimately improve mood, sleep, and isolation concerns. Postpartum depression is common for new mothers and often results in the same symptoms. Counselling can help new mothers to discuss how they are feeling and be able to address their mood concerns and move forward.