Online Depression therapists in Balerno, Scotland Scotland, United Kingdom UK
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Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Rakan Himadeh
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, SEP, ISP Candidate
Depression often reflects a system stuck in freeze or collapse, and SE and ISP together offer a gentle path back toward aliveness. SE works with the body’s shutdown response by reconnecting you with small impulses, sensations, and moments of vitality, helping the nervous system slowly move out of immobility. ISP adds emotional integration by building capacity to stay with feelings like heaviness, sadness, or numbness in a safe, tolerable way. Together, they support a gradual return of energy, emotional movement, and a deeper sense of connection to yourself.
4 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
Gemma Autumn
Counsellor/Therapist, Integrative Adult and Adolescent Counsellor Cert, PgDip, MBACP Accredited
I work with those suffering from depression.
10 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Will Salter - Connected Man Counselling
Counsellor/Therapist, ACA member, L2 IFS trained, Diploma of Counselling
I support individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, stress, anger, relationship difficulties, challenges with self-worth, and major life transitions. My work focuses on helping people explore and process emotions, recognise recurring patterns, and build deeper connections with different parts of themselves
6 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
Janine & ComposurePsychology Team
Psychologist, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, HCPC & BPS registered, DClinPsy, CSAccred.(AAC), MPhil (cantab)
All of our Clinical Psychologists at ComposurePsychology are very experienced in helping people understand, manage and overcome low mood, overwhelm, a sense of being stuck and depression. We draw from evidence based therapies including; CBT, ACT, CFT, SFT, DBT, EMDR, systemic, narrative, psychodynamic and others.
13 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Eric C Bettelheim
Registered Psychotherapist, PhD, MSc., J.D., M.A. A.B. Member: BACP, BPC.
Those with depression often have turned anger against others against themselves or have internalised other's destructive feelings.
4 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Emma Dean
Therapist, MA Hons, DipCaH, PNLP
I'm Emma, an integrative transpersonal practitioner dedicated to guiding you on a journey of self-discovery and healing. Through a blend of hypnotherapy, breathwork, meditation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), and spiritual coaching, I create a compassionate safe space for you to reconnect with your innate wisdom. If you’re feeling disconnected, stuck, or lost in darkness, I’m here to walk beside you with compassion and care. I support you in reconnecting with your inner vitality, gently shifting the inner patterns that hold you back. Through transpersonal and integrative therapies, we create room for meaning, joy, and renewed purpose. You are not broken—you are becoming whole again. You have everything that you need to find the peace within, I just help you to access the inner resources that you already possess.
4 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
Rachel Bates
Registered Psychotherapist, M Phil - Counselling & Psychotherapy; M A Psychology
Depression is a feeling of a low mood that can last for a long time and affect everyday life. It can fill one with despair and hopelessness, guilt and worthlessness, leaving a sense of a lack of motivation and exhaustion. It can affect one's self-esteem, sleep, appetite, sex drive and physical health. In severe cases, depression can make one feel suicidal and this can be life-threatening.
21 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Liam West
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, Adv Dip MBACP
Often we experience depression due to experiences of the past interfering in our enjoyment of the present and even our thoughts about the future. By examining ourselves and our interactions in therapy can we work through the root causes of any depressive feelings and alleviate its effect on us. Depression does not have to be a natural reaction to lifes struggles but can instead be an indication that things are not right and that they need to be attended too
13 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland
Depression
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 Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Emma Poxon
Counsellor/Therapist, MA Person-Centred Experiential Counselling
Depression can feel completely overwhelming, like there's no way out. As your therapist I am here to be with you, reminding you that you are not alone. We can explore how depression feels for you, when it is at its worst, and help you to gain more of a sense of control over this. You are not a problem to be fixed, my aim as your therapist is to try to provide the right conditions to allow you to explore whatever you want to bring to therapy to support your growth. This isn't a therapeutic approach wherein I will set a treatment plan or tell you what to do. We will work together as a partnership rather than me taking away your autonomy. I absolutely love the work I do, it is the biggest privilege being let into people’s personal worlds and seeing the immense growth of my clients. I hope to hear from you soon!
7 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
Saffron Marriner
Counsellor/Therapist, MBACP (Accred)
Working in a trauma informed way means actively resisting re-traumatisation whilst understanding the root cause of my client's depression. We assess your strengths and coping mechanisms, building a therapeutic relationship. I may use some CBT tools in order to identify and challenge any negative thought patterns and beliefs which may be stemming from past trauma - and replacing them with healthier, more balanced thoughts. Working with a body-oriented approach which focuses on releasing trauma stored in the body may be helpful as well as learning how to regulate your nervous system. Mindfulness and meditation techniques are often useful with this. Ultimately ensuring continuity of care by providing you with resources and referrals for additional support if this will be helpful and is required.
22 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Dr George Booty. The PsychoTRAUMA Clinic (Convergence College of Psychotherapy)
Registered Psychotherapist, Dr, DPsych, MA Couns, MA Psych, PG Dip Spvn
I am usually able to draw long term sufferers 'out of depression' within 2 weeks to three months on average. Obviously, there are no guarantees but my results speak from themselves.
31 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression
Karine Flynn
Psychologist, MSc, GMBPS
Depression often involves a profound disconnection from the body - a flatness or numbness that makes even basic engagement feel effortful. This work doesn't ask you to feel more before you're ready. It works gently with what's present - however little that might be - and creates the conditions for aliveness to return at the body's own pace, rather than on a timeline that adds another layer of pressure.
PS: For clients experiencing depression, I work outside the programme format - at your pace, without a fixed sequence or timeline.
23 Years Experience
Online in Balerno, Scotland
Depression therapists in Balerno, Scotland, United Kingdom Statistics
Depression therapists in Balerno, Scotland, 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% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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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 |