Depression Counseling in Sheridan, CO.

Depression is more than just feeling sad. Depression keeps you from living your life, from living your best life. Depression isolates and hinders you. You are not your depression. Together we delve into how your depression affects your mind, body, and soul. Here, you understand the root of your depression. You can gain the find the light in the darkness of your depression.

Be with the feelings of depression, by sending love... Then, practice looking for the gifts that come your way every day. Explore ways to turn the challenges you have everyday into opportunities. Practice using music to turn negative feelings into positive possibilities. Let go of the old ways of thinking and create your new ways that energize you and reset your mindset!

Depression is not limited to the adult population. Children and teens battle with depression as well; however, the symptoms look different than adults. Depression effects how a child and teen feels, thinks and acts. Some common symptoms may be: * low- self esteem * irritability and anger * difficulties with relationships * sensitive to failure * crying more than usual and fearful I would like to help your child/ teen discover where the depression is coming from and provide your child/teen with the strategies and tools to reduce the intense feelings of hopelessness and loneliness.

If you are experiencing situational or chronic depression, you need help. In a safe environment, we will explore the experiences and thought processes that lead to depression. Then, by reframing, I will help you keep what is true and discard the incorrect beliefs that caused your depression in the first place. I will encourage self-care as a way to manage and improve your mood including walking, journal writing and developing a strong social network. I will also explain the role of the brain in depression and discuss how medication can help.

We can use mindfulness techniques to work with difficult emotions or a lack of emotions day to day. Exercise, diet, sleep and many daily activities can be utilized to help with difficult times. Self care is an exploration. I support the use of medications when needed depending on what you want to do. I take an individualized approach so the process depends on how you want to approach it and what your needs are.

If you feel as if you have sunk into a hole or feel isolated from the world or are stuck and cannot find your way, I'm here to tell you that you are not alone. Depression can feel make people feel lonely and helpless. I provide a warm, empathic & supportive environment for my clients to feel safe. We will work together to sort out your feelings & explore methods that will help you get to the other side of your depression and find relief from your suffering.

When working with depression, I use a combination of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), talk therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when working with adults and teens and play therapy when working with children. If there is a clinical depression diagnosis, Neurofeedback or consulting a doctor about medication options may also be recommended as a part of the treatment process.

Whether depression has been present since early childhood or came on after a challenging situation, depression makes everything in life harder. The feelings of depression can be intense and overwhelming, they can also be dull and numb. In counseling we take the times to explore what your experience of depression is like for you and create a plan reconnect to your most meaningful life. One of my primary therapeutic approaches is ACT-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. In this model we learn many tools and interventions to release the grip of the struggle from our internal and external experiences, and start moving towards the things that really matter, give your life meaning value.

Feeling the lowest you ever have can seem impossible to build from. I take a brain-based approach to depression to help you learn to rewire your brain away from the negative and to learn to build more on the positive side of things. We dig deep to try to find the different areas of your life that you do have control over. I offer support, compassion, and love through this process because when you are feeling depressed, finding any positive can be difficult. I will walk with you every step of the way.

I will provide solution-focused, caring therapy to help you deal with your depression. Whether this is a long standing feeling or a new experience, I can help you find a new point of view to discover your sense of hope. I can help you to learn coping skills so you can handle life's complications, while also helping you discover the internal thoughts that disturb your sense of peace. I will help you to recognize what events in the past might be hindering you now so that you can feel more hopeful, more often.

Maybe you've lost joy in things you used to love. Does it feel like life is overwhelming all the time and you can never catch a break? Perhaps you feel like there are weights holding you down, even when you try to do routine daily activities. Together we'll work on lightening your load and regaining your joy by exploring and caring for you! You can break free from the prison of depression and shed the weights that hold you down.

Fully 80% of the individuals who are suffering from depression do not know they have it and are not receiving treatment. Yet going through life with depression is like living your life with a severe cold or flu: you are never able to fully enjoy your experiences. The counselors at Foundations Counseling have extensive experience helping individuals recover from the devastating effects of depression. Get started today. The first session is free. (970) 227-2770

Depression comes from emotions that are stuck in the system and haven't been given the freedom to move; often anger and sadness. The key to working with depression is to get to the root of the stuck energy and emotions and give them the space to be felt and expressed. Depression is a signal that something in your life is not functioning in a way that supports your well-being. I'm here to support you in getting to the root of the depression in a compassionate, kind way that supports you being with yourself and moving forward with your life.