Individual Therapy for Depression and Anxiety

Depression and anxiety sometimes show up alone, sometimes together. Whether you’ve experienced one or both of these conditions, you know how painful they can be and how hard they make it to do even simple tasks. Depression and anxiety are complex and can have a lot of different root causes. Together, we’ll explore what contributes to your unique experience of these conditions and how you can get some relief from the fear and pain they cause.

For some clients, therapy for depression and anxiety may look like:

• identifying emotional patterns and exploring them through role-play or guided imagery,

• restructuring clients’ emotional maps and developing strategies for resilience,

• clients identifying and talking with critical, fearful, and disowned “parts” of themselves,

• developing mindful awareness and staying present with painful/fearful feelings in order to move through them,

• learning about the role the nervous system plays in these depression and anxiety and practicing distress tolerance strategies for activating the calming parts of the nervous system,

• identifying and restructuring distressing and destructive thoughts,

• and more.

I often use a hybrid of Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) techniques, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques for my clients experiencing depression and anxiety.

Depression and anxiety can be brutal. You don’t have to tackle them alone. Managing and treating your depression may look like the above examples or it may require an entirely different approach. We’ll figure out together what you—specifically you—need to help you experience life with less pain and more peace. Reach out to me using the Connect with Christopher link at the top of the page to learn more about individual therapy for depression and anxiety.