Depression Therapists in Custer County, CO
I work with individuals and couples on issues including depression, anxiety, grief, relationship building and conflict resolution, stress relief, and enhancing overall wellness.
I strongly believe people are able to overcome any challenge in life. Sometimes, we may want help to get through it. Reaching out can be a difficult and important step forward. I can offer you a comfortable, welcoming place to talk about the things that are important to you and plan for how to really find satisfaction and joy in your life. Therapy isn't just about your struggles; it's also about your hopes and your strengths. We will work together towards meeting your goals to help you feel better.
I work with individuals and couples on issues including depression, anxiety, grief, relationship building and conflict resolution, stress relief, and enhancing overall wellness.
I strongly believe people are able to overcome any challenge in life. Sometimes, we may want help to get through it. Reaching out can be a difficult and important step forward. I can offer you a comfortable, welcoming place to talk about the things that are important to you and plan for how to really find satisfaction and joy in your life. Therapy isn't just about your struggles; it's also about your hopes and your strengths. We will work together towards meeting your goals to help you feel better.
Humans are complex, so I look at the whole person, including your environment and experiences, when treating anxiety, depression, trauma, or other mental health issues.
I am passionate about supporting you through the complexities we all face in our relationships and life transitions. I can provide strategies for identifying and changing thoughts or behaviors that don't serve you and coping skills that can provide relief and increase your resilience while you are healing.
Humans are complex, so I look at the whole person, including your environment and experiences, when treating anxiety, depression, trauma, or other mental health issues.
I am passionate about supporting you through the complexities we all face in our relationships and life transitions. I can provide strategies for identifying and changing thoughts or behaviors that don't serve you and coping skills that can provide relief and increase your resilience while you are healing.
I am experienced in working with children, families, and adults and have specialist experience in working within the areas of foster care, adoption, trauma and loss as well as anxiety and depression.
My approach to therapy is person-centered and strength-based, recognizing each person's journey as unique and so adapting my style to work on the individual's need. I most commonly use DBT as a therapeutic tool, along with trauma-informed practice, positive psychology, mindfulness, art-based interventions, and family systems.
I am experienced in working with children, families, and adults and have specialist experience in working within the areas of foster care, adoption, trauma and loss as well as anxiety and depression.
My approach to therapy is person-centered and strength-based, recognizing each person's journey as unique and so adapting my style to work on the individual's need. I most commonly use DBT as a therapeutic tool, along with trauma-informed practice, positive psychology, mindfulness, art-based interventions, and family systems.
Stress, trauma, anxiety, self-defeating thoughts or depression can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, your relationships, and the life you want to live.
As a board-certified clinical and prescribing psychologist with more than 16 years of experience, I utilize evidence-based psychotherapy and work alongside you—not as an expert telling you what to do, but as a partner working with and helping you to understand your patterns, strengthen your coping skills, and move toward meaningful and lasting change.
Stress, trauma, anxiety, self-defeating thoughts or depression can leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, your relationships, and the life you want to live.
As a board-certified clinical and prescribing psychologist with more than 16 years of experience, I utilize evidence-based psychotherapy and work alongside you—not as an expert telling you what to do, but as a partner working with and helping you to understand your patterns, strengthen your coping skills, and move toward meaningful and lasting change.
If you are struggling with stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, concussion, stroke or traumatic brain injury symptoms, migraines, seizure disorders, ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), learning challenges and more, we can help!
Living with an unfocused, chaotic and underperforming brain can be overwhelming and frustrating, often leading to a decline in the ability to function in many areas of our lives. At Harmonized Brain Centers, we understand how challenging and debilitating this can be and offer a proven, safe, drug free and effective approach to help you achieve a harmonized brain. To get started with our services, give us a call.
If you are struggling with stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, concussion, stroke or traumatic brain injury symptoms, migraines, seizure disorders, ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), learning challenges and more, we can help!
Living with an unfocused, chaotic and underperforming brain can be overwhelming and frustrating, often leading to a decline in the ability to function in many areas of our lives. At Harmonized Brain Centers, we understand how challenging and debilitating this can be and offer a proven, safe, drug free and effective approach to help you achieve a harmonized brain. To get started with our services, give us a call.
