Depression Therapists in Carefree, AZ
The willingness to change is the cornerstone of finding healing and freedom from anxiety, depression, and trauma.
My therapy techniques include CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprogramming), to heal the effects of past trauma. My approach is compassionate and non judgmental with a view of helping you reach your God-given potential.
The willingness to change is the cornerstone of finding healing and freedom from anxiety, depression, and trauma.
My therapy techniques include CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprogramming), to heal the effects of past trauma. My approach is compassionate and non judgmental with a view of helping you reach your God-given potential.
Individuals contact me because they are struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, old wounds, career decisions, family estrangments, or unresolved issues.
I specialize in adults and couples looking for a kind, focused listener and a strong 3rd party strategist who offers real tools that help you grow and change in meaningful ways. I work with professional athletes, piIots, entrepreneurs, doctors, counselors, really anyone wanting to work through their issues to enhance themselves or their relationships.
Individuals contact me because they are struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, old wounds, career decisions, family estrangments, or unresolved issues.
I specialize in adults and couples looking for a kind, focused listener and a strong 3rd party strategist who offers real tools that help you grow and change in meaningful ways. I work with professional athletes, piIots, entrepreneurs, doctors, counselors, really anyone wanting to work through their issues to enhance themselves or their relationships.
My clients achieve practical, reliable tools to overcome anxiety and depression.
With 24 years of therapy experience, I offer a safe, supportive space where clients are respected and celebrated for their individuality. The work we do is guided by your needs, values and life principles—and designed to be practical and achievable. I'm known for helping clients feel at ease and for uncovering their inner, often hidden, strengths.
My clients achieve practical, reliable tools to overcome anxiety and depression.
With 24 years of therapy experience, I offer a safe, supportive space where clients are respected and celebrated for their individuality. The work we do is guided by your needs, values and life principles—and designed to be practical and achievable. I'm known for helping clients feel at ease and for uncovering their inner, often hidden, strengths.
You keep it all together for everyone else, but inside you feel anxious, disconnected, or on edge. I help adults heal the lasting impact of childhood trauma and emotional neglect so they can feel safe, connected, and confident in relationships. Together, we’ll identify the patterns that keep you stuck, regulate your nervous system, and create real emotional freedom.
These patterns aren’t your fault. They began as protection — shaped by early experiences of feeling unseen, unsafe, or not enough. Now, those same patterns block the closeness and peace you want most.
You keep it all together for everyone else, but inside you feel anxious, disconnected, or on edge. I help adults heal the lasting impact of childhood trauma and emotional neglect so they can feel safe, connected, and confident in relationships. Together, we’ll identify the patterns that keep you stuck, regulate your nervous system, and create real emotional freedom.
These patterns aren’t your fault. They began as protection — shaped by early experiences of feeling unseen, unsafe, or not enough. Now, those same patterns block the closeness and peace you want most.
Her focus areas include trauma, grief, stress management, depression, and anxiety.
Helen is a compassionate client-centered Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-II). She is known for helping clients communicate more effectively, experience healing, growth, success, and freedom. Helen aspires to help clients adopt a more positive and empowered mindset, so they can tap into their existing strengths, skills, and resources to uncover solutions. She supports and guides clients in identifying what is not working, promoting their commitment to change what they can, and assisting them in accomplishing their goals.
Her focus areas include trauma, grief, stress management, depression, and anxiety.
Helen is a compassionate client-centered Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP-II). She is known for helping clients communicate more effectively, experience healing, growth, success, and freedom. Helen aspires to help clients adopt a more positive and empowered mindset, so they can tap into their existing strengths, skills, and resources to uncover solutions. She supports and guides clients in identifying what is not working, promoting their commitment to change what they can, and assisting them in accomplishing their goals.
I am a personal Empowerment Coach. My purpose & passion is to help you break through and release the blocks that are stopping you from moving forward and living your best life. I am Certified in Life Coaching, Hypnosis, PSYCH-K, and Infinite Possibilities. I am a Reiki Master / Teacher and author, as well. My program utilizes a customized blend of these techniques to foster powerful & lasting change on an innate subconscious level. Sessions focus on self-esteem, prosperity, health/body, emotional well-being, personal power and healing from trauma, with a goal of uncovering needs safely and confidently as you create your change!
