Depression Therapists in Howard County, TX
Welcome!
I’m so glad you’ve made the decision to prioritize yourself and take steps toward positive change. Sharing your personal stories, inner thoughts, and choices can feel daunting, but it’s also a courageous first step toward growth. Whether you’re new to therapy or have previous experience, remember — you are the expert in your own life.
I’m here to offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your struggles, build self-awareness, and work toward finding a healthy balance in your life.
Welcome!
I’m so glad you’ve made the decision to prioritize yourself and take steps toward positive change. Sharing your personal stories, inner thoughts, and choices can feel daunting, but it’s also a courageous first step toward growth. Whether you’re new to therapy or have previous experience, remember — you are the expert in your own life.
I’m here to offer a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where you can explore your struggles, build self-awareness, and work toward finding a healthy balance in your life.
I assist individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, and/or stress related to mental illness or other aspects of one's life.
I feel that therapy shouldn't be scary or too formal, but instead easy like casual conversation. A session can be a fun, safe place where it's ok to laugh. There is sometimes a stigma surrounding therapy because of the idea that one must have something "wrong" to need therapy. Sometimes goals or ideas or feelings that seem like mountains to overcome or attain are most easily traversed by simply talking things out with someone who has an outside view of the situation. As a counselor, my ultimate goal is to assist every individual with becoming their own best advocates and working towards self-accountability.
I assist individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, and/or stress related to mental illness or other aspects of one's life.
I feel that therapy shouldn't be scary or too formal, but instead easy like casual conversation. A session can be a fun, safe place where it's ok to laugh. There is sometimes a stigma surrounding therapy because of the idea that one must have something "wrong" to need therapy. Sometimes goals or ideas or feelings that seem like mountains to overcome or attain are most easily traversed by simply talking things out with someone who has an outside view of the situation. As a counselor, my ultimate goal is to assist every individual with becoming their own best advocates and working towards self-accountability.
I help people navigate Co-occurring issues, anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma.
There is Hope with Healing
Are you exhausted from carrying pain, anxiety, or broken relationships? You don’t have to face it alone. As a Christian counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependent Counselor- intern, I help clients with addictions and trauma. I help individuals confront the wounds of the past, overcome negative patterns, and rebuild a healthier, grounded life. I work with anxiety, low self-worth, relationship struggles, and substance and alcohol use disorders. Together, we’ll face the hard things with faith, honesty, and practical tools so you can experience real healing, freedom, and lasting change.
I help people navigate Co-occurring issues, anxiety, depression, addiction, and trauma.
There is Hope with Healing
Are you exhausted from carrying pain, anxiety, or broken relationships? You don’t have to face it alone. As a Christian counselor and Licensed Chemical Dependent Counselor- intern, I help clients with addictions and trauma. I help individuals confront the wounds of the past, overcome negative patterns, and rebuild a healthier, grounded life. I work with anxiety, low self-worth, relationship struggles, and substance and alcohol use disorders. Together, we’ll face the hard things with faith, honesty, and practical tools so you can experience real healing, freedom, and lasting change.
Some areas of expertise include: trauma, personal growth, life stressors, divorce, depression, anxiety, abuse, grief & loss, adoption related struggles, attachment concerns, ADHD, impulse control, behavioral concerns, anger management, self-esteem, coping skills, and more.
Insight Counseling Center offers counseling services to individuals, adolescents, children, couples, families and groups. In order to effectively meet the needs of our diverse clientele, our therapists represent a wide variety of clinical experiences, specializations, and personal backgrounds. In addition to traditional "talk therapy", many of our therapists are trained to employ such techniques as expressive arts therapy, play therapy, sand tray therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness and others, when appropriate and desired by the client. We are committed to providing personalized and quality counseling to the West Texas area.
Some areas of expertise include: trauma, personal growth, life stressors, divorce, depression, anxiety, abuse, grief & loss, adoption related struggles, attachment concerns, ADHD, impulse control, behavioral concerns, anger management, self-esteem, coping skills, and more.
Insight Counseling Center offers counseling services to individuals, adolescents, children, couples, families and groups. In order to effectively meet the needs of our diverse clientele, our therapists represent a wide variety of clinical experiences, specializations, and personal backgrounds. In addition to traditional "talk therapy", many of our therapists are trained to employ such techniques as expressive arts therapy, play therapy, sand tray therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness and others, when appropriate and desired by the client. We are committed to providing personalized and quality counseling to the West Texas area.
