Contemporary Counseling Solutions, LLC
Individualize treatment for you or your family member. Clinicians provide evidence-based strategies to assist in increasing your personal well-being. (Adults, Children, Adolescents, Couples)
Hosted by Aimee Stiefel
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LBS, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19382
Individualize treatment for you or your family member. Clinicians provide evidence-based strategies to assist in increasing your personal well-being. (Adults, Children, Adolescents, Couples)
Adopted Teen Outpatient Group
A process group for teens who have been adopted, which allows them to process anxieties, depression, attachment difficulties, and trauma. They will also be able to connect and relate to peers who understand. Please reach out if you are interested. ...
Hosted by Kelley Nolan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19380
A process group for teens who have been adopted, which allows them to process anxieties, depression, attachment difficulties, and trauma. They will also be able to connect and relate to peers who understand. Please reach out if you are interested. ...
Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program
Intensive outpatient programs are 4 days/week for 2.25 hours/day. IOP is for individuals who are struggling with mental health issues and need a higher level of care rather than individual therapy alone. Group includes mindfulness meditation, daily check-in, processing, and ...
Hosted by Kathryn M. Enoch
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Kennett Square, PA 19348
Intensive outpatient programs are 4 days/week for 2.25 hours/day. IOP is for individuals who are struggling with mental health issues and need a higher level of care rather than individual therapy alone. Group includes mindfulness meditation, daily check-in, processing, and ...
Addiciton & Psychological Therapy, Inc.
Addiction & Psychological Therapy is primarily a mental health outpatient program with a drug and alcohol component. We provide multiple therapists who accept a wide variety of insurance. The therapist treat most mental health disorders ranging from: ADD, OCD, Separation ...
Hosted by Addiction & Psychological Therapy, Inc.
Psychologist, MS
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19382
Addiction & Psychological Therapy is primarily a mental health outpatient program with a drug and alcohol component. We provide multiple therapists who accept a wide variety of insurance. The therapist treat most mental health disorders ranging from: ADD, OCD, Separation ...
Teen Outpatient Group
A process group to give teens experiencing depression, anxiety, and other emotional concerns a safe and open place to relate with others and work through thoughts, emotions, stressors, and challenges together. Some focuses of the group will include identifying & ...
Hosted by Kelley Nolan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19380
A process group to give teens experiencing depression, anxiety, and other emotional concerns a safe and open place to relate with others and work through thoughts, emotions, stressors, and challenges together. Some focuses of the group will include identifying & ...
Online DBT Skills Group
DBT Skills Group helps individuals gain control over intense emotions. Stop letting your emotions control your daily life. Gain 100% confidence in who you are and how you think and feel. Practice behaviors to move towards your goals, even when ...
Hosted by Samantha Crean
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19383
DBT Skills Group helps individuals gain control over intense emotions. Stop letting your emotions control your daily life. Gain 100% confidence in who you are and how you think and feel. Practice behaviors to move towards your goals, even when ...
DBT skills training
This group will be focused on the learning & application of behavioral coping skills in the areas of: emotion regulation, mindfulness skills, interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, & reality acceptance skills. This group is a good fit for individuals struggling to ...
Hosted by Lauren Merclean
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Berwyn, PA 19312
This group will be focused on the learning & application of behavioral coping skills in the areas of: emotion regulation, mindfulness skills, interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, & reality acceptance skills. This group is a good fit for individuals struggling to ...
Cornerstone Therapy and Wellness, LLC
The mission of Cornerstone Therpay and Wellness, LLC is to provide the highest quality psychotherapy, speech therapy, medical nutritional and wellness practices in order to help our patients achieve optimal mental and physical health so that they may live a ...
Hosted by Cornerstone Therapy and Wellness
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Malvern, PA 19355
The mission of Cornerstone Therpay and Wellness, LLC is to provide the highest quality psychotherapy, speech therapy, medical nutritional and wellness practices in order to help our patients achieve optimal mental and physical health so that they may live a ...
Teen Stress & Anxiety
Teenage angst is real! And teens are really feeling it ever since the pandemic. It can be tough experiencing the stressors of academic performance, positive social interactions, home life, part-time work, and hormones (yuck!) In this group, teens will learn ...
Hosted by Caitlyn Proctor
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Exton, PA 19341
Teenage angst is real! And teens are really feeling it ever since the pandemic. It can be tough experiencing the stressors of academic performance, positive social interactions, home life, part-time work, and hormones (yuck!) In this group, teens will learn ...
Women's Group
Supportive and psycho-educational group for women ages 21+ to learn learn positive coping skills as well as strategies to manage anxiety, stress, and depression. Support provided while exploring personal, family, and life transition issues in a confidential and safe environment. ...
Hosted by Springfield Psychological of West Chester
Psychologist
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19380
Supportive and psycho-educational group for women ages 21+ to learn learn positive coping skills as well as strategies to manage anxiety, stress, and depression. Support provided while exploring personal, family, and life transition issues in a confidential and safe environment. ...
Guided Mindfulness Meditation
Through the regular practice of Mindfulness Meditation, we can completely change our relationship to stressors while at the same time greatly reducing the adverse effects of chronic stress. Every time we sit to meditate we are actively supporting and promoting ...
Hosted by Amy Seyler-Campos
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Spring City, PA 19475
Through the regular practice of Mindfulness Meditation, we can completely change our relationship to stressors while at the same time greatly reducing the adverse effects of chronic stress. Every time we sit to meditate we are actively supporting and promoting ...
Exercise Group- Focus on the Body and the Mind
This group will focus on the benefits of exercise to improve your mental health and well-being. If you are having trouble getting started on your own, come and see what the benefits of exercise can do. Personal one on one ...
This group will focus on the benefits of exercise to improve your mental health and well-being. If you are having trouble getting started on your own, come and see what the benefits of exercise can do. Personal one on one ...
Treatment Team
We have an amazing group to clinicians and psychiatrist available to our clients. If you visit our website aewellness.org you will be able to see and read on each member of our team able to provide quality services.
Hosted by AE Wellness, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in West Chester, PA 19380
We have an amazing group to clinicians and psychiatrist available to our clients. If you visit our website aewellness.org you will be able to see and read on each member of our team able to provide quality services.
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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.