Embrace Healing and Wellness Therapy, LLC
Embrace Healing and Wellness Therapy specializes in working with individuals, couples and families in offering counseling services to strengthen and maximize mental wellness. Founder and practicing clinician, Latonia Coates-Smith, MSW, LCSW aspires to have a mental health practice offering quality ...
Hosted by Latonia Coates-Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Olivette, MO 63132
Embrace Healing and Wellness Therapy specializes in working with individuals, couples and families in offering counseling services to strengthen and maximize mental wellness. Founder and practicing clinician, Latonia Coates-Smith, MSW, LCSW aspires to have a mental health practice offering quality ...
Soft Skills in Business
Among the skills discussed with a practical application are listening, clear communication, self-control, conflict resolution, and teamwork.
Among the skills discussed with a practical application are listening, clear communication, self-control, conflict resolution, and teamwork.
Teen Empowerment group "Talk2me Teens"
This group is to support teens and we will explore dilemmas, situations, and other challenges that arise during the adolescents years. Topics to explore will be: self-esteem, confidence building, depression, behavioral changes, grief, parental relationship distress, conflict resolution, expression of ...
Hosted by Latasha Barber
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA Ed, NCC, LPC, SMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Louis, MO 63104
This group is to support teens and we will explore dilemmas, situations, and other challenges that arise during the adolescents years. Topics to explore will be: self-esteem, confidence building, depression, behavioral changes, grief, parental relationship distress, conflict resolution, expression of ...
Men's depression and anxiety therapy group
This group is a place for men to work on managing their anxiety and/or depression and how it affects their personal, romantic and work relationships, as well as overall functioning in all domains. This group meets on Tuesdays at 6pm.
Hosted by Jerald Payne, LSCSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSCSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kansas City, MO 64111
This group is a place for men to work on managing their anxiety and/or depression and how it affects their personal, romantic and work relationships, as well as overall functioning in all domains. This group meets on Tuesdays at 6pm.
Braving ADHD
Our mission is to create a safe place to be yourself, express your pain/frustration while increasing your understanding, tools, and social connections. This group is designed to empower professionals and thrive in a tasks-based world. This group is ideal for ...
Hosted by Elizabeth Hocker
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Columbia, MO 65201
Our mission is to create a safe place to be yourself, express your pain/frustration while increasing your understanding, tools, and social connections. This group is designed to empower professionals and thrive in a tasks-based world. This group is ideal for ...
Yalom Oriented Group Therapy
My Group work is based on a teaching of Irvin Yalom, MD. It's one of the few, if not the only system to gain self-esteem and self confidence in learning to "speak up" versus "holding in" to improve the quality ...
Hosted by Charles Ray Lake
Psychiatrist, MD, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kansas City, MO 64114
My Group work is based on a teaching of Irvin Yalom, MD. It's one of the few, if not the only system to gain self-esteem and self confidence in learning to "speak up" versus "holding in" to improve the quality ...
Men's Anxiety and Depression Group
Using cognitive-behavioral therapy to assist clients with identifying the underlying thoughts and situations creating and exacerbating their depression and anxiety, and then developing the cognitive and behavioral tools for managing the anxiety and depression. This group also focuses on how ...
Hosted by Cognitions: Anxiety/Depression Treatment Services
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kansas City, MO 64111
Using cognitive-behavioral therapy to assist clients with identifying the underlying thoughts and situations creating and exacerbating their depression and anxiety, and then developing the cognitive and behavioral tools for managing the anxiety and depression. This group also focuses on how ...
Norcon Family Counseling
By having multiple therapists, our office is able to match you to the therapist that will best meet your specific needs whether it be marriage, individual or child/adolescent counseling. Whether you are suffering from depression, anxiety, a traumatic event, substance ...
Hosted by Seth A Haney
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, EMDR
Verified Verified
Group meets in Liberty, MO 64068
By having multiple therapists, our office is able to match you to the therapist that will best meet your specific needs whether it be marriage, individual or child/adolescent counseling. Whether you are suffering from depression, anxiety, a traumatic event, substance ...
Trauma Sensitive MBCT
This MBCT, or Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, is an 8-week online group starting March 30th, 2021. It helps folks who struggle with depression and anxiety learn to have a different relationship with their thoughts, feelings and body sensations. However, coming ...
Hosted by Megan Kopriva
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, RYT, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Richmond Heights, MO 63117
This MBCT, or Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, is an 8-week online group starting March 30th, 2021. It helps folks who struggle with depression and anxiety learn to have a different relationship with their thoughts, feelings and body sensations. However, coming ...
Encouraging Hope Counseling
At Encouraging Hope Counseling, we approach every client with an open mind and never make any assumptions about your life experiences. We’re here to help you along your own distinct journey towards acceptance. Our practice features trained and experienced counselors ...