With over 20 years of experience as a therapist, specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, social skills, parent education, coping skills, suicidal ideation, academics, college prep, and drug/alcohol abuse.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, (1943), "The Theory of Human Motivation", reads: if a person’s basic needs (food, shelter, physical/mental safety) and social needs (love, belonging, self-worth, sense of purpose) are not fulfilled, that person will experience frustration and will “pivot” on a level of need that appears easiest to satisfy. Which level of need are you "stuck" on? Are you bound by anxious, fearful and mind-binding thoughts? Freedom is a goal that can be attained.
With over 20 years of experience as a therapist, specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, social skills, parent education, coping skills, suicidal ideation, academics, college prep, and drug/alcohol abuse.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, (1943), "The Theory of Human Motivation", reads: if a person’s basic needs (food, shelter, physical/mental safety) and social needs (love, belonging, self-worth, sense of purpose) are not fulfilled, that person will experience frustration and will “pivot” on a level of need that appears easiest to satisfy. Which level of need are you "stuck" on? Are you bound by anxious, fearful and mind-binding thoughts? Freedom is a goal that can be attained.
Got faith? Most of us struggle with the obstacles and challenges and we are in search of solutions. These struggles can be within yourself or within your relationships with those closest to you. The solutions that we try do not always work because we are looking in the wrong places. With faith in God, we can find the answers together.
Got faith? Most of us struggle with the obstacles and challenges and we are in search of solutions. These struggles can be within yourself or within your relationships with those closest to you. The solutions that we try do not always work because we are looking in the wrong places. With faith in God, we can find the answers together.
I specialize in working with adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and with those who are having a hard time adjusting to or coping with a situation they feel stuck in.
I help by getting to know you and your situation, tools, and resources. You are the expert in your life, and I am an expert at helping you maximize your strengths and identifying other things that can help. I view my clients as partners in this journey and use a holistic and system-based approach to get us to the goal line together.
I specialize in working with adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and with those who are having a hard time adjusting to or coping with a situation they feel stuck in.
I help by getting to know you and your situation, tools, and resources. You are the expert in your life, and I am an expert at helping you maximize your strengths and identifying other things that can help. I view my clients as partners in this journey and use a holistic and system-based approach to get us to the goal line together.
If you’re feeling emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in painful relationship patterns, you don’t have to keep carrying it alone. Life can feel overwhelming when trauma, relationship stress, or emotional wounds begin affecting how you see yourself and connect with others. Many of the women and couples I work with feel anxious, emotionally drained, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward—especially after experiencing betrayal, emotional abuse, chronic conflict, or long-standing patterns of people-pleasing. I offer a safe place to heal, rebuild, and regain your sense of self...
If you’re feeling emotionally exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in painful relationship patterns, you don’t have to keep carrying it alone. Life can feel overwhelming when trauma, relationship stress, or emotional wounds begin affecting how you see yourself and connect with others. Many of the women and couples I work with feel anxious, emotionally drained, disconnected, or unsure how to move forward—especially after experiencing betrayal, emotional abuse, chronic conflict, or long-standing patterns of people-pleasing. I offer a safe place to heal, rebuild, and regain your sense of self...
My dream is to help individuals, families, couples, or groups of people who are struggling with mental, emotional, or physical health concerns. I want to work with clients to identify the causes of their problems and create plans of action and goals to address those problems. I am a therapist with real-life experiences, and with these experiences, I help my clients gain perspective that will help them regain dignity and ease of mind and belief that through therapy, life has treasures that they have not seen yet due to the haze of mental health issues.
My dream is to help individuals, families, couples, or groups of people who are struggling with mental, emotional, or physical health concerns. I want to work with clients to identify the causes of their problems and create plans of action and goals to address those problems. I am a therapist with real-life experiences, and with these experiences, I help my clients gain perspective that will help them regain dignity and ease of mind and belief that through therapy, life has treasures that they have not seen yet due to the haze of mental health issues.
Do you struggle with "What if" and other scary thoughts? Do you feel like you're not enough, unlovable, unworthy, broken, overwhelmed, or unable to handle life's challenges? Do you ever feel like you should have done something differently? Do you feel alone in your struggles, like no one understands or supports you? Do you feel like you’ll never be free from the distress of your past trauma? You're in the right place, and there is hope. Reach out today and see how Life's Healing Journey, PLLC can help.
