Depression Therapy
Has Depression Cast A Fog Over Your Work, Relationships, And Everyday Life?
Feelings of sadness and isolation often follow a painful or distressing experience. In some cases, no single incident happens to incite depression; rather, a combination of factors—including brain chemistry, genetics, and external stressors—manifests in low mood, lack of energy, and an inability to enjoy life.
If you’ve lost interest in the activities and relationships that once filled your life with meaning, you may be struggling with depression. Though closely related to both anxiety and trauma, depression has distinct characteristics that can greatly impact your functioning and ability to connect with others.
Depression Treatment At EMDR Therapy Solutions
Many of our clients come to us upon experiencing setbacks in their mental health, regardless of whether they can trace symptoms to their root or struggle to identify their origins. Using EMDR treatment, they can better understand and regulate their emotions having successfully resolved core trauma. In just a few sessions, we witness genuine transformation in our clients, progressing from sad and unmotivated to energized and hopeful.
If you’re curious about EMDR and if it can help you in overcoming depression, we offer complimentary consultations with our therapists who can give you more information and answer specific questions. In addition, we provide depression treatment through standard weekly sessions or in an intensive format, wherein you will meet with a counselor for a longer, sustained period of time to resolve core trauma more quickly. You can find out more by reading our EMDR Intensives page.
Depression And Trauma
EMDR was originally developed as a therapeutic technique using side-to-side eye movements—otherwise known as bilateral stimulation—to clear negative associations with painful or distressing memories. If you’re unfamiliar with EMDR or want to find out more about how it works, we encourage you to visit our EMDR Therapy page. There, you will learn more about EMDR’s revolutionary approach to processing stored trauma.
And while, on the surface, trauma may seem unrelated to issues of depression and anxiety, it is actually a huge component that significantly impacts how we handle our mental health. Traumatization can happen anytime we don’t feel prepared for or in control of a difficult situation, as our body’s fight, flight, freeze, or fawn response kicks into high gear. Unresolved trauma is then stored in the body long after the threat is present, causing us to experience physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms that often seem to arise out of nowhere.
Living this way depletes our systems and resources, and it’s natural to develop feelings of hopelessness when it feels like our minds and bodies are working against us. But EMDR therapy targets stored trauma on a deep level, offering lasting relief from depression symptoms.
At EMDR Therapy Solutions, we are here to guide you in coping with depression so that you can experience joy, motivation, and a sense of purpose again.
The Process
Once we have established the timeline and format for depression treatment, you will meet with your clinician to discuss your history, symptoms, and therapy goals more thoroughly. Though we follow EMDR International Association (EMDRIA) protocol, we try to customize the process as much as possible to provide you with individualized coping skills and effective depression treatment.
EMDR will not only give you an opportunity to identify and resolve core trauma—it will provide you with meaningful insight into your self-perception and negative beliefs. The bad feelings associated with depression tend to have a negative self-belief attached to them, and EMDR is a highly impactful opportunity to challenge and adjust unhealthy self-perceptions.
We often say that there is no magic wand in therapy, but EMDR comes pretty close. Whether you struggle with feelings of hopelessness or have trouble coping with life lately, counseling at EMDR Therapy Solutions can help you manage and overcome depression. Working together, we can lift the fog and give you a new lease on life.
Is EMDR Intensive Therapy the Right Choice for You?
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EMDR therapy addresses both the physical and psychological symptoms that arise due to adverse life experiences. Aside from helping with trauma, EMDR is also a treatment method that benefits those dealing with depression, anxiety, grief, loss, infidelity, and betrayal.
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EMDR intensives can shorten the length of the overall treatment process and allow you to work through the symptoms you’re experiencing faster and more effectively than normal weekly sessions. Not only do you avoid the interruption between individual 45-minute sessions, but you also bypass the time spent on checking in at the start of each weekly session or addressing any current concerns. Moreover, a single EMDR session typically focuses on coping skills and stabilization at the end of each session to help you regain composure, which is not necessary with an intensive.
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Yes. We offer EMDR intensives in adjusted formats and modified pricing for current clients.
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Of course! You may be aware that something still needs to change profoundly to help you shift fully into a new experience of yourself, but perhaps you’re not exactly sure how you can accomplish this with your present therapist. We will help you identify which format of treatment works best for your needs during our initial consultation.
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Offering a number of resources, a half-day EMDR intensive can help you substantially reduce the destructive effects of a single traumatic event, such as disturbing emotions, negative cognitions, and unsettling body sensations. Please keep in mind, though, that while you can experience significant healing during one half-day EMDR intensive, Complex PTSD typically requires more time to heal than a half-day intensive can provide. Many people with Complex PTSD may need continuous monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly half-day intensives to work through their trauma history.
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A 3-day EMDR intensive can more efficiently help you achieve impactful changes than just participating in regular weekly, 45-minute sessions or a single half-day intensive. During our initial consultation, we can identify which format would be best for your needs.
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Depending on your insurance, you may receive help paying for the cost of psychotherapy, as some insurance companies reimburse a substantial portion of mental health treatments. We can provide you with a Superbill, detailing all direct contact therapy services that are included in the EMDR intensive program. You can then submit this bill to your insurance provider for potential reimbursement.
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