Depression Therapists in Homer, NY
If you are looking to dive deeper into Self, in search of something beyond traditional talk therapy, Megan may be right for you. Through the use of mindfulness, breath, movement, and talk, Megan will guide you further in on your journey of Self discovery, uncovering and freeing parts long since forgotten or just emerging. As a Dance/Movement Therapist and Mental Health Counselor with almost 10 years experience, Megan is skilled at understanding her clients needs and journeying alongside them through the difficult terrain that is life.
If you are looking to dive deeper into Self, in search of something beyond traditional talk therapy, Megan may be right for you. Through the use of mindfulness, breath, movement, and talk, Megan will guide you further in on your journey of Self discovery, uncovering and freeing parts long since forgotten or just emerging. As a Dance/Movement Therapist and Mental Health Counselor with almost 10 years experience, Megan is skilled at understanding her clients needs and journeying alongside them through the difficult terrain that is life.
I have worked with adults of all ages, adolescents, and college students struggling to manage depression, anxiety, ADHD, loss, trauma, and stress, as well as relationship concerns and more.
In the first session, I will work with clients to identify the stressors, problems and challenges that are causing distress. I have learned to use many types of therapy but most often use Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Person Centered Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I use a trauma informed approach.
I have worked with adults of all ages, adolescents, and college students struggling to manage depression, anxiety, ADHD, loss, trauma, and stress, as well as relationship concerns and more.
In the first session, I will work with clients to identify the stressors, problems and challenges that are causing distress. I have learned to use many types of therapy but most often use Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Person Centered Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I use a trauma informed approach.
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I specialize in working with college students as well as all adults who experience difficulties with anxiety, depression, adjustment struggles and life transition issues, as well as relationship issues.
As a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20+ years of experience, I value the connection and collaborative nature of the therapeutic relationship. I provide straightforward, non-judgemental support and gently challenge you to explore, grow, and transform. As a team, we will work together to explore your stresses and life's challenges and develop strategies to help you lead a full and successful life.
I specialize in working with college students as well as all adults who experience difficulties with anxiety, depression, adjustment struggles and life transition issues, as well as relationship issues.
As a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20+ years of experience, I value the connection and collaborative nature of the therapeutic relationship. I provide straightforward, non-judgemental support and gently challenge you to explore, grow, and transform. As a team, we will work together to explore your stresses and life's challenges and develop strategies to help you lead a full and successful life.
Therapy can be a challenging process of becoming self-aware and accepting. However, this can be eased when you are provided with a safe place to explore your emotions, which is my goal. I have over 10 years of experience working with children, adolescent, and adults doing just this. It is an honor to hear my client's stories and aiding them in their journeys.
Therapy can be a challenging process of becoming self-aware and accepting. However, this can be eased when you are provided with a safe place to explore your emotions, which is my goal. I have over 10 years of experience working with children, adolescent, and adults doing just this. It is an honor to hear my client's stories and aiding them in their journeys.
Karen Schwarz
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, CASAC
2 Endorsed
Fayetteville, NY 13066
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I counsel clients with relationship issues, life adjustments, depression, anxiety, and other concerns, offering individual and couples counseling.
Since my youth, my passion has been to do the work I am doing, and I have been preparing and improving my skills toward that end. My goal is to enable clients to feel heard, identify potential causes for their concerns, create a treatment plan, and collaborate with them in their healing. My greatest satisfaction is working with clients to enable their highest potential, and their greatest strength, wisdom, and serenity. I work to develop a deep understanding of a client's perspective, then engage and join with the client to move forward from there. Please see my web site for more information about the services offered.
I counsel clients with relationship issues, life adjustments, depression, anxiety, and other concerns, offering individual and couples counseling.
