Depression Therapy in Bergen County
Are you feeling hopeless or apathetic about life?
Our therapists will help you work your way out of depression so you can enjoy living again
You don’t enjoy the things you used to love.
You’re not motivated to start or finish tasks.
You don’t want to spend time with friends and family.
You’re sleeping more than usual and find it difficult to get out of bed.
You’re avoiding social activities, but at the same time feel lonely.
You find yourself crying or angry for no reason.
If you can relate, you may be struggling with depression. Therapy can help you overcome these debilitating and dehumanizing feelings so you can get back to enjoying life.
Depression changes everything
Experiencing a bout of depression impacts all aspects of your life. It can hit you hard, leaving you feeling numb and exhausted. You isolate and stop spending time with loved ones – it just requires too much energy and work, and you don’t want to be a burden or let them down. Looking inward, you feel like a failure, a person unworthy of love. Libido is lost. Insurmountable feelings of hopelessness and waves of worthlessness overtake your thoughts. Life as you knew it has been turned upside down.
You’re not meant to live life this way. It’s time to get the help you need.
There’s light at the end of this dark tunnel
It’s common to experience some form of depression during your life, but these feelings don’t have to last forever. Therapy can help you emerge from the despair and emptiness you are experiencing.
At Redefining Counseling, we take a personalized, solutions-based approach during your sessions. We get to know you, so we can match you with a therapist that fits your personality and create a realistic, customized plan that challenges you in the right ways and enables you to feel hopeful as you begin to make the changes that will lead you to the life that you deserve.
How therapy can help you break free from your depression
Whether you’ve struggled with these feelings for years, they’ve recently developed due to a life circumstance, or are the result of a trauma, your therapist will help you find your way back to the joy in life. Through a blend of therapy styles – cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, internal family systems therapy, mindfulness, play therapy, and more – you’ll learn to understand the stressors that have triggered your depression and develop the techniques to identify and address them head on.
During your therapy sessions, you’ll learn to:
- Become more aware of your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and triggers
- Find your sense of self-worth
- Challenge negative self-talk and feelings of hopelessness
- Participate in activities that make you happy
- Draw upon key tools and strategies when you start to feel low
- Be more present in the moment