Depression therapists in Brighton, England ENG, United Kingdom GB

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Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes therapist: Sara Aicart-Pendlebury, art therapist
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.)  
15 Years Experience
In-Person in Brighton, ENG
Online in Brighton, England
Lancing, England therapist: Jerry Ramsden, counselor/therapist
Depression

Jerry Ramsden

Counsellor/Therapist, (Dip.Couns)
Experienced and knowledgeable in working with Depression.  
20 Years Experience
In-Person Near Brighton, ENG
Online in Brighton, England
Lancing, England therapist: Clair Ramsden, counselor/therapist
Depression

Clair Ramsden

Counsellor/Therapist, (Dip.Couns)
When we're feeling depressed, it can be a sign that we're not managing some of the powerful emotions that we're experiencing. It can be easy to do nothing as we can experience a complete shut-down, even burnout. During therapy, we can talk about what's going on and come up with a better understanding of how our energy works when we're healthy. Through our therapeutic alliance, we can help you identify the reason for your condition and come up with a better understanding of how to manage it. It can help you move towards a more balanced life.  
20 Years Experience
In-Person Near Brighton, ENG
Online in Brighton, England
London, England  therapist: James Hitchen - I Am James Therapy & Coaching, therapist
Depression

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.  
7 Years Experience
In-Person Near Brighton, ENG
Online in Brighton, England
Guildford, England therapist: Gordon Wax BA HONS MBACP, counselor/therapist
Depression

Gordon Wax BA HONS MBACP

Counsellor/Therapist, Pschoanalytic psychotherapist
You don't have to bed crying to be depressed. Therapy will help you to support yourself.  
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Brighton, ENG
Online in Brighton, England