Depression Counselling in Harrison Hot Springs, BC.

Anxiety and depression are some of the most common mental disorders today- and their prevalence is on the rise. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reported that there has been a significant increase in the percentage of people in America exhibiting signs of anxiety or depression since the COVID-19 pandemic. Anxiety and depression can have a profound impact on work, relationships, and personal life, so it's important to receive a proper diagnosis in order to take the right steps to manage your mental health.

The good news, depression can be managed. I would help the client to learn about their depression including how to manage their depression through the implementation of differing wellness techniques. A balance of overall wellness is necessary to help manage depression. The implementation of cognitive behavioral therapy helps manage and challenge distorted cognitive thinking and behaviors. The form of therapy used can help to shift consciousness which helps to evoke change and ongoing growth and development. The analogy of an iceberg is a great way to define and outline what's taking place within an individual suffering in silence with depression.

Olivia is passionate about supporting individuals struggling with depression and the deep isolation it often brings. Using a cognitive behavioral therapy approach, she helps clients identify and understand the underlying causes of their depression, challenge negative thought patterns, and develop healthier perspectives. Olivia also provides practical, actionable steps to help clients re-engage with life, rebuild connections, and rediscover joy. With empathy and expertise, she creates a supportive space for clients to navigate their emotions, regain hope, and work toward meaningful change. Olivia’s goal is to empower her clients to move forward with resilience and a renewed sense of purpose.

Chart the changes from negativity, anger or depression to a more desired state of well being. Carey will help you problem solve and develop lifestyle skills which improve self esteem. Sessions focus on furthering the development of healthy changes in your thoughts and behaviors that lead to overal wellness. Through effective counselling methods, Carey will help you practice the antidotes to stress and depression. Approaches include narrative and cognitive behavioral therapy, Satir, solution focused and some expressions of art therapy.

If you're up against depression, we'd collaborate and become a team of sorts. Through thoughtful questioning and listening, we'd begin to identify alternative narratives that challenge your depressive story. By attending to your strengths, resilience and prior successes, you can begin to foster a sense of hope and feel empowered to envision a future where you can live beyond the limitations of depression.

“I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?” (Ned Vizzini). Depression is hard to put into word; It is more than mere sadness. it can feel like a weight of tiredness that makes everyday tasks strenuous, requiring so much effort. In the midst of depression it can feel like two things are true: it will never end, and there is nothing that I can do. Fortunately, neither of these are true. Counselling helps people make sense of what they are going through. More than insight, however, counselling gives people the tools that they need to start taking steps to emerge from depression. And people do emerge; the cloud does eventually lift.

Depression can impact several or all elements of a persons life. It can leave a person feeling debilitated, helpless and isolated. It can be chronic, or situational and can range from mild - severe. My approach to working with clients who experience depression is to provide a compassionate and caring environment that gently encourages them to understand the root of the depression and factors that impact it, both negative and positive. We do this together with the hope in mind that by understanding, addressing and healing the hurts, we can understand the linkage between the depression in order to re-frame it and renew a sense of hopefulness.

In depression counseling, I work collaboratively with you to understand what's contributing to your depression—whether life circumstances, relationship patterns, past experiences, or feeling disconnected from what matters. Depression often involves losing touch with meaning and purpose, so together we'll explore what gives your life significance and how to reconnect with those things. We develop a practical, step-by-step plan tailored to your situation. This might involve challenging thoughts that keep you stuck, processing difficult emotions, or rediscovering activities that once brought satisfaction. Our therapeutic relationship provides steady support as you navigate this. Clients report gradually regaining energy, hope, and a sense that life feels worthwhile again

MY APPROACH TO COUNSELLING FOR DEPRESSION STARTS WITH A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF ITS OCCURRING: Small amount of stress can be managed easily and may not negatively impact your health, however, too much stress can contribute to worsening depression and anxiety, because high levels of stress increase adrenaline levels which makes it impossible for you to slow down, unwind and rejuvenate. That is when I come in to support you. I work together with you to identify the most challenging situations and find ways to manage them, determine how to discard your inner critic, develop tools to decrease stress, replace negative coping skills with positive ones, so that you gain your life back...

Are you struggling to get out of bed, losing interest in once-loved activities or feeling helpless and hopeless? The lethargic and foggy shutdown of depression can make everything in life feel just a few inches out of reach. The good news is that depression is readily treatable. I would be glad to help you explore what is keeping your body stuck in numb disconnection. Next, we form a plan to help you back to your best self. Together we tackle here-and-now symptoms with strategies of mindfulness and CBT, while also untying old knots from the past with emotion-focused and inner-child work. The heaviness of depression is your body asking for care. Are you ready to answer its call?

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.