Mindful Path Counseling
Hosted by Mindful Path Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98660
Hyland Counseling Services, PLLC
This is an individual practice providing telehealth therapy to individuals and couples.
Hosted by Melissa Hyland Wilson
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98683
This is an individual practice providing telehealth therapy to individuals and couples.
Mindful Therapy Group
Collaborative partnership between Mindful Therapy Group and independent mental health professionals. Providers that are members of Mindful Therapy Group receive support with administrative tasks, insurance billing, client placement, and more, so they can focus on providing the best care to ...
Hosted by Kassandra Ransom
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98662
Collaborative partnership between Mindful Therapy Group and independent mental health professionals. Providers that are members of Mindful Therapy Group receive support with administrative tasks, insurance billing, client placement, and more, so they can focus on providing the best care to ...
Managing Teen Depression for Girls
Female teens gain support and learn coping skill to manage depressive symptoms and get "unstuck." We'll explore age related contributors, as well as information about teenage depression and staying safe. Art will be a significant tool in the group process ...
Hosted by Jessica Boldt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98663
Female teens gain support and learn coping skill to manage depressive symptoms and get "unstuck." We'll explore age related contributors, as well as information about teenage depression and staying safe. Art will be a significant tool in the group process ...
You Matter
A group that meets 1 to 2 times a month where you learn the skills in life to matter to yourself and others.
Hosted by Jesse A James
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, CADCII, SUDP, SFBT-1, CC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98660
A group that meets 1 to 2 times a month where you learn the skills in life to matter to yourself and others.
Psychoeducational group for Autistic Adults
This group is designed for adults that have an official or suspected Autism diagnosis. This group meets weekly over video. The goal of the group is connection and self understanding . Members will learn coping mechanisms, emotional identification, and strength ...
Hosted by Colette Lynch-Sajo
Counselor, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98663
This group is designed for adults that have an official or suspected Autism diagnosis. This group meets weekly over video. The goal of the group is connection and self understanding . Members will learn coping mechanisms, emotional identification, and strength ...
CBT Skills Group
Putting out thoughts and feelings into words and actions. Helping one another identify and practice CBT skills. Introduction and Practice of Skills. Share what works for us. There will be 2 offerings Every other Saturday Morning and every other Wednesday ...
Hosted by Love You More Counseling
Counselor, MHCL
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98682
Putting out thoughts and feelings into words and actions. Helping one another identify and practice CBT skills. Introduction and Practice of Skills. Share what works for us. There will be 2 offerings Every other Saturday Morning and every other Wednesday ...
Charis Counseling Associates
We are a non-profit mental health counseling group centered on providing high-quality, innovative and compassionate mental health care that facilitates growth in our clients and in our community. Since 1997, our Christian mission and vision has continued to be the ...
Hosted by Ariel Villaseñor
Counselor, MA, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98686
We are a non-profit mental health counseling group centered on providing high-quality, innovative and compassionate mental health care that facilitates growth in our clients and in our community. Since 1997, our Christian mission and vision has continued to be the ...
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Mindful Path Counseling
Hosted by Mindful Path Counseling
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98660
Hyland Counseling Services, PLLC
This is an individual practice providing telehealth therapy to individuals and couples.
Hosted by Melissa Hyland Wilson
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98683
This is an individual practice providing telehealth therapy to individuals and couples.
Mindful Therapy Group
Collaborative partnership between Mindful Therapy Group and independent mental health professionals. Providers that are members of Mindful Therapy Group receive support with administrative tasks, insurance billing, client placement, and more, so they can focus on providing the best care to ...
Hosted by Kassandra Ransom
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, PMHNP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98662
Collaborative partnership between Mindful Therapy Group and independent mental health professionals. Providers that are members of Mindful Therapy Group receive support with administrative tasks, insurance billing, client placement, and more, so they can focus on providing the best care to ...
Managing Teen Depression for Girls
Female teens gain support and learn coping skill to manage depressive symptoms and get "unstuck." We'll explore age related contributors, as well as information about teenage depression and staying safe. Art will be a significant tool in the group process ...
Hosted by Jessica Boldt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98663
Female teens gain support and learn coping skill to manage depressive symptoms and get "unstuck." We'll explore age related contributors, as well as information about teenage depression and staying safe. Art will be a significant tool in the group process ...
You Matter
A group that meets 1 to 2 times a month where you learn the skills in life to matter to yourself and others.
Hosted by Jesse A James
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MS, CADCII, SUDP, SFBT-1, CC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98660
A group that meets 1 to 2 times a month where you learn the skills in life to matter to yourself and others.
Psychoeducational group for Autistic Adults
This group is designed for adults that have an official or suspected Autism diagnosis. This group meets weekly over video. The goal of the group is connection and self understanding . Members will learn coping mechanisms, emotional identification, and strength ...
Hosted by Colette Lynch-Sajo
Counselor, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98663
This group is designed for adults that have an official or suspected Autism diagnosis. This group meets weekly over video. The goal of the group is connection and self understanding . Members will learn coping mechanisms, emotional identification, and strength ...
CBT Skills Group
Putting out thoughts and feelings into words and actions. Helping one another identify and practice CBT skills. Introduction and Practice of Skills. Share what works for us. There will be 2 offerings Every other Saturday Morning and every other Wednesday ...
Hosted by Love You More Counseling
Counselor, MHCL
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98682
Putting out thoughts and feelings into words and actions. Helping one another identify and practice CBT skills. Introduction and Practice of Skills. Share what works for us. There will be 2 offerings Every other Saturday Morning and every other Wednesday ...
Charis Counseling Associates
We are a non-profit mental health counseling group centered on providing high-quality, innovative and compassionate mental health care that facilitates growth in our clients and in our community. Since 1997, our Christian mission and vision has continued to be the ...
Hosted by Ariel Villaseñor
Counselor, MA, LMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vancouver, WA 98686
We are a non-profit mental health counseling group centered on providing high-quality, innovative and compassionate mental health care that facilitates growth in our clients and in our community. Since 1997, our Christian mission and vision has continued to be the ...
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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.