This group is a 8 week group where adolescents will learn how to navigate and negotiate their symptoms of anxiety and depression. The cost of the group is $400 and is self-pay only accepting cash, check, or credit card. Times and days are to be determined There is a separate group for preteens. The cost and times are the same.
Hosted by Carpe Diem Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, LICSW
Group meets in Winchester, VA 22601
This group is a 8 week group where adolescents will learn how to navigate and negotiate their symptoms of anxiety and depression. The cost of the group is $400 and is self-pay only accepting cash, check, or credit card. Times and days are to be determined There is a separate group for preteens. The cost and times are the same.
This group centers on the needs of high school aged students that are seeking support to navigate the complexities of today's world. Based on the SELF curriculum, members will explore topics of boundaries, self-identity, social media, loss, self-care and the future. This group is based in expressive therapy techniques and will utilize a range of techniques beyond talk therapy. Members will be able to connect and share in a safe and supportive environment.
This group centers on the needs of high school aged students that are seeking support to navigate the complexities of today's world. Based on the SELF curriculum, members will explore topics of boundaries, self-identity, social media, loss, self-care and the future. This group is based in expressive therapy techniques and will utilize a range of techniques beyond talk therapy. Members will be able to connect and share in a safe and supportive environment.
Today's world has become more challenging than ever before for our teen girls. Navigating the girl world is especially challenging in the era of technology and social media. The rise in peer pressure, competitive conflicts, and unhealthy social/media messages are all likely contributors to national increases in anxiety, mood disorder, poor body image and low self-esteem in girls. This small group counseling experience offers an educational and experiential approach to improving coping skills, decision making, self-care, and resiliency.
Hosted by Tina M Johnston
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, EdS, LPC
Group meets in Winchester, VA 22601
Today's world has become more challenging than ever before for our teen girls. Navigating the girl world is especially challenging in the era of technology and social media. The rise in peer pressure, competitive conflicts, and unhealthy social/media messages are all likely contributors to national increases in anxiety, mood disorder, poor body image and low self-esteem in girls. This small group counseling experience offers an educational and experiential approach to improving coping skills, decision making, self-care, and resiliency.
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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.