Elkwood Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LAC
Westcliffe, CO 81252
Not accepting new clients
Life creates challenges that are often tough to deal with by ourselves. By providing a caring and empathetic approach, I can offer support and guidance to address issues that may include relationships, grief and loss, family conflict, and addictions.
Life creates challenges that are often tough to deal with by ourselves. By providing a caring and empathetic approach, I can offer support and guidance to address issues that may include relationships, grief and loss, family conflict, and addictions.
Online Therapists
Misha (Michelle) McShane
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, CST, NCC
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Sexual health is important to your overall well-being. Let's work together to identify and resolve your sex & intimacy issues. I work with clients in a person-centered, non-judgmental way, creating an atmosphere of safety where intimate subjects can be freely discussed. All gender identities and sexual orientations as well as any consensual relationship dynamics are respected in my practice. Video appointments for clients in Colorado & Connecticut. In-person availability in Colorado. Many insurances in CO and CT may be accepted, let's chat to determine eligibility. I am unable to accept Medicare or Medicaid.
Sexual health is important to your overall well-being. Let's work together to identify and resolve your sex & intimacy issues. I work with clients in a person-centered, non-judgmental way, creating an atmosphere of safety where intimate subjects can be freely discussed. All gender identities and sexual orientations as well as any consensual relationship dynamics are respected in my practice. Video appointments for clients in Colorado & Connecticut. In-person availability in Colorado. Many insurances in CO and CT may be accepted, let's chat to determine eligibility. I am unable to accept Medicare or Medicaid.
I am a licensed social worker in the state of Colorado with 13 years of experience. I have experience in helping clients with family conflicts, trauma, abuse, substance use, parenting issues, and a variety of mental health diagnosis (including but not limited to bipolar disorder, PTSD, depression, and anxiety). I believe that you are the expert of your story, that your history matters and that you have what you need within you.
I am a licensed social worker in the state of Colorado with 13 years of experience. I have experience in helping clients with family conflicts, trauma, abuse, substance use, parenting issues, and a variety of mental health diagnosis (including but not limited to bipolar disorder, PTSD, depression, and anxiety). I believe that you are the expert of your story, that your history matters and that you have what you need within you.
If you are seeking the worthy work that is therapy, I offer Depth Psychology (including Dreamwork) and Neuropsychological methods for grief and trauma in a skilled, grounded and comforting manner. Years of hard-won experience, understanding and wisdom inspire my practice. Expertise includes emotional care for: grief, anywhere from the acute period of bereavement immediately following a loss to decades later; serious injury, diagnosis, or fatal illness; end of life comfort, dignified care, and empowered choice; and psychological or physical trauma.
If you are seeking the worthy work that is therapy, I offer Depth Psychology (including Dreamwork) and Neuropsychological methods for grief and trauma in a skilled, grounded and comforting manner. Years of hard-won experience, understanding and wisdom inspire my practice. Expertise includes emotional care for: grief, anywhere from the acute period of bereavement immediately following a loss to decades later; serious injury, diagnosis, or fatal illness; end of life comfort, dignified care, and empowered choice; and psychological or physical trauma.
Kori Clark-Integrative Counseling and Art Therapy
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I work with people who may be struggling with anxiety, depression or trauma.
Now more than ever people are struggling and feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about life. Do you feel disconnected and lost? I provide a safe place for clients to feel heard and understood in their own life experiences. I meet people where they are at, sit with them in their current feelings and emotional states and support them to move through these states. My job is to empower you to harness your inner strengths, develop self-agency through self-regulation, and teach you a few things along the way. My main goal is to guide you inward to a place of knowing and healing.
I work with people who may be struggling with anxiety, depression or trauma.
Now more than ever people are struggling and feeling anxious, overwhelmed and uncertain about life. Do you feel disconnected and lost? I provide a safe place for clients to feel heard and understood in their own life experiences. I meet people where they are at, sit with them in their current feelings and emotional states and support them to move through these states. My job is to empower you to harness your inner strengths, develop self-agency through self-regulation, and teach you a few things along the way. My main goal is to guide you inward to a place of knowing and healing.
It is important to me that my clients know that whether or not that trust has been violated by others in the past, I will create a sanctuary in which those hurts that have created trauma, anxiety, depression, etc
I take pride in a diverse approach to working with clients across a number of spectrums. I have worked with children, adolescents, individuals, and couples. I enjoy working with victims of trauma and the process of walking through that together. My treatment methods depend primarily on what we determine together is the most effective approach for your needs.
