This group knits together a quality group experience -- characterized by self-reflection, courage, and support-- with skills from a range of therapies with research support for trauma, depression, anxiety, and BPD. You'll learn DBT skills, CBT skills, and how to think and feel your way through difficult interpersonal dynamics. I'm actively seeking participants who are curious about this group format, and the details of when we will meet are TBD. I'd love to hear from you if you'd like to learn more.
Hosted by Emily Pichler
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burlington, VT 05401
I am committed to helping those who seek greater understanding, connection, and stability in relationships with self and others. Specialty areas include depression, anxiety, attachment, young adult development, leadership, and BPD spectrum. I love applying advances in research to how I think about my patients' care. My work is informed by relational psychodynamic and cognitive/behavioral approaches (including ACT, DBT, CBT), and by my background in yoga, somatics, and mindfulness. Above all, I think my job is to listen really well, while bringing curiosity, challenge, and kindness toward your unique human experience.
The Vermont Wellness Collaborative offers individual and group therapy, specializing in the treatment of : anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, relationship issues, life stresses, response to critical or traumatic incidents, and more. Contact: psychotherapist Peter Burmeister. peter@vermontwellness.org. (802) 595-6444.
Hosted by Peter A Burmeister
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burlington, VT 05401
Depression, anxiety, and despair invite us to seek out deeper connections and growth. The intimacy that develops in the therapeutic relationship is different from what passes for communication in most peoples' daily lives. In the I and Thou, of genuine therapy, there is no barrier. The goal is to be able to totally see and to be seen. Pretense, persona, the need to impress, many aspects of false perception all fall away. There are no barriers. It is a way of healing soul sickness that is challenging to both therapist and patient while at the same time being effective and fulfilling. Join me for an initial exploratory meeting.
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO DBT) is a new evidence-based treatment characterized by excessive self-control, often referred to as overcontrol (OC). RO DBT develops a skill set which increases Openness to new experience, Flexible-control in order to adapt to changing environmental conditions and Intimacy and social-connectedness. The class will be offered in-person and via Telehealth. It will start in July 2025. The length of the class is approximately 6 months.
Hosted by Elena Nichols
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Burlington, VT 05401
At this moment, I accept only clients who are interested in Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy class. I don't have availability for individual therapy.
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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.