Do you struggle with "What if" and other scary thoughts? Do you feel like you're not enough, unlovable, unworthy, broken, overwhelmed, or unable to handle life's challenges? Do you ever feel like you should have done something differently? Do you feel alone in your struggles, like no one understands or supports you? Do you feel like you’ll never be free from the distress of your past trauma? You're in the right place, and there is hope. Reach out today and see how Life's Healing Journey, PLLC can help.
I take a client-centered approach and walk alongside folks as they navigate trauma, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, relationship struggles, new medical diagnoses, and other big life stressors.
I truly believe everyone’s got a story worth telling, and I’d be honored to hear yours. I want to get to know you—what brought you here, what you’re carrying, and what you’re hoping for. To me, meeting you where you are means understanding that what works for one person might not work for another. There’s no “one-size-fits-all” when it comes to healing.
I take a client-centered approach and walk alongside folks as they navigate trauma, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, relationship struggles, new medical diagnoses, and other big life stressors.
I truly believe everyone’s got a story worth telling, and I’d be honored to hear yours. I want to get to know you—what brought you here, what you’re carrying, and what you’re hoping for. To me, meeting you where you are means understanding that what works for one person might not work for another. There’s no “one-size-fits-all” when it comes to healing.
Life can feel overwhelming at times. Whether you’re navigating big changes, coping with loss, managing anxiety, or simply trying to keep up with daily stress, it’s easy to feel stuck or alone. In those moments, having a warm, nonjudgmental space to sort through your thoughts and emotions can make all the difference.
I enjoy working with individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, relational or peer issues, life transitions, and couples or marriage concerns. I also have experience supporting teens and hold a special interest in working with parents of children with special needs.
Life can feel overwhelming at times. Whether you’re navigating big changes, coping with loss, managing anxiety, or simply trying to keep up with daily stress, it’s easy to feel stuck or alone. In those moments, having a warm, nonjudgmental space to sort through your thoughts and emotions can make all the difference.
I enjoy working with individuals experiencing anxiety, stress, relational or peer issues, life transitions, and couples or marriage concerns. I also have experience supporting teens and hold a special interest in working with parents of children with special needs.
Whether you are a teen struggling with adjusting to a new school or changing peer relationships, a college student facing a ticking clock demanding you choose a major, a young professional dealing with navigating the change from youth to adulting, or even an individual dealing with divorce or relationship concerns, I can help. All of these "normal" life changes can be accompanied by feelings of worry, stress, and anxiety that hinder our ability to progress as we need. Therapy is a wonderful means of working through the "noise" caused by anxiety, worry, and stress and dealing with the root of the issues you are facing.
Whether you are a teen struggling with adjusting to a new school or changing peer relationships, a college student facing a ticking clock demanding you choose a major, a young professional dealing with navigating the change from youth to adulting, or even an individual dealing with divorce or relationship concerns, I can help. All of these "normal" life changes can be accompanied by feelings of worry, stress, and anxiety that hinder our ability to progress as we need. Therapy is a wonderful means of working through the "noise" caused by anxiety, worry, and stress and dealing with the root of the issues you are facing.
I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including acute co-occuring mental health disorders, severe depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges and chronic stress.
My therapy style is a warm, interactive person-centered approach. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including acute co-occuring mental health disorders, severe depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges and chronic stress.
My therapy style is a warm, interactive person-centered approach. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Steady Strength Counseling Services,
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
2 Endorsed
Online Only
My name's Jessica and I work with neurodivergent women, especially moms, who in many ways, don't want to end up like their own mothers. They don't want to live life with anger, resentment, loneliness, martyrdom, or low self worth. They don't want to move from connection to connection without ever really feeling like they belong.
Many of my clients come to therapy carrying things no one should ever have to carry alone. They need help understanding their feelings, overcoming the negative self talk loop, reconnecting with their body, and finding joy and compassion for themselves and others despite their own curated chaos.
My name's Jessica and I work with neurodivergent women, especially moms, who in many ways, don't want to end up like their own mothers. They don't want to live life with anger, resentment, loneliness, martyrdom, or low self worth. They don't want to move from connection to connection without ever really feeling like they belong.
Many of my clients come to therapy carrying things no one should ever have to carry alone. They need help understanding their feelings, overcoming the negative self talk loop, reconnecting with their body, and finding joy and compassion for themselves and others despite their own curated chaos.
