Online Depression therapists in Newtownards, Northern Ireland NI, United Kingdom UK
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Empowered Wellbeing, Decolonizing Intersectional and Integrative Complex Trauma & Dissociation Recovery Support
Life Coach, view my credentials online at: www.recoveringfromwithin.com/credentialslongform
Depression has different ways of being approached. Depression and Alexithymia can be what is found suppressed with or without anxiety and other co-occurring expressions. We can offer parts work, functional support, distance TCM integration, application of an intersectional model to address ongoing depression from abusive/oppressive impacts or stored impacts...Sometimes the co-occuring condition needs care and compassionate meeting, e.g. in cases of chronic health challenges. Sometimes a more creative approach brings folks back on line from depression. Since our focus is CPTSD care, we often work with depression from a parts perspective for the last 14 years.
15 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Sara Aicart-Pendlebury
Art Therapist, Human Givens Practitioner (HG.Dip.P), Member of Human Givens Institute, IFS therapist Levels 1&2, Narm Practitioner
If you are feeling low, or depressed I can help you by integrating behavioural, cognitive and interpersonal approaches with relaxation, visualisation and guided imagery techniques. Contact me for a free consultation to feel more motivated, with a clear plan how to begin to solve your problems. Contrary to common belief, depression is not primarily a biological illness, inherited through the genes. Nor is it the setbacks, crises or tragedies in our lives that cause depression. It is our response to adverse events that determines whether we get depressed or not. Research shows that people most likely to suffer depression are those who react to adversity by taking it personally, seeing all areas of their lives as blighted by it, and the misery as going on forever. Depression is always a second and unnecessary problem, and just makes problematic circumstances worse. This is good to know because it means that, instead of feeling helpless or hopeless, people can learn to take back control over their lives. They may not be able to change certain circumstances but they always have options about how they react to them.
The symptoms of depression include low mood, loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities, loss of appetite and energy, sleep disturbance, feeling agitated or lethargic, worthless or guilty, difficulty in thinking straight and having repeated thoughts about suicide. Antidepressant drugs may help some people because they lift levels of a ‘feel-good’ chemical in the brain; unfortunately, they do nothing to change the underlying circumstances or thinking patterns that led to the depression. Depression is always related to unmet essential emotional needs and that is why the human givens approach, which focuses on helping people in distress find healthy ways to meet their emotional needs, is so successful.
Depressed people may seem deflated and flat but, in actual fact, they have raised levels of a stress hormone called cortisol, which means that they are in a state of constant high emotional arousal. When our emotions are aroused we can’t think rationally, so this is why people deep in the grip of depression can’t concentrate well or even make simple decisions. Learning simple relaxation techniques to calm themselves down will start reducing those cortisol levels.
The main reason that depressed people are so emotionally aroused is that they spend a vast amount of time worrying about the future or beating themselves up about past events. Perhaps they still feel guilty about something that happened recently – or years ago; perhaps they are frightening themselves with dire ‘what if?’ scenarios (likely or unlikely), in which loved ones encounter dangers or they themselves lose their jobs or their homes; perhaps they feel beaten down by chronic pain or anger (“Why did this have to happen to me?” “How could he have been so cruel?”); or maybe they experience a combination. They also have a huge tendency towards negative thinking – “I’ll never be good enough”; “I’ll never cope”; “nothing ever goes right”; “the pain will only get worse”. All this kind of negative imagining and thinking saps an enormous amount of energy – and makes people utterly miserable.
Far from feeling more refreshed after a night’s sleep, most people with depression wake up next day still exhausted and feeling totally unmotivated. It is hard for them to get out of bed and do anything at all. We now know why this happens. Psychologist and co-founder of the human givens approach Joe Griffin carried out research over many years which showed that, when we dream at night, we are discharging unexpressed emotional arousals from the previous day. If earlier we were upset about something our spouse did or didn’t do, but kept it to ourselves, we would later dream that out, perhaps in the form of getting angry with someone else (dream content is never straightforward); that would have the desired effect of lowering our levels of emotional arousal, so that we can start next day afresh, even though we are unlikely to remember we had the dream. (If we did express our feelings with our spouse at the time, we wouldn’t need to dream about it. And, of course, if we wake up and remember what our spouse did or didn’t do, we may get emotionally aroused about it all over again, requiring more dream discharge that night, if we still don’t resolve it.)