Hosted by Encouraging Hope Counseling, LLC
Pre-Licensed Professional, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Washington, MO 63090
At Encouraging Hope Counseling, we approach every client with an open mind and never make any assumptions about your life experiences. We’re here to help you along your own distinct journey towards acceptance. Our practice features trained and experienced counselors ...
New Beginnings Workshop March 9, 2024
Together we share experiences of grief. Let's discover new ways to cope. This new year, give yourself permission to unlock treasures! Come join us for a time of remembrance, self-reflection and renewal. Connect with others who are also experiencing the ...
Hosted by Mary’s Foundation of Hope, LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CGRS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Liberty, MO 64068
Together we share experiences of grief. Let's discover new ways to cope. This new year, give yourself permission to unlock treasures! Come join us for a time of remembrance, self-reflection and renewal. Connect with others who are also experiencing the ...
Smoking Cessation
Group focus is not smoking using evidence-based theories, and tools.
Hosted by First Choice Counseling Professional Corporation
Licensed Professional Counselor, ThD Psy, PhD CES, LPCCS, MAC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Louis, MO 63130
Group focus is not smoking using evidence-based theories, and tools.
Friends & Family Coaching Group
We invite you to join us for an 8-week coaching group designed to support and equip you as you walk alongside those in your life who use drugs and alcohol, have an eating disorder, and/or live with mental illness. We ...
Hosted by The Intensive
Licensed Professional Counselor
Verified Verified
Group meets in Columbia, MO 65203
We invite you to join us for an 8-week coaching group designed to support and equip you as you walk alongside those in your life who use drugs and alcohol, have an eating disorder, and/or live with mental illness. We ...
Postpartum Support Group
Does life with a new baby feel lonely or overwhelming? Do you wonder if it's normal to feel the way you do? You are not alone! This group will provide education, support, and connection for women with babies ages 0-12 ...
Hosted by Ginny Lupka
Pre-Licensed Professional, MAC, PLPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chesterfield, MO 63017
Does life with a new baby feel lonely or overwhelming? Do you wonder if it's normal to feel the way you do? You are not alone! This group will provide education, support, and connection for women with babies ages 0-12 ...
Dialectical Behavior Skills Training
DBT skills training classes are a psychoeducation class to facilitate learning of DBT skills and are provided in conjunction with individual DBT sessions as a part of comprehensive DBT treatment. These classes are offered via Zoom. Please contact me if ...
Hosted by Tricia L Beach
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Lees Summit, MO 64063
DBT skills training classes are a psychoeducation class to facilitate learning of DBT skills and are provided in conjunction with individual DBT sessions as a part of comprehensive DBT treatment. These classes are offered via Zoom. Please contact me if ...
Clinical Supervision
We are pleased to provide State Approved licensure supervision services for CIT and PLPC individuals. Supervisor: Dr. Naaman Lauderdale, Ph.D. CES, ThD P.Psy, LPCCS, MAC, MRAS, MDAACS, CATC V, LCMHC, NCC.
Hosted by First Choice Counseling Professional Corporation
Licensed Professional Counselor, ThD Psy, PhD CES, LPCCS, MAC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in University City, MO 63130
We are pleased to provide State Approved licensure supervision services for CIT and PLPC individuals. Supervisor: Dr. Naaman Lauderdale, Ph.D. CES, ThD P.Psy, LPCCS, MAC, MRAS, MDAACS, CATC V, LCMHC, NCC.
Women's Anxiety and Depression Group
Using cognitive-behavioral therapy to assist clients with identifying the underlying thoughts and situations creating and exacerbating their depression and anxiety, and then developing the cognitive and behavioral tools for managing the anxiety and depression. This group also focuses on how ...
Hosted by Cognitions: Anxiety/Depression Treatment Services
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kansas City, MO 64111
Using cognitive-behavioral therapy to assist clients with identifying the underlying thoughts and situations creating and exacerbating their depression and anxiety, and then developing the cognitive and behavioral tools for managing the anxiety and depression. This group also focuses on how ...
Support Group for Struggling Teens &Adolescents
Are you a teen that is having a hard time in school and or with social relationships between between the ages 13-19, who is in need of a confidential, supportive place to vent while gaining knowledge? In todays world/post COVID, ...
Hosted by Cynthia M Ross
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Louis, MO 63108
Are you a teen that is having a hard time in school and or with social relationships between between the ages 13-19, who is in need of a confidential, supportive place to vent while gaining knowledge? In todays world/post COVID, ...
For Moms with Small Children
This section of "A Space for Me" is for Moms with Small Children. "A Space for Me" is a series of psycho-educational and therapeutic groups that provide the time, space, tools, and support for women to care for their minds ...
Hosted by Sarah F Coffman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Saint Louis, MO 63143
This section of "A Space for Me" is for Moms with Small Children. "A Space for Me" is a series of psycho-educational and therapeutic groups that provide the time, space, tools, and support for women to care for their minds ...
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Depression Support Groups
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.