Online Therapists
Lisa D
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, ACSW, GC-C
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Whether it's anxiety, depression, pain/grief, family issues or something else I can give you the tools needed to help you cope and work through the chaos that you have been struggling with.
I use a client centered and supportive environment as a safe place for my clients to share their problems or explore their thoughts, emotions, or behaviors and to gain insights and learn coping skills that will enhance self awareness, relationships, and past trauma's. Clients will develop personal growth and purpose by learning a strengths based approach.
Whether it's anxiety, depression, pain/grief, family issues or something else I can give you the tools needed to help you cope and work through the chaos that you have been struggling with.
I use a client centered and supportive environment as a safe place for my clients to share their problems or explore their thoughts, emotions, or behaviors and to gain insights and learn coping skills that will enhance self awareness, relationships, and past trauma's. Clients will develop personal growth and purpose by learning a strengths based approach.
In therapy, I work adolescents (14 +), individuals (18+), families, and couples seeking help with anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, people- pleasing, life transitions, college issues, parenting concerns, interpersonal issues, young adult concerns, and relationship concerns to achieve overall wellness and wholeness.
Everyone deserves to tell their story without fear of judgment. Together we will create a safe, nurturing environment to unpack and share your story through collaborative practices. It's my goal to guide you toward self-love and acceptance. We will explore life's challenges and learn healthier ways to navigate them.
In therapy, I work adolescents (14 +), individuals (18+), families, and couples seeking help with anxiety, depression, ADHD, self-esteem, people- pleasing, life transitions, college issues, parenting concerns, interpersonal issues, young adult concerns, and relationship concerns to achieve overall wellness and wholeness.
Everyone deserves to tell their story without fear of judgment. Together we will create a safe, nurturing environment to unpack and share your story through collaborative practices. It's my goal to guide you toward self-love and acceptance. We will explore life's challenges and learn healthier ways to navigate them.
Sometimes our lives can feel like an untamed wilderness, we get lost in uncharted territories of anxiety, depression, conflict or feeling “stuck” with our partner, feelings of low self-worth, trauma, and so many others.
I believe that each person has unique, innate strengths already within them that are just waiting to be discovered to help each of us live our most satisfying and fulfilling lives possible. In therapy, we will explore and discover your unique strengths so that you can restore a sense of hope for the future and achieve the highest quality of life possible!
Sometimes our lives can feel like an untamed wilderness, we get lost in uncharted territories of anxiety, depression, conflict or feeling “stuck” with our partner, feelings of low self-worth, trauma, and so many others.
I believe that each person has unique, innate strengths already within them that are just waiting to be discovered to help each of us live our most satisfying and fulfilling lives possible. In therapy, we will explore and discover your unique strengths so that you can restore a sense of hope for the future and achieve the highest quality of life possible!
I work with many concerns including depression, anxiety/phobias/OCD, and life transitions.
Are you having problems in your most important relationships? Are you feeling down, tired, and unmotivated? Do seemingly small things send you over the edge? Are you struggling with communicating your feelings? Has it been difficult for you to adjust to a major life change, such as being a college student or new parent? Are you struggling to come to terms with an infertility diagnosis? Is your relationship with food and your body a constant source of stress?
I work with many concerns including depression, anxiety/phobias/OCD, and life transitions.
Are you having problems in your most important relationships? Are you feeling down, tired, and unmotivated? Do seemingly small things send you over the edge? Are you struggling with communicating your feelings? Has it been difficult for you to adjust to a major life change, such as being a college student or new parent? Are you struggling to come to terms with an infertility diagnosis? Is your relationship with food and your body a constant source of stress?
Many of my clients come in feeling stuck, disconnected, or weighed down by anxiety, depression, past trauma, or major life transitions.
I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space where you can be yourself without pressure. Using a person-centered approach, EMDR, and other modalities tailored to your needs, I help you work through anxiety, depression, and past experiences, build healthier coping skills, and create lasting change as you reconnect with your strength and sense of self.
Many of my clients come in feeling stuck, disconnected, or weighed down by anxiety, depression, past trauma, or major life transitions.
I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space where you can be yourself without pressure. Using a person-centered approach, EMDR, and other modalities tailored to your needs, I help you work through anxiety, depression, and past experiences, build healthier coping skills, and create lasting change as you reconnect with your strength and sense of self.
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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.