As a St. Louis therapist, I provide depression treatment and counseling. I understand how you feel and would like to help you with your depression. I take a holistic approach to treating depression. I can help you understand your depression, learn healthy ways to boost your mood, and how to treat it with or without the use of medication.
Are you feeling sad all the time? Have you lost interest in things you once enjoyed? Are you having a hard time dealing with stress? Depression is a mental illness and it’s more than feeling sad.
What is Depression?
Depression is feeling intense sadness that last for several days, weeks, or months that keeps a person from functioning properly. When people are depressed they may also feel helpless, hopeless, and worthless. Depression can be triggered by stress, hormonal changes, genetics, emotional setbacks, tragedies, or gender.
Depression is nothing to be ashamed about. The sooner you recognize that you have depression, the faster you can overcome it.
Warning Signs of Depression
According to WebMD, the following are warning signs for depression:
- A sense of restlessness
- Feeling fatigued or having a loss of energy almost everyday
- Having a depressed mood most of the day
- Impaired concentration
- Insomnia/hypersomnia
- Lack of interest in activities you once enjoyed
- Recurring thoughts of death or suicide
- Significant weight loss or weight gain
Symptoms
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the following are common symptoms of depression. However, nobody experiences depression the same or has the same symptoms.
- Difficulty concentrating or making decisions
- Fatigue or decreased energy
- Feeling of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness
- Feeling sad, anxious, or empty
- Insomnia
- Loss in interest in activities you once enjoyed
- Loss of pleasure in life
- Persistent aches and pains that are not fixed with treatment
- Restlessness
- Severe weight gain or loss
- Thoughts of suicide/attempting to commit suicide
If you want to know if you have depression, take the Depression Quiz.
Counseling and Treatment
I use a variety of therapeutic techniques to help my clients manage and treat their depression. (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Positive Psychology, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Mindfulness Therapy to name a few.). I focus on what triggers you to feel intensely sad and how by changing your thoughts, resolving past trauma, and improving your relationships, you can overcome depression.
Call Kelly O’Donnell Counseling today at 314-643-8224 to discuss your depression.