Depression Counseling in Woodlake, VA.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick. This quote describes what happens when people experience disappointments and have difficulty overcoming them. Kimberly helps her patients find hope in a brighter future through discovering their vision for their life. Depression starts with an unhappy thought life. Patients learn how to challenge their negative outlook and develop more hopeful happy alternative thoughts that promote wellness. Patients learn how to practice self care and a lifestyle that promotes wellness.

Depression can make it hard to get out of bed, to be hopeful, to want to try something new. But depression can be managed. We can talk about medication and the need, or not, for it. We will discuss natural ways to combat depression and we will empower you with a belief in yourself and your abilities. We will work together to help you find hope and a desire to try again tomorrow.

Depression is a suffering that takes the joy out of life and seems endless and hopeless. It drains your self-esteem. It is a sign of a problem but it makes solving problems more difficult. Sometimes medication can help, but psychotherapy is more effective. There are several approaches to getting out of depression and I would use all of them. We can work to notice and challenge depressing thoughts. We can work with underlying trauma or loss where you may have begun to feel depressed. I can also support you to take the kind of actions that lift your mood. You will learn ways of being more nourished and fulfilled.

Dr. Nedra Voorhies, LPC frequently works with physicians who prescribe anti-depressant medications for clients whose symptoms include sleep impairment, mood disturbance, and eating disruptions. She believes that symptom relief via medications is as important as is exploration of life circumstances that can cause disruptions in emotional well being. "No one should feel shame or fear when medications can decrease depression just as no one feels reluctance in taking insulin when necessary for control of diabetes. Depression can be relieved and not taking the necessary steps for relief, including medication and therapy causes unnecessary suffering."

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.

When in my late 30's, I went through a serious depression & so have a real understanding of the suffering involved here, along with what can help lift that cloud off your heart. Steps: #1 Strengthen your true identity, your sense of self, apart from the depression you're enduring: (You are not the depression, you are a wondrous human being who is dealing w/ it.) #2 Examine the multi-faceted nature of your depression--its emotional, biological, mental, social & spiritual aspects & then apply every remedy the two of us can come up with! We'll use common sense, knowledge, love & creativity to help bring you out of that darkness & back into the light. There is more hope than you can imagine!