It is important to me that my clients know that whether or not that trust has been violated by others in the past, I will create a sanctuary in which those hurts that have created trauma, anxiety, depression, etc
I take pride in a diverse approach to working with clients across a number of spectrums. I have worked with children, adolescents, individuals, and couples. I enjoy working with victims of trauma and the process of walking through that together. My treatment methods depend primarily on what we determine together is the most effective approach for your needs.
Something Out Of The Box - If you are looking for something other than straight talk therapy, something a little more creative and experiential, than this work may be for you. These are particularly stressful times which exacerbate our own personal issues and anxieties. Engaging our bodies, mindfulness, nature, conscious trance, Gestalt, somatic and other expressive modalities invites you to go deep in a different way. Getting out of our heads and the stories we've been telling our whole lives allows us to see ourselves in a new light, from a fresh perspective, creating hope and motivation for growth, renewal, and sustained change.
Something Out Of The Box - If you are looking for something other than straight talk therapy, something a little more creative and experiential, than this work may be for you. These are particularly stressful times which exacerbate our own personal issues and anxieties. Engaging our bodies, mindfulness, nature, conscious trance, Gestalt, somatic and other expressive modalities invites you to go deep in a different way. Getting out of our heads and the stories we've been telling our whole lives allows us to see ourselves in a new light, from a fresh perspective, creating hope and motivation for growth, renewal, and sustained change.
I am a person-centered therapist whose main focus is on what you need as a client. I use several methods in therapy in an eclectic style that I think would work well for you, and I am always open to trying new things that would best fit your needs and preferences. I aim to help you find what would make your own life the most fulfilling, prosperous, and manageable.
I am a person-centered therapist whose main focus is on what you need as a client. I use several methods in therapy in an eclectic style that I think would work well for you, and I am always open to trying new things that would best fit your needs and preferences. I aim to help you find what would make your own life the most fulfilling, prosperous, and manageable.
I am available for youth facing a variety of issues, including bullying, family issues (ie, sibling issues, divorce, blended families, domestic violence), mental health conditions (ADHD, depression, anxiety, mood dysregulation, self-harm, suicidality), trauma, grief, substance abuse/use, peer/relational issues, or academic struggles.
My focus is on reducing unwanted symptoms in a safe setting, through strategies such as improving communication skills, relationship skills, unhealthy thinking patterns, healthy behavioral habits, building distress tolerance, and developing healthy expression of feelings to improve functioning at home/school. Michelle's modality varies based on need!
I am available for youth facing a variety of issues, including bullying, family issues (ie, sibling issues, divorce, blended families, domestic violence), mental health conditions (ADHD, depression, anxiety, mood dysregulation, self-harm, suicidality), trauma, grief, substance abuse/use, peer/relational issues, or academic struggles.
My focus is on reducing unwanted symptoms in a safe setting, through strategies such as improving communication skills, relationship skills, unhealthy thinking patterns, healthy behavioral habits, building distress tolerance, and developing healthy expression of feelings to improve functioning at home/school. Michelle's modality varies based on need!
In my clinical experience, I have worked with individuals experiencing life transitions, feelings of stress/anxiety, feelings of sadness/ depression, relational concerns, and identity exploration.
I am dedicated to creating a supportive, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space where clients feel safe to explore their experiences, emotions, and personal goals. I believe that healing and growth occur through collaboration, and I view clients as the experts of their own lives. My role is to walk alongside you with curiosity, empathy, and respect as we navigate challenges together. My therapeutic approach is grounded in person-centered therapy and trauma-informed care, allowing me to meet clients where they are while honoring their unique histories. I also incorporate mindfulness approaches to support mind–body connection.
In my clinical experience, I have worked with individuals experiencing life transitions, feelings of stress/anxiety, feelings of sadness/ depression, relational concerns, and identity exploration.
I am dedicated to creating a supportive, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space where clients feel safe to explore their experiences, emotions, and personal goals. I believe that healing and growth occur through collaboration, and I view clients as the experts of their own lives. My role is to walk alongside you with curiosity, empathy, and respect as we navigate challenges together. My therapeutic approach is grounded in person-centered therapy and trauma-informed care, allowing me to meet clients where they are while honoring their unique histories. I also incorporate mindfulness approaches to support mind–body connection.