Since my youth, my passion has been to do the work I am doing, and I have been preparing and improving my skills toward that end. My goal is to enable clients to feel heard, identify potential causes for their concerns, create a treatment plan, and collaborate with them in their healing. My greatest satisfaction is working with clients to enable their highest potential, and their greatest strength, wisdom, and serenity. I work to develop a deep understanding of a client's perspective, then engage and join with the client to move forward from there. Please see my web site for more information about the services offered.
Everyone functions uniquely, at times experiencing depression, anxiety, insecurities, doubt, and grief.
You will find that my approach is kind but also structured. You will often get homework! I have over 25 years of experience working with people through depression, anxiety, life transitions, and grief and loss. Please scroll down to see the complete list of issues and problems we can work through. Couples', family, and group therapy offered.
Everyone functions uniquely, at times experiencing depression, anxiety, insecurities, doubt, and grief.
You will find that my approach is kind but also structured. You will often get homework! I have over 25 years of experience working with people through depression, anxiety, life transitions, and grief and loss. Please scroll down to see the complete list of issues and problems we can work through. Couples', family, and group therapy offered.
I have experience working with clients with a wide variety of issues including trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders.
The decision to begin therapy can be a difficult one, but with the right therapist and hard work the benefits can be endless. Therapy can help you identify patterns in your life that may be causing you struggle. It can help you identify the link between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and implement changes you want to make in life. The goal is always to learn new ways to think and act, as well as to integrate new healthy coping skills into your life.
I have experience working with clients with a wide variety of issues including trauma, grief and loss, anxiety, depression and other mood disorders.
The decision to begin therapy can be a difficult one, but with the right therapist and hard work the benefits can be endless. Therapy can help you identify patterns in your life that may be causing you struggle. It can help you identify the link between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and implement changes you want to make in life. The goal is always to learn new ways to think and act, as well as to integrate new healthy coping skills into your life.
Now accepting new clients with immediate openings! At our Veteran-owned practice, we celebrate individuality and understand there's no one-size-fits-all in therapy. With a team of 80+ licensed therapists, we tailor care using evidence-based approaches to meet each client’s unique needs. We serve a wide range of ages and backgrounds, focusing on those ready to begin their journey of change. Let us help you take the next step—your path to healing starts here.
Now accepting new clients with immediate openings! At our Veteran-owned practice, we celebrate individuality and understand there's no one-size-fits-all in therapy. With a team of 80+ licensed therapists, we tailor care using evidence-based approaches to meet each client’s unique needs. We serve a wide range of ages and backgrounds, focusing on those ready to begin their journey of change. Let us help you take the next step—your path to healing starts here.
My areas of specialization include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, OCD, relationship challenges, life transitions, and stress management.
Are you seeking a therapist for yourself or a loved one and feeling uncertain about where to begin? Starting therapy can be an overwhelming process, and finding someone who feels like the right fit can often be difficult. It’s entirely natural to wonder whether you’ll feel understood, supported, or aligned in values. I find that a strong therapeutic alliance is the key component to effective treatment and personal growth. I strive to provide a compassionate, respectful, and nonjudgmental environment so you can feel safe exploring your thoughts, emotions, and experiences with confidence and trust.
My areas of specialization include anxiety, depression, eating disorders, OCD, relationship challenges, life transitions, and stress management.
Are you seeking a therapist for yourself or a loved one and feeling uncertain about where to begin? Starting therapy can be an overwhelming process, and finding someone who feels like the right fit can often be difficult. It’s entirely natural to wonder whether you’ll feel understood, supported, or aligned in values. I find that a strong therapeutic alliance is the key component to effective treatment and personal growth. I strive to provide a compassionate, respectful, and nonjudgmental environment so you can feel safe exploring your thoughts, emotions, and experiences with confidence and trust.
I specialize in anxiety, depression, addiction, recovery, grief, loss, LGBTQ+ issues, stress, relationships, self-esteem, and trauma.
All are welcome and included in my therapeutic, affirming, and supportive sanctuary. I am a University Lecturer of Psychology at Fordham University. I specialize in EMDR for treating trauma and have worked extensively with first responders on work-related stress & traumas. My research focuses on the sense of belonging for LGBTQ+ community college students.
