Depression Counselling in Mississauga, ON.

We are all inclined to experience a depressed mood throughout the course of our lives. The severity and length of our experience of this mood and how we cope with our mood are determinants of whether you will require guidance and assistance with a psychologist or health professional. Treatment for depression typically involves assessing the severity of the mood, in Ontario, only a regulated health profession such as a psychologist, psychiatrist and family doctor can safely assess for this. Treatment for mood disorders can include psychotherapy treatment, medication and /or a combination of both. The benefit from seeing a psychologist would include being assessed and treated by the same.

The purpose of depression counselling or depression therapy is to help alter the way you think and react to situations. Depression typically displays thought that focus on a severe inability to perform daily functions, very low mood, personal helplessness, and other symptoms mentioned above. We want to change this way of thinking to a more normalized or more helpful thought process, through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. This involves focusing on a more realistic likelihood of various outcomes, and on the ability to cope and problem-solve challenging circumstances. By changing the way you think, we are able to also eliminate the physical symptoms associated with your depression.

How we think and our subsequent beliefs about the world in which we live leads to how we feel and function. The development of healthy attitudes and patterns of thought can be important in sustaining a barrier to depression. My approach is to create a safe environment where we can explore thoughts and feelings undisturbed from the rigors of the day. Examining your world and making choices that best reflect what is in your best interest can trigger feelings leading to a sense of control and comfort for the future. Sometimes we must simply recognize and cope with feelings of low mood and find ways to move through and be resilient in the face of depression.

Depression can paralyze, devastate and debilitate. You might find yourself helpless, exhausted, empty, worthless and in despair about being a hopeless prisoner of darkness, and the relentless little negative voice inside seems to have the upper hand, blaming, discouraging, frightening or putting you down. Allow me to offer you my support, to help you understand your situation and its possible causes and to gently explore manageable ways to better cope, feel new hope and to improve your quality of life. 905-842-3626

There is hope and my goal is to assist you in gaining incremental positive changes over a very powerful feeling. There are many reasons and factors involved in feelings of depression, and it does not need to be who you are. It does need to be treated with respect and understanding and I have experience working with clients that struggle to regain their healthy balance. I look forward to working with you to gain personal understanding and to move with hope towards a brighter future.

Many of us have had our own struggles with Depression, the Blues, troubling mood swings, or any one of many other phrases that seem to describe a pattern of experience associated with this condition. Frequently the symptoms of Depression disorder include a loss of interest in things that used to bring us a great deal of joy, a change in sleep pattern, changes in eating habits, an increasing tendency toward isolation, frequent feelings of being overwhelmed by the world, and many others, including anger. Anxiety and Depression disorders often operate together in people’s lives. Therapy can help you work through your depression with "tools" to feel more positive again.

The Depression is one of the most common unhealthy disorders and at the same time it can be treated easily. In Canada every 4th person suffers from serious depression which needs to be treated at some time in his life. Research over more than twenty years has demonstrated that depressive disorder can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It is natural to feel down from time to time. But once hopelessness, desperation and emptiness take charge and resists, it can be depression. I have been working with depression and depressive traits, and integrative psychodynamic therapy can be very effective and trustworthy to find out permanent solutions.

Almost all of us go through “ups and downs” in our lives. However the normal experiences of life shouldn’t be confused with the medical condition known as depression. Depression is a state of mind that can leave a person in a sad or discontented mood. At The Family Enhancement Centre, we have a team of highly experienced therapists who are adept in various therapeutic approaches for depression counselling including mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and psycho-dynamic therapy. Contact us today to know how we can help you.

Depression can be debilitating if it becomes severe or interferes with your goals, relationships, health, sleep, appetite or work. From mild to moderate depression we assist you in your journey. Learn to manage it or get unstuck. We use a method of counselling call Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, along with other modalities that helps those with depression. See our counselling page for one woman's story: http://www.pccs.ca/family-services/counselling/

We all experience feeling down at times. But a temporary case of the blues has nothing to do with a real depression. True depression is not the blues, sadness or even grief. It is an overwhelming despair so bleak that those who experience it say that it is the worse pain they have ever endured. The good news is that depression is a treatable illness and those who received treatment have an excellent chance of recovery. In my work I use cognitive-behaviour and insight oriented approaches to help create a shift. Since one episode of depression greatly increases the risk of having another episode, there is evidence that seeking therapy may prevent future episodes.

Depression has become pretty common in today's world; people become depressed for many reasons, but what is important is helping them to get out of their depression. My approach to treating some depressions is to help clients look at their thoughts, and to change them to more positive thoughts. When clients get used to having more positive, uplifting thoughts, their feelings towards themselves change and they start to feel better!

Depression is like falling into a deep hole and you can't seem to get out. Using a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy, I can help you manage your depression so that it won't negatively impact your relationships, jobs, and health. Even as little as a few sessions, you will see that you are not as stuck and able to make movement in life. You will gain a sense of control and joy into your life.

We all have times in our lives when life feels dark and heavy; when things just don't seem to make sense the way they used to; when each step seems impossibly difficult. Depression is sometimes a normal healthy response to adverse situations in our lives. Other times the source of our depression is more insidious and deep. It is important to understand how it is affecting us and what we may be able to do with it. In many cases, depression is about perspective - not that the right perspective gets rid of depression, but the right perspective sustains through depression. This requires truth. I have worked with countless individuals struggling with depression, and am full dedicated to showing you techniques, strategies and providing alternative points of...(view profile to read more)