Depression Therapy: Depression is widely stigmatized in our society. The stigma can lead people who do not struggle with it to misunderstand and impose judgment on those who do. Others perceptions can also impact the way depression is managed or felt about as in meta-emotions. If you feel depressed about feeling depressed this would be your meta-emotion. A person may feel even stronger depression when observing the opposite, more positive experience in others around you. Imposing more feelings onto of them can overwhelm you and keep you stuck. There are many parts to the emotional experience of someone struggling with depression.
- What are the messages you received about depression growing up?
- How did you see the adults in your life deal with depression?
- What happened when you displayed depression to them?
- How did your peers handle depression?
- What goes on for you when you think of a friend or family member dealing with depression?
- What did depression look like for you?
- Tears
- Irritability
- Anger
- Isolation
- Internalizing
What would it be like to accept your feelings, as they are without labeling them with a meta-emotion?
Work through this exercise to isolate out your individual feelings.
Write down the strongest feeling you are experiencing right now.
“I feel _______”
When people struggle to manage depression, they often feel more negatively than if it were someone else's experience due the way they feel about their own feelings.
Try rereading your feeling statement out loud, five times slowly.
Let it leave your mouth without allowing your mind or body's sensation of the feeling to do what it would normally do whether that be trying to banish having it at all or pretending it to be a different emotion on the outside.
Notice what changes in your body as you repeat those words. Now write down all of the things getting in the way of stating the simple “I feel ____” statement. These messages and other feelings that come up combine to form the more complex and difficult to identify experience of meta-emotions within your struggle with depression.
- What are the messages you received about this emotion growing up?
- How did you see the adults in your life deal with that single emotion?
- What happened when you showed the emotion to them?
- Through tears?
- By yelling at others?
- Avoidance?
- Inability to be alone with relaiance on others?
- How do your peers handle this emotion?
- What goes on for you when you think of a friend or family member dealing with this feeling?
Experiencing strong emotions while struggling with depression is very exhausting. You may be caught in a cycle of making the emotions less manageable than their real, raw form is a great step towards managing them in healthier ways. Understanding more about your meta-emotion process can help you focus on the meaning they have for you rather than fueling the depression. If you still struggle to let go of feeling depressed about struggling with depression, contact the Center for Growth to consult with therapists trained to help coach you through them. You can self schedule an online or inperson therapy appointment, or you can call 215 922 5683 x 100 and speak with a therapist today.
You can self schedule an in-person or virtual therapy session at the Center for Growth by calling (215) 922- LOVE (5683) x 100.
Our Guarantee: If after your first session you are not sold that you are working with the right therapist, do not hesitate to call our intake line at 215 922 5683 x 100 or Alex at (267) 324-9564 and ask to be rescheduled with another therapist. The choice of how you want to proceed is yours. Our only goal is to support you in becoming the best you possible.
For your convenience, we have brick and mortar offices and work with clients virtually in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Physical Therapy Office Locations:
Ocean City Therapy Office 360 West Ave, Floor 1, Ocean City, NJ 08226
Mechanicsville Therapy Office 9044 Mann Drive, Mechanicsville Virginia, 23116
Society Hill Therapy Office 233 S. 6th Street, C-33, Philadelphia PA 19106
Art Museum / Fairmount Therapy Office 2401 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 1a2, Philadelphia PA 19130
Providence Therapy Office 173 Waterman St. Providence, RI 02906
Fayetteville Therapy Office 101 Devant Street #606, Fayetteville GA 30214
Santa Fe Therapy Office, 2204 B Brothers Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505
Telemedicine Therapy Locations: We have therapists who are licensed to work in Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Virginia and Pennsylvania
Therapy Services Offered in Fayetteville, Ocean City, Mechanicsville, Philadelphia, Providence, Santa Fe:
Individual Counseling and therapy
Couples Counseling and marriage counseling
Teen Therapy and Adolescent Therapy and tweens and child counseling
Family Therapy and multi-generational counseling
Art Therapy and Counseling no art skills needed
ADHD Therapy and ADD, Dyslexia, Autism, Tourettes counseling
Anxiety, Panic, OCD Therapy and worry and fear support
Breaking the cycle of Codependency and being your own person
Overcoming Chronic Illness and Chronic Pain .
Depression Therapy and sadness, gloom, and upset support
Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Therapy is a particular style of therapy designed for people with problems affecting their nervous system, how the brain and body send and receive signals.
Grief Therapy and loss, End of A Relationship, rejections, pregnancy and loss and therapy
Mindfulness Based Therapy and spirituality based therapy
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery child of, parent of, spouse of, sibling of a narcissist.
Sex Therapy and sexual function & dysfunction, sex addiction, sexual orientation and gender identity support
Trauma Therapy both emotional and sexual abuse, complex trauma, PTSD counseling
Divorce support
Affairs, Infidelity, Unfaithful, Cheating counseling
Parenting therapy
Personality disorder treatments Narcissist, Borderline, Histrionic
Setting Boundaries and identifying ones own Core Beliefs
Just name some of the Mental Health issues that we work with. Our goal is to help you Change and Achieve Your Dreams