I am a personal Empowerment Coach. My purpose & passion is to help you break through and release the blocks that are stopping you from moving forward and living your best life. I am Certified in Life Coaching, Hypnosis, PSYCH-K, and Infinite Possibilities. I am a Reiki Master / Teacher and author, as well. My program utilizes a customized blend of these techniques to foster powerful & lasting change on an innate subconscious level. Sessions focus on self-esteem, prosperity, health/body, emotional well-being, personal power and healing from trauma, with a goal of uncovering needs safely and confidently as you create your change!
Looking for help with difficult relationships or healing from trauma? I specialize in working with adults and teens who have experienced complex trauma or are navigating life transitions. I provide sliding scale fees to reduce financial barriers to accessing therapy. I incorporate somatosensory practices, expressive arts, EMDR and Flash to help you heal from trauma.
You may be feeling ready for a change and need support moving forward. You may be struggling with attachment relationships. You may be feeling overwhelmed. You may be struggling with anxiety and navigating work or school. I’d be glad to set up a time to connect!
Looking for help with difficult relationships or healing from trauma? I specialize in working with adults and teens who have experienced complex trauma or are navigating life transitions. I provide sliding scale fees to reduce financial barriers to accessing therapy. I incorporate somatosensory practices, expressive arts, EMDR and Flash to help you heal from trauma.
You may be feeling ready for a change and need support moving forward. You may be struggling with attachment relationships. You may be feeling overwhelmed. You may be struggling with anxiety and navigating work or school. I’d be glad to set up a time to connect!
I help adults navigate depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, PTSD, relationship challenges, grief, and life transitions—including growing up in an alcoholic family and questioning your own patterns.
I work with women and men, specializing in depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, relationship issues, grief, life-limiting illness, women’s issues, and aging and anger management using psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and cognitive-behavioral , and anger management approaches.
I help adults navigate depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, PTSD, relationship challenges, grief, and life transitions—including growing up in an alcoholic family and questioning your own patterns.
I work with women and men, specializing in depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, relationship issues, grief, life-limiting illness, women’s issues, and aging and anger management using psychodynamic, trauma-informed, and cognitive-behavioral , and anger management approaches.
My goal is to provide a safe trusting environment to empower & motivate clients to explore issues in their lives that have contributed to the development of maladaptive thinking & behavior patterns. These patterns are often not recognized as problematic and can contribute to making "poor decisions" such as substance abuse, overeating, blaming, relationship problems etc.... By resolving these issues and changing these patterns clients can discover personal growth, happiness & improved satisfaction with their lives.
My goal is to provide a safe trusting environment to empower & motivate clients to explore issues in their lives that have contributed to the development of maladaptive thinking & behavior patterns. These patterns are often not recognized as problematic and can contribute to making "poor decisions" such as substance abuse, overeating, blaming, relationship problems etc.... By resolving these issues and changing these patterns clients can discover personal growth, happiness & improved satisfaction with their lives.
I work with a wide range of concerns: PTSD and complex trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief and loss, identity exploration, relational dynamics, self-worth and developmental growth.
Whether you’re navigating a life transition, working through past trauma, or struggling to manage anxiety, relationships, or addictive patterns – therapy is a space where real change can begin. I help teens, adults, couples, and families explore what’s holding them back and build the skills and insight they need to move forward with more clarity and confidence.
I work with a wide range of concerns: PTSD and complex trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief and loss, identity exploration, relational dynamics, self-worth and developmental growth.
Whether you’re navigating a life transition, working through past trauma, or struggling to manage anxiety, relationships, or addictive patterns – therapy is a space where real change can begin. I help teens, adults, couples, and families explore what’s holding them back and build the skills and insight they need to move forward with more clarity and confidence.
If you’re here, you might be feeling stuck. Maybe you understand where your patterns come from, but that insight hasn’t actually changed the trauma responses, intrusive thoughts, emotional numbness, or coping strategies that don’t feel helpful anymore. That can be exhausting.
