Depression

Depression is one of the most common reasons that people seek counseling, and all of Best Life's clinicians work with depressed individuals. Our couples therapists also work well with couples impacted due to depression in one or both partners.

When struggling with depression, you can feel sad, tired, overwhelmed, irritable, angry, hopeless, and frustrated.

Many people can look at the criteria for Major Depressive Disorder and not know if their symptoms exactly qualify. Here is a list of some other “symptoms” of depression that you won’t see in a diagnostic manual, but that may resonate more with you:

Music affects you differently.
You’re not as generous anymore.
You don’t feel refreshed after sleeping.
You don’t find things as funny.
You are irritable.
Your relationship with food changes.
Your body hurts.
Your creativity tanks.
You don’t feel romantic.
Your kids aren’t cute anymore.
You give up on aspects of your life and your identity that used to be important to you.
You stop caring about friends.
You have unexplained medical ailments.
You have no sex drive, even for masturbation.
You move very slowly.
You feel guilty all the time.

Here's a podcast on how depression can look different in men.

Through therapy, it is possible to change your perspective and learn different and more adaptive ways to cope with the stressors in your life.

Therapy for depression can be brief and symptom-focused, or of longer duration to tackle the deeper origins of your patterns of viewing and responding to life's challenges.

Best Life clinicians use a range of techniques and modalities to address depression and depressive symptoms, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), psychodynamic techniques, and integrative approaches. Reach out today to work with one of our skilled providers!