Depression Therapy Calgary

Are you looking for depression therapy in Calgary?

One of the things that is important to know about depression is that depression is not necessarily a diagnosis is a state for most people, depression is a time in their lives, where they are depressed. For whatever reason, whatever is happening in their lives. Now, the thing about depression is that a lot of people are afraid to even admit or think of the fact that they are depressed, because they think that it’s going to stay like that forever and/or that there’s something wrong with them.

What is depression?

Depression, the world actually comes from the Latin word “to press”, which basically means to push down and so when we engage in therapy for depression, the number one thing that we do is help clients accept the fact that feelings are not jackets, that you can put on and take off whenever you want. They’re here for a reason, they are trying to guide you to something, they are going to show you something that’s important to you. In the case of depression many times what’s important is the way in which we have depressed our value, in the way we have depressed our experiences.

What is depression therapy and/or depression counselling?

We are depressed about how we truly feel about things that have happened to us in our lives. And those things that are depressed stay down there until we deal with them. So in the context of depression counselling, we can help the client bring to light, whatever it is that they have been depressing, learn how to accept them, teach them or help them learn how to validate those feelings in those states. That’s what we aim on achieving with depression therapy and depression counselling at our clinic in Calgary.

You will become more authentic in the process of working through those experiences. Unfortunately, society is very keen on saying: “don’t be dramatic”. The truth is, that is more about the people who are saying that because they are uncomfortable with you expressing your emotions because they don’t know how to deal with them or how to help you through them.

Diagnosing Depression

It’s more about that than about you having those feelings, so it is important that if you feel sadness, or blue, you know, you find yourself not doing the things that you normally do on a regular basis, the things that bring your joy and if you’re constantly concerned. You need to approach somebody and talk to somebody about the possibility of you being depressed and get an actual depression diagnosis. This requires certain criteria and expertise so please see a certified psychologist who is familiar treating depression.

We can definitely help you figure it out. We can even send notifications to or communicate with your family doctor to tell them that we’ve done informal assessments and even formal assessment and what the next steps are. We have a psychologist on our team in Calgary who does formal assessments. We’ll notify your doctor what course of treatment will it be from then on.

Just because you’re sad and there’s a period of time in your life where you’re sad or you are feeling down, it doesn’t mean that you have a depression diagnosis, it just means that you’re in that state of mind, in that place right now.

Find relief & healing with our compassionate depression counselling in Calgary!

Depression Therapy Calgary

Are you looking for depression therapy in Calgary?

What is depression?

What is depression therapy and/or depression counselling?

Diagnosing Depression

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