Depression Counseling in Atlanta, GA
You feel like everything is just too much. Your mind won’t stop running constantly. You can’t help thinking that this is all your fault. You ask yourself what you are doing wrong. No matter what you try, this feeling doesn’t go away, and it doesn’t feel like it’s getting any better.
You are doing good to show up to work or your classes. You don’t spend much time with the important people in your life anymore. It’s not that you don’t want to, it’s that you can’t find the energy to do it. It feels so much easier to stay in your room. You think that your friends probably pick up on your mood too and don’t want to be around you.
You’re Feeling Stuck
You honestly don’t believe that it’s ever going to change. Is this your reality? Are you stuck here? Somedays, you feel down and sad, while other days, you feel numb. When you are sad, you burst into tears for no reason. When that doesn’t happen, you walk around with what feels like a stone on your chest.
You remember when things were better. You are not sure you can get back there. You’ve tried to stay busy and keep waiting for this “funk” to pass, but it never does. You are starting to think that other people could probably get past this, but you can’t. Your thoughts criticize you constantly.
Your Self-Esteem is at an All Time Low
You are only aware of the ways that you fail. You think, “I’m just not good enough, or at least I’m worse than everyone else around me.” You would say that my self-esteem is pretty low. You don’t think positive things when you look at me in the mirror. You usually just try to avoid it entirely. You sleep a lot and you have a hard time just getting dressed some days.
If someone told you there was a way out you are not sure you would believe them. You desperately want this feeling to stop, but you don’t know how. You tell your friends but they just tell you that you are looking at it wrong or that you just need to see how good you are. You would love to believe them, but it just doesn’t make sense. They don’t see the world as you do. You are starting to think that you are depressed. If you are, how do you get out of this?
It Doesn’t Have to Last, Depression Counseling in Atlanta, GA Can Help!
Ash Blanton, Depression Therapist in Atlanta, GA
At Ember Counseling Atlanta, I help teens, college students, and adults cope with depression and find ways out of it.
If you’re struggling with depression, you probably handle most of it on your own. You deserve a place to tell your story without feeling like you need to be “fixed.”
With depression counseling, we will explore how you experience depression. We will also see how this depression started and what might be underneath the surface causing it.
Once we have a thorough understanding of how you experience depression and why it’s there, we will begin charting a course out of it.
Along the way, we will implement coping strategies to help lessen the intensity.
You deserve to be heard; we all need someone to accompany us. As a depression therapist in Atlanta, GA I have helped people over the years work through feelings of depression, loneliness, and numbness. I care about helping my clients experience happy and satisfying lives.
What’s Depression Counseling in Atlanta Like?
At Ember Counseling, we treat depression counseling like a map. We start with where you are and where you’re going. It’s important to know where we are starting from to know where we are going.
We take time to understand what life is like at school or work, with family, friends, and other activities like community and organizational involvement, and most importantly, one’s self.
We look for your strengths as well as the limitations that you might face.
Once we understand where you are currently, we start to look at what you want life to look like in the areas above. Often, this looks like lowered depression, more happiness, or a greater sense of meaning and purpose in life.
Our sessions are the path from point A to point B. In our counseling sessions, we look at the ways of thinking that get you stuck, identify solutions to problems, and learn new skills and tools to get closer and closer to your point B.
Ready to Begin Depression Counseling in Atlanta, GA?
If you’re struggling with feeling lonely and down a lot of the time, depression counseling can help you learn to cope with your depression symptoms. Don’t wait for healing!
Here’s how to get started with Depression Counseling in Atlanta, GA:
Step one: Contact me for a free consultation for depression counseling.
Step two: If Ember Counseling Atlanta is a good fit for you, meet with depression therapist Ash Blanton.
Step three: Begin feeling better.
Other Counseling Services at Ember Counseling Atlanta
Depression counseling isn’t the only service I offer at my Atlanta, GA counseling practice. I provide in-person and online therapy in Atlanta, GA including anxiety therapy, teen counseling, and family counseling. I also provide an Intensive Three-Day Counseling Workshop for those who want to speed up the healing process. Check out Ember Counseling Atlanta’s blog and FAQs for more information!