I specialize in anxiety, depression, addiction, recovery, grief, loss, LGBTQ+ issues, stress, relationships, self-esteem, and trauma.
All are welcome and included in my therapeutic, affirming, and supportive sanctuary. I am a University Lecturer of Psychology at Fordham University. I specialize in EMDR for treating trauma and have worked extensively with first responders on work-related stress & traumas. My research focuses on the sense of belonging for LGBTQ+ community college students.
I have over ten years of experience working with adults who are facing depression, anxiety, and life transitions. My background in social work has trained me to treat the individual comprehensively and to utilize a bio-psycho-social approach as we join together to develop your own goals. I believe therapy is a collaborative process and look forward to inviting you into a warm and nonjudgmental space for you to pursue personal growth. Throughout our work together, I will tailor my approach and treatment methods to best suit your strengths.
I have over ten years of experience working with adults who are facing depression, anxiety, and life transitions. My background in social work has trained me to treat the individual comprehensively and to utilize a bio-psycho-social approach as we join together to develop your own goals. I believe therapy is a collaborative process and look forward to inviting you into a warm and nonjudgmental space for you to pursue personal growth. Throughout our work together, I will tailor my approach and treatment methods to best suit your strengths.
I help adults navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and recurring patterns. My approach is warm, direct, and collaborative—offering thoughtful questions, relevant strategies, and clinical insight. Clients describe me as deeply engaged and supportive. Drawing from evidence-based practices like CBT, DBT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and IFS, I tailor our work to your unique goals. Together, we'll break unhelpful patterns and build tools to support resilience, self-awareness, and meaningful connection.
I help adults navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, and recurring patterns. My approach is warm, direct, and collaborative—offering thoughtful questions, relevant strategies, and clinical insight. Clients describe me as deeply engaged and supportive. Drawing from evidence-based practices like CBT, DBT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and IFS, I tailor our work to your unique goals. Together, we'll break unhelpful patterns and build tools to support resilience, self-awareness, and meaningful connection.
I work with adults (anxiety, depression, anger etc.), teens (for meaning, purpose, confidence, virtue) and couples (communication, respect, love) to help clients flourish and love life.
I offer a trusted and friendly environment where healthy connection and rapport is developed quickly and positive change happens naturally. Whether you are married or single, having loving relationships, living with meaning and purpose, and having peace in your soul can bring the joy back to your life. Click on my website to get started.
I work with adults (anxiety, depression, anger etc.), teens (for meaning, purpose, confidence, virtue) and couples (communication, respect, love) to help clients flourish and love life.
I offer a trusted and friendly environment where healthy connection and rapport is developed quickly and positive change happens naturally. Whether you are married or single, having loving relationships, living with meaning and purpose, and having peace in your soul can bring the joy back to your life. Click on my website to get started.
I use an integrative approach to treatment including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, existential, and multicultural approaches to help adults and older adults with a variety of issues including anxiety and depression.
I have experience working with older adults, and I have been published as an author in the Journal of Homosexuality for my contributions to a project on the experiences of LGB elders. I also have experience researching micro-aggressions experienced by people with disabilities. Most recently, in January 2024, I published a book "A Little Bit About a Lot."
I use an integrative approach to treatment including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, existential, and multicultural approaches to help adults and older adults with a variety of issues including anxiety and depression.
I have experience working with older adults, and I have been published as an author in the Journal of Homosexuality for my contributions to a project on the experiences of LGB elders. I also have experience researching micro-aggressions experienced by people with disabilities. Most recently, in January 2024, I published a book "A Little Bit About a Lot."
I have worked with many individuals from many walks of life, including depression, anxiety, grief/loss, ADHD, job changes, relationship concerns/issues, parenting stress and much more.
