Depression therapists in Alloa, Scotland
Browse Depression therapists in Alloa, Scotland, United Kingdom. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Depression
Heather Macfarlane
Registered Psychotherapist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist
Depression is like looking at life through grey-tinted glasses rather than rose-tinted glasses. I can help you to build up your energy again and tackle the sense of hopelessness and lethargy that often pulls us down.
17 Years Experience
Online in Alloa, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
Birgit Schreiber Dr
Psychologist, PhD and MA in Psychology
A depression is more than sadness - it's when we struggle to help ourselves shift ourselves. Here it is helpful to begin with behaviour and cognitive examinations to help us mobilise the kind of energy we need to live a fulfilling life.
26 Years Experience
Online in Alloa, Scotland (Online Only)
Depression
Claire de la Varre
Therapist, PhD, HGDipP
Depression or a persistent low mood can manifest as disrupted sleep, lack of motivation, chronic tiredness, sadness, crying spells, low energy, an inability to take care of yourself, and withdrawal from friends or activities that used to bring you pleasure. But there are strategies that will lift depression and prevent it from happening in the future. Learn about what is happening in your brain and body when you experience depression, and what you can do about it. My kind and non-judgmental approach will connect you to your own innate resources
18 Years Experience
In-Person Near Alloa, Scotland
Online in Alloa, Scotland
Depression
Anna Brooker
Therapist, Advanced Level 3 BWRT Therapist, Award Winning Women's Health Coach, Life Coach
Depression can make even simple things feel like wading through mud, and it often sits alongside anxiety, exhaustion and a harsh inner critic. Many of the women I work with have tried talking therapy but still feel stuck in the same low, flat patterns. BWRT® works with the brain's automatic emotional responses rather than going over the past, and as a certified health coach I can also support sleep, energy and daily routines, which often slip when your mood is low. I work alongside your GP or any treatment you're receiving, never instead of it. I offer a free 15-minute consultation. Send me a message using the enquiry form and I'll get back to you. If you're feeling very low or having thoughts of harming yourself, please contact your GP, NHS 111 or Samaritans on 116 123 straight away.
6 Years Experience
Online in Alloa, 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 Alloa, Scotland
Depression therapists in Alloa, Scotland Statistics
Depression therapists in Alloa, Scotland average 15 years of experience and charge around ¤122 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Integrative Therapy (56%), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (50%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (46%).
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
¤122
Accept insurance
34%
Offer sliding scale
47%
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 32% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 64% |
In Person and Online |
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| 36% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 56% | Integrative Therapy |
| 50% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 46% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 29% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 29% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 27% | Somatic Therapy |
| 26% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 57% | Senior |
| 47% | Teen |
| 18% | Children |
Client Focus
| 67% | Women |
| 54% | Men |
| 46% | LGBTQ+ |
| 33% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 32% | Christian |