I offer therapy that’s compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in helping your nervous system feel safe. We’ll explore the protective patterns that once helped you survive, process difficult experiences at your pace, and create space for reflection.
If you’re here, you might be feeling stuck. Maybe you understand where your patterns come from, but that insight hasn’t actually changed the trauma responses, intrusive thoughts, emotional numbness, or coping strategies that don’t feel helpful anymore. That can be exhausting.
I offer therapy that’s compassionate, collaborative, and grounded in helping your nervous system feel safe. We’ll explore the protective patterns that once helped you survive, process difficult experiences at your pace, and create space for reflection.
These include respectful communication, anger management, and how to deal with excess anxiety or depression.
In addition to working with children & families, I help women with particular issues, such as infertility, post-partum depression, breast cancer, assertiveness, and creating healthy relationships. All clients have the option of either short- or long-term guidance, depending on their needs and goals.
These include respectful communication, anger management, and how to deal with excess anxiety or depression.
In addition to working with children & families, I help women with particular issues, such as infertility, post-partum depression, breast cancer, assertiveness, and creating healthy relationships. All clients have the option of either short- or long-term guidance, depending on their needs and goals.
Bilingual (English and Spanish). Serving mental health counseling and Immigration Evaluation clients in AZ via Telehealth. Healing is truly possible! Each person has immense strength and resilience. My passion involves walking alongside clients to build upon areas of hope for improved well-being. People do not need to go through these things alone. I strive to provide quality, trustworthy, and professional guidance to my clients in a collaborative manner. I have years of experience assisting those who have gone through trauma, sexuality-based issues, and those struggling to manage difficult emotions, thoughts, and relationships.
Bilingual (English and Spanish). Serving mental health counseling and Immigration Evaluation clients in AZ via Telehealth. Healing is truly possible! Each person has immense strength and resilience. My passion involves walking alongside clients to build upon areas of hope for improved well-being. People do not need to go through these things alone. I strive to provide quality, trustworthy, and professional guidance to my clients in a collaborative manner. I have years of experience assisting those who have gone through trauma, sexuality-based issues, and those struggling to manage difficult emotions, thoughts, and relationships.
I have over 25 years in private practice and have worked extensively with all age groups who have a diagnosis of autism as well as clients with depression, anxiety, and ADHD.
Do you have a child who has recently been diagnosed with autism?
Are you a young person who has a diagnosis of autism and struggles with every day life?
Are you curious to know if you may be on the spectrum?
I can help you
By initially providing a full assessment we will identify your own unique challenges, strengths and aspirations and then create a treatment plan.
Goals specific to you will be set and worked on.
These could be as diverse as social stories for younger clients and preparing for challenging situations for older.
I have over 25 years in private practice and have worked extensively with all age groups who have a diagnosis of autism as well as clients with depression, anxiety, and ADHD.
Do you have a child who has recently been diagnosed with autism?
Are you a young person who has a diagnosis of autism and struggles with every day life?
Are you curious to know if you may be on the spectrum?
I can help you
By initially providing a full assessment we will identify your own unique challenges, strengths and aspirations and then create a treatment plan.
Goals specific to you will be set and worked on.
These could be as diverse as social stories for younger clients and preparing for challenging situations for older.
I provide a safe, supportive environment that helps clients connect to and feel their feelings. Sadness, anger, fear, and joy are all okay. The roots of how and what we feel lie in what we experience very early in life, pre and perinatally. I work with clients experientially so that they can get back in touch with their heart/essence/goodness. I work with clients who have lost touch with those things. I work with clients who may have trouble grieving or expressing anger in healthy ways. Clients' answers are inside themselves. When they feel safe enough, they can begin to reconnect to themselves and find their answers.
I provide a safe, supportive environment that helps clients connect to and feel their feelings. Sadness, anger, fear, and joy are all okay. The roots of how and what we feel lie in what we experience very early in life, pre and perinatally. I work with clients experientially so that they can get back in touch with their heart/essence/goodness. I work with clients who have lost touch with those things. I work with clients who may have trouble grieving or expressing anger in healthy ways. Clients' answers are inside themselves. When they feel safe enough, they can begin to reconnect to themselves and find their answers.
