Depression Counselling in West Kildonan, Winnipeg, MB.

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may have trouble doing normal day-to-day activities, and sometimes you may feel as if life isn't worth living. More than just a bout of the blues, depression isn't a weakness and you can't simply "snap out" of it. Counselling provides support, problem solving skills, and enhanced coping.

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.

It can be easy to lose sight of hope and agency at times in our lives. Depression is often seen as the manifestation of this experience of helplessness and hopelessness. I work with clients to slow down and learn to better tolerate being present to their experience-not just the pain and grief, but also the possibility and purpose. Depression tends to hold our attention in the wrongs of the past or in the fears of the future-and yet it is only the present moment where we can really 'start from'. When we truly inhabit the here and now, we are better able to recognize and employ our capacity for making valued life changes.

Depression can feel like moving through the day underwater — flat, heavy, and strangely far from the people you love. You do not have to white-knuckle your way out of it alone. In session I help Winnipeg adults understand the exhausted, protective parts that depression recruits, and we take small, concrete steps back toward energy and connection. Using an Internal Family Systems and solution-focused lens, the work is warm and unhurried, aimed at real change you can feel in daily life, not just insight.