We will work together to help improve your relationships, gain new perspectives, build self-esteem, develop healthier coping skills, and stabilize your mood. Together we can explore your strengths, identify internal and external conflicts, and develop an awareness of how past challenges might affect how you experience the present.
Hosted by Rita Collins
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fayetteville, AR 72703
Feeling sad, overwhelmed, frustrated, or anxious? At times the challenges of life can be overwhelming and we can struggle to cope. This is when a compassionate and competent therapist can make a difference. Whether you are struggling with anxiety or depression, dealing with anger management, trying to save a relationship, discovering your sexual or gender identity, or just need someone to assist you through some of life's transitions. I want you to know there is someone who cares and wants to help. No matter how long or how much you have been struggling, I believe there is hope and change is possible.
People explore therapy or counseling for a variety of reasons. Therapy can help you explore yourself or your relationships with others. It can help you to identify obstacles and how to overcome them. Most importantly therapy can help you increase your self-awareness and help you work towards being a happier, healthier individual. It is important for the client and therapist to work together as a team. The role of NWA Therapy is to help you explore what your goals are for therapy, develop a plan with you to help you reach those goals, and support and guide you in this process.
Hosted by Chantal Carter
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LADAC, CEDS
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fayetteville, AR 72703
I truly enjoy collaborating with a client to explore their needs and help them become a healthier, happier person. I have a broad range of experience and have worked extensively with people dealing with anxiety and stress management, depression, substance abuse and addiction, and eating disorders. I am a Licensed Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselor and a Certified Eating Disorder Specialist. I have also done a lot of work with individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder, managing boundaries, tolerating distress, & coping with emotions. I think my clients can best speak to what the experience at NWA Therapy is like.
Housley and Reaves is Licensed Substance Abuse provider in the state of Arkansas and has a staff of Master Level Clinicians that address a variety of issues.
Hosted by Shelly Reaves
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LADAC, MAC, SAP, CCTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fayetteville, AR 72703
I offer services for depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma, relational difficulties, life's transitions, and healing from Narcissistic abuse.
As we walk through life we face many challenges and trials. As a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor my goal is to help you face these challenges and overcome them. I provide confidential, private individual and relational counseling services in both Bentonville and Fayetteville Arkansas. I also am a Qualified SAP, (Substance Abuse Professional), by DOT, (Department of Transportation), and I understand how important these services are and I strive to get these completed quickly to get you back to work as soon as possible.
We are available to do groups with special populations. We can come to your organization as well. Call today to talk with us about your needs.
Hosted by Curt T. Matzenbacher
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LMFT, TAC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Fayetteville, AR 72704
I serve a wide variety of issues, including but not limited to couples, anxiety, depression/grief, anger, parent-child, pre-marital, family, identity, self-esteem, spirituality, codependency, perfectionism, and life transitions.
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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.