Online Therapy for Colorado & Illinois

Therapy for Depression

Why Seek Therapy for Depression?

Depression can feel all-encompassing, impacting every aspect of your life to the point where it’s difficult to get out of bed in the morning. Or perhaps you’re able to completely internalize depression so that you still appear like you are functioning as your usual self - showing up to work, cooking meals, cleaning the house; however, inside, you might experience a lack of joy and depressed mood.

Depression tends to perpetuate itself, so without treatment, it may be hard to resolve a depressive episode. For example, depression can make people want to withdraw from things they would do when not feeling depressed. When we don’t do what we normally enjoy, we can lack purpose or value in life and also don’t have the opportunity to possibly experience any emotion other than feeling low or depressed.

How do I know if I’m depressed?

Sometimes it can be hard to tell whether you’re experiencing depression without speaking to a mental health professional. In general though, someone experiencing depression may experience a variety of symptoms including:

  • Depressed or low mood

  • Anhedonia (a lack of joy or pleasure)

  • Changes in sleep (difficulty sleeping or sleeping too much)

  • Changes in appetite

  • Difficulty with focusing

  • Fatigue

  • Feeling badly about yourself

  • Thoughts of harming yourself or ending your life

Many people experience some of these symptoms on occasion. If these symptoms feel persistent and like they’re bothering you, therapy can likely help.

Our approach to therapy for depression

Research has shown that therapy is effective for treating depression. One of the best treatments available provides ways to gradually help you to get back to doing things you used to enjoy. Therapy for depression can also help you to get some distance from rumination (thoughts that are going around and around in your mind) and to clarify what’s important to you. If you’re also experiencing difficulty sleeping, treating your trouble with sleep will also likely be important to resolving your depression.

Mindful Health Psychology provides mindful, compassionate online therapy for depression for people in Denver, Colorado & Chicago, Illinois

Other services offered at Mindful Health Psychology:

Mindful Health Psychology is a practice offering online therapy for Denver, CO, Chicago, IL and beyond in the states of Colorado and Illinois. We specialize in therapy for anxiety, distress during pregnancy, postpartum anxiety and depression, coping with miscarriage and pregnancy loss, PMDD, coping with fertility-related stressors, birth trauma, coping with a chronic medical condition, insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm disorders, and hypersomnia disorders. We provide online therapy, making treatment more accessible, which means you can be located in Denver, Chicago, or another city in Colorado or Illinois to receive services.

References

American Psychiatric Association. Anxiety disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.). 2022:171-175.