17 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Shareen Birges
Registered Social Worker, BASS, GDYMH, MSW
My person centered, strengths based & trauma informed practice helps me to create individual counselling plans that can support people through their depression. I have completed a Graduate Diploma in Youth Mental Health which has given me a great knowledge in both mental health & how to identify & therapeutically treat mental conditions in both adult clients & young people.
18 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Adima Hawkes
Counsellor/Therapist, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Teacher, Gene Keys Guide, Trainer Tibetan Acupressure & Iridology
Depression and the reasons for it are a vast field. The healing is a process that needs slowing down and patience. In-person sessions with application of the great body and energy work with TIBETAN PULSING are advised and often successful. I can support you online as well by giving support for self-regulation and by building a new orientation inside for connecting with your own value. Firstly I need a clear diagnosis and information about your situation, including medication and history.
30 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
James Hitchen - I Am James Therapy & Coaching
Therapist, Psychotherapeutic counselling (level 5), MBACP, AdV member Addiction Professionals, MNCPS accred. National Centre For Eating Disorders
I am an integrative counsellor drawing on a number of methods to help them overcome or manage issues such as depression . I have a holistic view of mental health and wellbeing helping clients to look after their mental, physical, spiritual and emotional health to work through their depression and thrive in life. Depression does not need to be a life sentence and recovery is possible! I work collaboratively with my clients using both counselling and coaching skills to help promote positive, lasting change.
9 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Benjamin Marr
Counsellor/Therapist, BA MA Relational Psychotherapist/ Birkbeck College - Psychodynamic Counsellor
In my private practice, I use relational psychotherapy as a tool for clients to use when combining self-help and talking through their perspectives on themselves and their lives. I offer “watchful relational psychotherapy”, which is a fortnightly review on how the client is relating to the therapy. There are a number of circumstances where some guidance and self-empowerment are used in creative therapy. This sense of self-empowerment extends to talking through the client’s feelings, all of which is very helpful for the client’s self-esteem. An interesting development over the last few years has also been the practical use social media networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Tinder and Grinder, all of which my private practice has positively used with some clients.
35 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Dr Jacob Ellwood
Psychologist, PsychD, Cpsychol
Depression can be debilitating and cause us to lose hope that we will ever be 'normal' or content again. To help my clients through their depression I use a combination of approaches, including CBT, behavioural activation and mindfulness, all proceeding from an empathic, person-centred base.
14 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Patchouli Therapy
Counsellor/Therapist, Prof. Adv. Dip. PC, Dip. Hyp, Dip. CBT/REBT, Dip. EFT, Dip. SBA, MA Psychosynthesis Psychology
I am a Psycho-Spiritual Counsellor offering bespoke services using a combination of holistic and complementary intervention to help relieve despondency and dejected feelings be assessing your connection with your Will, along with a combination of solution-focused techniques to help promote self-care, rituals and life purpose.
13 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Nicole Rolls
Counsellor/Therapist, PG Dip, MA, BACP Accred, EMDR Accred, 20 years experience as a Therapist
The sad feelings of Depression may lead you to having terrible thoughts. We can work together at understanding better what has led you to this state, learn to challenge those negative thoughts by reconnecting to the body, supporting difficult feelings and finding ways of reconnecting to a happier way of being in the world.
21 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Vicky Mould
Counsellor/Therapist, Accredited Professional Registrant (PNCPS Acc.)
Depression/persistent low mood can be debilitating and distressing, which may leave you feeling exhausted, stuck, overwhelmed, or lacking a sense of control. But you can find your way through it. And I can support you in that journey. I can offer a safe, compassionate and non-judgmental space where you can relieve thoughts and feelings you find troubling (including suicidal thoughts and feelings), and gently work through any experiences underlying your depression/low mood. You're welcome to get in touch to ask questions or book a consultation to explore if I'm the right counsellor for you.
15 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Jimi Katsis
Registered Psychotherapist, MA psych, Dip SW
Depression isn't sadness. It's exhaustion. It's going through the motions while feeling nothing. It's knowing you should care about things but not being able to feel it. It's functioning on the outside while being completely disconnected on the inside.
Some people describe it as numbness, others as a heavy weight they can't shake. Either way, it makes life feel pointless even when objectively things are fine. That disconnect is what we need to understand.
Depression often isn't about what's happening now—it's about patterns that got laid down years ago. We work to understand where the disconnection started, what purpose it served then, and why it's still running now. Then we can start changing it.
This isn't about positive thinking or forcing yourself to feel better. It's about understanding why your system shut down, and gently helping it come back online.
