Depression can be debilitating. We can help.
Getting treatment for depression can provide you with the tools to feel better and manage overwhelming or debilitating emotions.
What Depression can look like
Struggling to find joy in activities you once loved
Feeling disconnected from yourself and your emotions
Feeling emotionally drained
Unable to cope with daily stress
Negative thinking patterns that can feel impossible to escape
Persistent feeling of hopelessness and sadness
Feeling physically exhausted
Difficulty with sleep or sleeping constantly
struggling with self-worth
Challenging to make decisions due to lack of motivation or lack of energy
At NW Empowerment Counseling Services, we can help you gain the tools and skills you need to start feeling more like yourself again.
Depression can feel overwhelming and leave you feeling hopeless and unmotivated making simple tasks feel impossible. Perhaps you are struggling to even get out of bed or make it through your day. Therapy can help you experience relief from these difficult emotions and give you the tools you need to regain control of your life.
How we can help
We can help you with your depression by using a trauma informed approach and variety of different evidenced based methods such as CBT and mindfulness.
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CBT is a skill building form of therapy that can help you identify and challenge negative thought patterns that contribute to feelings of depression. It can also help to replace some of these distorted thoughts with healthier or more positive thoughts. It can also help you to build skills to help you manage difficult emotions and daily stressors.
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Mindfulness can help you to become more connected with yourself, your body, and your emotions. It encourages you to stay in the present moment, helps to reduce ruminating or overwhelming thoughts, and helps to improve emotional regulation. By improving your awareness of your thoughts and emotions and learning acceptance, mindfulness can help to relieve depressive symptoms through improved mental clarity and reduced stress.
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Sometimes painful experiences from our past can be impacting our overall mood in the present and can contribute to depressive symptoms. EMDR can help to reprocess target memories to reduce the emotional impact it holds and to change the internalized negative beliefs we can have about ourselves as a result of these memories.
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Depression impacts your brain, body, and behaviors in a variety of ways. Learning to understand this can give you with the knowledge to manage your symptoms, recognize when you’re feeling triggered, and work towards change.