More Therapists Nearby
Whether it is difficult relationships, feeling depressed or anxious, a health issue, assistance with a specific mental health issue that is negatively affecting your life or just adjusting to the many challenges everyone faces, we are here to help.
Through the use of evidenced-based and best practices to get the most desirable results possible.
Whether it is difficult relationships, feeling depressed or anxious, a health issue, assistance with a specific mental health issue that is negatively affecting your life or just adjusting to the many challenges everyone faces, we are here to help.
Through the use of evidenced-based and best practices to get the most desirable results possible.
They struggle with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD (inattentive type), perfectionism, impulse control issues, difficulty managing/regulating emotions, and/or sub-clinical eating disorders.
In the book Smart Girls in the 21st century, we write about twice-exceptional gifted girls: those with cognitive or psychiatric disabilities that impair a girl's ability to fulfill her potential. I work with gifted girls and women to mitigate the symptoms so that they can fulfill their potential.
They struggle with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, ADHD (inattentive type), perfectionism, impulse control issues, difficulty managing/regulating emotions, and/or sub-clinical eating disorders.
In the book Smart Girls in the 21st century, we write about twice-exceptional gifted girls: those with cognitive or psychiatric disabilities that impair a girl's ability to fulfill her potential. I work with gifted girls and women to mitigate the symptoms so that they can fulfill their potential.
Andy Prince, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Army veteran, and experienced therapist dedicated to supporting individuals and families in overcoming life’s challenges and healing from trauma. Leveraging both personal insights and professional expertise, Andy specializes in treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), guiding clients through grief and bereavement, and fostering healthier family relationships.
Andy Prince, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Army veteran, and experienced therapist dedicated to supporting individuals and families in overcoming life’s challenges and healing from trauma. Leveraging both personal insights and professional expertise, Andy specializes in treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), guiding clients through grief and bereavement, and fostering healthier family relationships.
I work with adults and teens facing trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and big life changes.
Perhaps you’re carrying stress, grief, or anxious “what ifs” that feel heavy no matter how much you push through. Maybe you’ve tried humor, staying busy, or brushing it off — but it keeps coming back. Therapy gives you tools to feel relief now and the support to create lasting change. With trauma-focused approaches like Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), healing is possible and growth is within reach.
I work with adults and teens facing trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, stress, and big life changes.
Perhaps you’re carrying stress, grief, or anxious “what ifs” that feel heavy no matter how much you push through. Maybe you’ve tried humor, staying busy, or brushing it off — but it keeps coming back. Therapy gives you tools to feel relief now and the support to create lasting change. With trauma-focused approaches like Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), healing is possible and growth is within reach.
Most often, I work with adults, young adults, adolescents, and children dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, sleep difficulties, motivational challenges, ADHD, identity concerns, and/or relationship issues.
I take a collaborative, client-centered approach to therapy. I bring considerable expertise in evidence-based practices – techniques that we know work, based on decades of research – while treating YOU as the expert on your life and experiences. We work as a team to clarify what matters most to you, identify the obstacles getting in your way, and develop the skills to overcome them. Beyond alleviating psychological suffering, my goal is to empower clients to build rich, meaningful lives and relationships. I cultivate a warm, validating space, where you feel safe to explore, grow, and make challenging but important changes.
Most often, I work with adults, young adults, adolescents, and children dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, life transitions, sleep difficulties, motivational challenges, ADHD, identity concerns, and/or relationship issues.
I take a collaborative, client-centered approach to therapy. I bring considerable expertise in evidence-based practices – techniques that we know work, based on decades of research – while treating YOU as the expert on your life and experiences. We work as a team to clarify what matters most to you, identify the obstacles getting in your way, and develop the skills to overcome them. Beyond alleviating psychological suffering, my goal is to empower clients to build rich, meaningful lives and relationships. I cultivate a warm, validating space, where you feel safe to explore, grow, and make challenging but important changes.
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Depression Therapists
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.