27 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Well on the Way
Therapist, Reichian Therapy (Character Analysis & Bodywork), Ecotherpay, Family Constellations, Touch for Health Kinesioogy, Natural Healing, Accredited facilitator of the Work that Reconnects
‘This is a dark time, filled with suffering and uncertainty. Like living cells in a larger body, it is natural that we feel the trauma of our world. So don’t be afraid of the anguish you feel, or the anger or fear, because these responses arise from the depth of your caring and the truth of your interconnectedness with all beings.’ Joanna Macy
My work aims for restorative connections, restoring resileince, and finding joy and gratitude in our embodiment and in Nature.
44 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Donna Collins
Registered Psychotherapist, BSc (hons), PGDip, SupervisionDip
Depression can feel overwhelming and debilitating. I am here to support you in learning to manage overwhelming feelings and bring hope back into your life.
11 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Fiona Corbett
Registered Psychotherapist, Higher Diploma Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Diploma Humanistic Counselling, EMDR Consultant
Using evidence-based practice I aim to support you to identify ways of raising mood, and esteem to help with depression.
18 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Jill Deacon
Counsellor/Therapist, BSc and FdSc Person Centred Counselling. MBACP
Everyone has times when they feel low. But when you feel this way for weeks or months at a time and it affects your ability to get on with and enjoy your life, then perhaps you are experiencing depression. You are not alone.
As well as low mood, depression symptoms can include feeling very tearful, irritable or angry, losing interest in things you previously enjoyed or feeling tired and having less energy. You may also lose concentration, self-confidence, appetite and motivation.
Counselling can help you explore the cause of these feelings, understand them and work though them, helping you manage and move through depression.
8 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Lisa Sanfilippo
Therapist, MA, MSc, UKCP, MBACP
Helplessness, hopelessness, low energy and no motivation can be ways our nervous system deals with overwhelm from the past or present. These can be part of a protective, learnt state- wanting to do nothing, to seemingly switch off or 'go dark'. Working with depression in therapy, we don't just talk about what's going but learn how you come 'back to life' at your own pace. I take a multi-dimensional approach to helping you uncover the roots of your depression, looking at physical, energetic, mental and emotional levels.
14 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Ummayah Sidhu
Counsellor/Therapist, Ummayah Sidhu | BACP Accredited Psychotherapist | Identity & Heritage Specialist
When you are struggling with depression, even the smallest tasks can feel like a mountain. I provide a gentle, non-judgmental space where we can explore these heavy feelings together, focusing on small, manageable steps to help you rediscover your energy and a sense of hope
10 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Rachel Eddins
Counsellor/Therapist, MEd, LPC
Does your world seem dull and draining and you don't know why? Have you lost motivation or interest in things you usually have energy for? The weight of depression can be lifted. There is hope. Depression therapy can help you feel joy, happiness and fulfillment again.
21 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Tayo, Owosina
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Professional Counsellor
We are in this together! You are never alone!! Your vitality and resilience and be optimal. How you are right now is not who you are, it is only and expression of how emotions are showing up for you now. Feel it fully. While at it, we help you make meaning and of your moment right now on your journey to live life free, full and fulfilled.
16 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI
Dr. Antonio D'Costa
Registered Psychotherapist, M.B.B.S, M.D. (Paediatrics)
I specialize in pediatric medicine and trauma-focused therapy using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). My work centers on supporting children, adolescents, and adults through grief, anxiety, behavioral challenges, and the lingering effects of difficult experiences.
As a pediatrician, I've seen how unprocessed trauma shows up in young lives- through sleep troubles, feeding issues, social withdrawal, and emotional struggles. EMDR offers a gentle, research-backed path to healing that goes beyond words.
With EMDRIA-approved training and my pediatric experience, I help families navigate some of their most challenging moments. Whether it's a child struggling with grief, an adolescent facing anxiety, or an adult working through long-held wounds, my approach blends medical expertise with compassionate, evidence-based care.
I'm passionate about making mental health support accessible- offering teletherapy across India and internationally, with subsidized sessions available for those who need them.
Let's connect if you're looking for trauma-informed support, professional collaboration, or referrals for children and families in need.
3 Years Experience
Online in Newtownards, NI (Online Only)
Depression therapists in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Statistics
Depression therapists in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom average 15 years of experience and charge around ¤116 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Depression (100%), Anxiety or Fears (90%), and Self Esteem (75%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤116
Gender ID
| 68% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 1% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 65% |
In Person and Online |
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| 35% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Depression |
| 90% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 75% | Self Esteem |
| 72% | Stress |
| 68% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 62% | Loss or Grief |
| 62% | Social Anxiety |