Depression Counseling in Live Oak, CA.

Depression can be experienced as slight to profound depending on the symptoms and how they are impacting your activities of daily living and life in general. It is not necessary to be "depressed enough" before seeing a therapist. One of the most challenging behaviors with depression is isolating oneself from others who are a potential support for you. Please reach out to your family and friends. In at least 50% of individuals depression is compounded by anxiety. I would be happy to meet with you to explore possible pathways to easing one or both of these.

Depression can be an overwhelming feeling leaving you with the inability to eat, sleep, or even get out of bed in the morning. At some point in our lives, we all experience depression. For some people, this has become the dominating emotion. Whether you are going through a difficult time in your life and simply need some help through it, or you are chronically depressed, you will walk away from your sessions with new tools to help you overcome your depression.

Depression is more than having the blues. When you have depression, you may feel like getting up in the morning, brushing your teeth, or getting dressed all feel like too much. Sometimes life even feels so hard that killing yourself seems like a reasonable solution. Though medication may help, it is often not the whole story. Depression often masks other emotions that have been buried, sometimes from childhood, sometimes because a person was taught that only "positive" emotions were acceptable. Learn to uncover what is causing your depression and regain your aliveness so that you can once again, or perhaps for the first time, feel that you are living a full and productive life.

Depression is usually about the past. Such as, things that have happened to you, losses you have had, things that have been said to you or by you. Bad memories get us down yet we do not have to stay in that place of sadness. Also, depression has no energy so it is difficult to do the things we need to do in order to feel better. Take the first step and make an appointment. Each step leads to another step. Depression is very treatable.

Are you currently at a loss, hopeless, getting little to no satisfaction from your work, your relationships? I want to hear your story. I provide a safe and confidential space where you will be heard, and where you can start to move forwards: towards a life that is more in tune with what you want, towards more satisfying relationships. I want to reach out: my door is open for you, and I am here to help.

TIRED OF FEELING DOWN ALL THE TIME? Are you struggling with insecurities, stress, and self-doubts? Are you stuck in some strange vicious cycles? I can help you go deep and identify the source of your unhappiness, take charge of your life and move on to happiness, empowerment and meaning... Counseling can help you overcome sadness, and destructive emotions. Call me for a free telephone consultation session.

There are many causes for depression and many forms of depression, from reactive depressions to deep internal depressions. Sudden depressions as well as long lasting depressions are not to be ignored. They are serious emotional responses which can benefit extensively from appropriate counseling and therapeutic interventions. Having a caring and listening ear to talk to during a time of depressive despair can be extremely healing. It is often stated that a healthy listening relationship can heal beyond measure. There are depressions which will benefit from medical interventions along with talking interventions. In general, cared for depressions will greatly improve and most will pass.

I offer cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) for symptoms of depression, including sadness, fatigue, loss of interest in activities that used to be pleasurable, and hopelessness. CBT targets biases or errors in thinking and behavior patterns that make it difficult to feel your best. If you struggle with depression, it can be helpful to examine your beliefs and replace patterns of destructive thinking with more accurate and useful ways of evaluating yourself, your relationships, and your future. I can also help you increase activities that give you a sense of accomplishment and decrease unhealthy behaviors. Developing new coping skills like these is a key part of overcoming depression.

Grey Matters International, Inc. and the work of Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D. handles depression and other emotional disorders in a very unique way. Most of therapy or counseling processes utilize validation, unconditional positive regard, and reframing as common techniques to get someone to heal from their depression. Though this can be helpful, it rarely fixes the core problem behind it and for tough cases we then refer them usually to a psychiatrist for medication which can have tons of side effects. Instead, why not try a natural and arguably more effective way to not just change your mind, but change the brain--where the depression is rooted. Contact us at kevin@kevinflemingphd.com.

Depression is one of the major reasons people go to see a counselor. Depression can have many causes; childhood trauma, losses, family problems, plus many more. Whatever the root cause, we can help you identify the reasons behind your anger. Then we work with you to develop a useful strategy to reduce your depression. This can often come in the form of changing your activities and/or changing your thoughts from negative to posivite ones. We use a variety of thought changing and thought stopping techniques which have proven to be successful in reducing your depression. We will also work closely with medical personnel who can assist with medications in reducing your depression