Do you struggle to understand why you sometimes respond to situations in counterproductive ways? A variety of life experiences have shaped our sense of self, and continue to influence our responses. As a therapist, I love to open the space for you to explore the gap between how you are responding and how you desire to live your life.
Do you struggle to understand why you sometimes respond to situations in counterproductive ways? A variety of life experiences have shaped our sense of self, and continue to influence our responses. As a therapist, I love to open the space for you to explore the gap between how you are responding and how you desire to live your life.
I treat clients who experience symptoms from anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, ASD, and traumatic stress.
Hi, I appreciate the time you are giving to find a counselor who feels like a genuine fit for you. My ideal clients are those who may feel chronically frustrated, hurt, or restless inside. Maybe you are suffering silently feeling exhausted, burned out, or stuck in your day-to-day. Anxiety may feel like a giant vibrating ball of worry and stress, or perhaps relationship patterns leave you thinking "This can't still be happening", or "This has to change". I use evidence-based interventions to help you achieve your counseling goals, and I offer hope for understanding, empowerment, personal accountability, and self-compassion.
I treat clients who experience symptoms from anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, ASD, and traumatic stress.
Hi, I appreciate the time you are giving to find a counselor who feels like a genuine fit for you. My ideal clients are those who may feel chronically frustrated, hurt, or restless inside. Maybe you are suffering silently feeling exhausted, burned out, or stuck in your day-to-day. Anxiety may feel like a giant vibrating ball of worry and stress, or perhaps relationship patterns leave you thinking "This can't still be happening", or "This has to change". I use evidence-based interventions to help you achieve your counseling goals, and I offer hope for understanding, empowerment, personal accountability, and self-compassion.
Is what you keep doing getting you the same old results? Are you ready to make changes in your life that will lead to more satisfying and connected experiences and relationships? I am passionate about helping people evaluate their own lives and create ways to have compassionate, satisfying and whole-hearted experiences. Whether you are seeking individual therapy for yourself or your adolescent, you've made an important and often difficult first step. If you need a listening ear, a different perspective, psychoeducation or some new skills, it is my privilege to join you on your journey.
Is what you keep doing getting you the same old results? Are you ready to make changes in your life that will lead to more satisfying and connected experiences and relationships? I am passionate about helping people evaluate their own lives and create ways to have compassionate, satisfying and whole-hearted experiences. Whether you are seeking individual therapy for yourself or your adolescent, you've made an important and often difficult first step. If you need a listening ear, a different perspective, psychoeducation or some new skills, it is my privilege to join you on your journey.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, parenting stress, and life transitions, including the challenges that can come with new motherhood.
My approach is warm, compassionate, and direct. I create a trusting space where clients feel safe being honest, understood without judgment, and supported in making meaningful change. I integrate EMDR and other practical therapeutic tools to help clients process difficult experiences, better understand themselves, and move toward healing and lasting change.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, parenting stress, and life transitions, including the challenges that can come with new motherhood.
My approach is warm, compassionate, and direct. I create a trusting space where clients feel safe being honest, understood without judgment, and supported in making meaningful change. I integrate EMDR and other practical therapeutic tools to help clients process difficult experiences, better understand themselves, and move toward healing and lasting change.
Approximately 50 percent of my practice is helping those who need healing from broken relationships, divorce, anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, concussions /TBI, high-functioning Autism, and assault or abuse.
I specialize in helping couples heal their relationships and experience love and belonging again. I am trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and integrate my training in trauma and brain-based neurological issues. I use scientifically-based methods in both couples and individual sessions. This results in marriages, blended families, couples, and individuals transforming their relationships with others and becoming the best versions of themselves.
Approximately 50 percent of my practice is helping those who need healing from broken relationships, divorce, anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, concussions /TBI, high-functioning Autism, and assault or abuse.
I specialize in helping couples heal their relationships and experience love and belonging again. I am trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and integrate my training in trauma and brain-based neurological issues. I use scientifically-based methods in both couples and individual sessions. This results in marriages, blended families, couples, and individuals transforming their relationships with others and becoming the best versions of themselves.
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.