Every person has a unique story in who they are. I use talk therapy, strengths based approach and empathy to understand and support your goals. I have worked with many age ranges, using play therapy for children, talk and narrative therapy for teens and adults, and CBT for those individuals who need more structure.
I have worked with many individuals from many walks of life, including depression, anxiety, grief/loss, ADHD, job changes, relationship concerns/issues, parenting stress and much more.
Every person has a unique story in who they are. I use talk therapy, strengths based approach and empathy to understand and support your goals. I have worked with many age ranges, using play therapy for children, talk and narrative therapy for teens and adults, and CBT for those individuals who need more structure.
Are you ready to stop being defined by your past? I specialize in helping individuals, couples, and groups heal from trauma, anxiety, and relational distress. If you value authenticity and are ready to move past what holds you back, I provide a safe, supportive space to do that work. My focus is on helping you create meaningful change so you can finally build the confidence, connection, and emotional stability you deserve.
Are you ready to stop being defined by your past? I specialize in helping individuals, couples, and groups heal from trauma, anxiety, and relational distress. If you value authenticity and are ready to move past what holds you back, I provide a safe, supportive space to do that work. My focus is on helping you create meaningful change so you can finally build the confidence, connection, and emotional stability you deserve.
Allison is a Health at Every Size (HAES) aligned provider with extensive experience treating perfectionism, depression, anxiety, body image, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and personality disorders.
Allison utilizes a holistic approach that combines evidence-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed services to foster healing and help individuals achieve lasting recovery. Allison has additional training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
Allison is a Health at Every Size (HAES) aligned provider with extensive experience treating perfectionism, depression, anxiety, body image, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and personality disorders.
Allison utilizes a holistic approach that combines evidence-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed services to foster healing and help individuals achieve lasting recovery. Allison has additional training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT).
I've assisted individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, OCD, difficulty coping with change, and a variety of other ailments.
Trained as an MFT, I focus on ways structures impact people throughout their lives. I use Family Therapy Techniques to move people through circumstance.
I've assisted individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, OCD, difficulty coping with change, and a variety of other ailments.
Trained as an MFT, I focus on ways structures impact people throughout their lives. I use Family Therapy Techniques to move people through circumstance.
I have years of experience and specialty training in multiple areas including trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, sleep problems, stress management, and psych assessment.
I am an experienced licensed psychologist with specialty training in treating and assessing a wide range of conditions, including those related to depressed mood, anxiety, stress & trauma, life transitions, chronic pain, and insomnia. I utilize a variety of treatment approaches including ACT, CBT, CPT, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
I have years of experience and specialty training in multiple areas including trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, sleep problems, stress management, and psych assessment.
I am an experienced licensed psychologist with specialty training in treating and assessing a wide range of conditions, including those related to depressed mood, anxiety, stress & trauma, life transitions, chronic pain, and insomnia. I utilize a variety of treatment approaches including ACT, CBT, CPT, and mindfulness-based stress reduction.
I help women manage anxiety, depression, and life transitions with a direct, practical approach.
You're exhausted from constant anxiety: overthinking decisions, lying awake replaying conversations, feeling on edge without knowing why. Life transitions like moves, breakups, or career changes have left you overwhelmed. You might turn to food when stressed or struggle with body image. You're tired of talking about feelings without actually feeling better. You want practical tools that work in real life, not just theory. You're ready to challenge old patterns and try new strategies, even when uncomfortable, to finally feel grounded and in control.
I help women manage anxiety, depression, and life transitions with a direct, practical approach.
You're exhausted from constant anxiety: overthinking decisions, lying awake replaying conversations, feeling on edge without knowing why. Life transitions like moves, breakups, or career changes have left you overwhelmed. You might turn to food when stressed or struggle with body image. You're tired of talking about feelings without actually feeling better. You want practical tools that work in real life, not just theory. You're ready to challenge old patterns and try new strategies, even when uncomfortable, to finally feel grounded and in control.
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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.