Depression Therapy

Are You Struggling With Persistent Feelings of Sadness?

Do you feel overwhelmed, weighed down, and unable to make important life changes or pursue what you really want? Have you recently experienced feelings of:

Exhaustion, depletion, or lethargy?
Loneliness, isolation, or alienation?
Self-doubt, worthlessness, or hopelessness?

Maybe you feel stuck or undervalued at work or in your personal life. Yet as much as you want to change your life, you feel paralyzed by a lack of motivation and energy. Perhaps fears of rejection or embarrassment have isolated you and kept you from building and maintaining meaningful relationships with others. And for the first time, you may be thinking of reaching out and talking to a therapist who specializes in depression recovery.

The Symptoms Of Depression Can Take Many Different Forms

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Perhaps you have experienced physical symptoms such as fatigue, aches and pains, or stomach issues. Maybe you have also noticed disruptions to your eating habits or your sleep schedule. Or perhaps you struggle with a subtle yet persistent lack of energy, motivation, or optimism, and that has interfered with your ability to function and feel at your best.

You may be unable to remember a time when things felt better, so you’re not sure how to live life any differently. And you may feel like no matter what you do, you never see any progress or feel any forward momentum.

Know that you are not alone—and the symptoms of depression are highly treatable. Depression Therapy with NY City Psychotherapy can give you the space to express yourself without fear of judgment and invalidation. We can work together to help you gain both the clarity to make the best decisions for yourself and the freedom to pursue what matters most to you in life.

Depression Is Incredibly Common But Widely Misunderstood

Despite the availability of treatment options, depression remains among the most common mental health disorders. According to the CDC, “18.4 percent of U.S. adults reported having ever been diagnosed with depression” (1).

Much of this prevalence can be attributed to widespread cultural attitudes about depression, including a stigma that has decreased but not completely vanished over time. In many ways, our society simply expects people to solve their own problems without talking about them or asking for too much help. As a result, many people hold in their feelings and feel too disheartened to reach out—which only makes depression worse. To truly heal from depression, sometimes we need the support of a wise and compassionate professional.

Many People With Depression Face A Shortage Of External Support

For far too many people, this lack of societal support also translates to a lack of support at the familial and relational levels. Some face resistance to the potential benefits of therapy within their families or local communities, while others simply aren’t aware of their options. Oftentimes, people haven’t been given the skills needed to regulate difficult emotions. After all, school taught us many things, but not necessarily how to work through anxiety, depression, or other challenging mental health issues.

This is where we come into the picture. At NY City Psychotherapy, we can help you effectively address and overcome your symptoms with Depression Therapy. Our skilled and empathetic therapists will make you feel seen, heard, and validated as we work with you toward a greater understanding of your depression and show you how to move through it.

Therapy Can Help You Break Free From Your Depression

When you are in the thick of chronic depression, these feelings may start to feel like your new baseline. But with the help of an engaged therapist, you can develop the confidence and the courage to overcome depression so that you can pursue the things that you really want in life and start to feel free again.

Depression Therapy gives you the tools to move through difficult, heavy emotions and experience peace of mind no matter where you are in your journey. Therapy is also self-reinforcing in that the better you can healthily regulate your emotions, the more you will develop confidence in your ability to continue to do so.

What You Can Expect From Therapy Sessions

Prior to beginning your online Depression Therapy sessions, you will complete a 15-minute phone consultation so you can connect with and get to know your therapist. This will allow the therapist to develop a fuller understanding of your history and your symptoms, while also giving you the opportunity to determine whether the therapist will be the right fit for you.

During your therapy sessions, we will explore some of the root causes of your depression while helping you develop self-validation and self-soothing skills. We will also work on building insight into a big-picture view of how you got here and what you can do to move forward in a way that feels aligned with your values. We want to help you to learn how to live in a way that reinforces positive beliefs about yourself and what you are capable of. This work focuses on compassionate self-talk, making choices that align with goals, focusing your energy on healthy relationships, and building your confidence in how you cope day to day.

A Therapeutic Approach That Will Work For You

Your therapist will incorporate multiple treatment methods to address your depression, including:

● Psychodynamic Therapy (PDT) – Rooted in psychoanalytic theory, PDT looks at the connection between relationships, difficult past experiences, and your present-day struggles with depression.

● Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – This approach works to identify and change negative thoughts, emotions, and beliefs that reinforce your depression.

● Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – At its core, DBT focuses on helping you reduce and tolerate difficult or intense emotions, making it easier to manage depression in day-to-day life.

Through a combination of these modalities, you will learn emotional regulation skills to help you move through intense, complex, or difficult feelings—as well as distress tolerance skills to survive moments of crisis. You will also build interpersonal skills to help you develop and maintain meaningful connections with others.

However, the relationship that you will work the most on will be the one with yourself. Over time, you will learn to more fully trust yourself, your own decisions, and your ability to cope. This is the ultimate gateway toward recovering from depression, and at NYCP, we want to help you overcome any self-doubt that has been holding you back in life and help you finally feel relief from the heaviness of depression.

You May Still Have Some Questions About Depression Therapy…

I’m already feeling depressed. Will talking about it in therapy just make me feel worse?

The therapeutic process may require you to face difficult emotions as part of the healing process. However, the right therapist will help guide you through that process by providing a safe space to do this important work. They will go at a pace that’s right for you, following your lead. You will also learn ways to self-regulate feelings of discomfort and distress -practicing these skills in therapy so you can use them outside of it.

I’ve felt depressed for a long time. Will new coping skills really make my depression go away?

Coping skills do not necessarily make depression just disappear. Rather, they help you move through intense feelings like anxiety or sadness more effectively. And when you learn to trust your own ability to tolerate and process strong emotions, you feel empowered to make the life changes that can help lift you even farther away from depression.

I’ve tried therapy before and it didn’t work. Why should I try therapy again now?

It is completely understandable that depression makes you feel like nothing could help. The good news is that depression is highly treatable. And the right style of therapy and the right fit of therapist can make a big difference in terms of the progress you see. If you are reading this page, it shows that you want to feel better—and that desire, combined with hard work and external support, can go a long way toward your ability to heal and move forward.

You Can Build The Life That You Truly Want

If you are struggling with the symptoms of clinical depression and you want to make changes, therapy with NY City Psychotherapy can help you build the life that you want and deserve.

Please call us at 917-274-7492 or utilize our contact page to set up a complimentary, 15-minute phone consultation session. We look forward to working with you.

(1) https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7224a1.htm