Counselling for Depression
Discovering the life that’s awaiting you
Perhaps your journey brought you here because…
You feel down in life or frequently have a low mood. Even sunny days feel gloomy.
You experience intense emotions that are difficult to control, including sadness, frustration, anger, and general irritability—even over ‘small’ issues.
You’re no longer interested in or you struggle to enjoy the things you used to, including even food, hobbies, friendships, and intimate relationships.
You often feel tired and have little to no energy. You either can’t get enough sleep or you find yourself sleeping too much.
You feel a sense of hopelessness and you question your value as a human being or whether you have a future.
You are not your brain: You are not your depression
Nearly everyone experiences symptoms of depression at least once in their life. Maybe it is because of something that happened or didn’t happen. Maybe it’s because of something you did or didn’t do. Or maybe you don’t why you feel the way you do.
People often feel very stuck when this happens. There can be feelings of hopelessness, like there is no way out of a situation. Or people can see a way out, but they cannot see how they could ever possibly make it. They might think, “Others can do it, but I can’t.”
When we are depressed, our brains often work against us. The brain gets stuck in patterns of thoughts and emotions. Yet the human person is unfathomably complex, especially when we consider our personhood in the context of our relationships and the environments around us.
This is all to say, your brain is only part of you, it is not the whole ‘you.’ We would never judge or get frustrated at one of our muscles when it fails to lift a heavy object. Yet we can be so hard on ourselves when another bodily organ—our brain—struggles and gets stuck.
I want you to know that this is temporary. I know this can sometimes be incredibly hard to believe but, yes, depression is temporary. Or it can be. While the source of depression can be complicated, the way out can be as simple as taking things one step at a time. We can train and exercise our brains much like we would train a muscle at the gym.
We can train our brains to live a different way—One step at a time
My experience with depression and how I can help
I have often found myself encountering people who are downtrodden and have given up hope. In fact, much of my experience in recent years have been with people who have good reason to feel this way. Life is tough, and it’s certainly not fair sometimes.
I feel strongly for those stuck in the pit of depression. I can see how hard, if not impossible, it might be to even imagine a way out. Yet I usually find that the way out is often so much closer than people think. This is not to say the way out is easy—it often isn’t—but in my experience it begins with that first step. But nothing is more exciting than when we start to walk again.
My hope is to journey with you through the lowest lows and the highest highs. I sincerely believe there are parts of you hidden, waiting to spring forth into new life. Yes, there will be hard emotions and obstacles along the way. Yet these are things we can navigate together, as we also uncover parts of you waiting to be seen and heard. We will make space for relief and healing, as well as new ways of life and expression. Over time, we will also work to find ways to maintain this new sense of living. Because it is never too late to begin again.
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