Depression Therapists in 28228
I have specialized training and expertise in assisting individuals with Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Perinatal/Postpartum depression and anxiety and Trauma .
There is great potential for positive change within reach. Starting therapy is a courageous step toward that new beginning. I believe that everyone has the ability to make positive changes to bring about a more meaningful, balanced life. I offer a compassionate, nonjudgemental space to process difficult emotions and thought processes that feel heavy and burdensome. We'll work together to identify specific issues causing distress, recognize existing strengths to draw upon and develop new and effective coping strategies to reduce distress.
I have specialized training and expertise in assisting individuals with Anxiety, Mood Disorders, Perinatal/Postpartum depression and anxiety and Trauma .
There is great potential for positive change within reach. Starting therapy is a courageous step toward that new beginning. I believe that everyone has the ability to make positive changes to bring about a more meaningful, balanced life. I offer a compassionate, nonjudgemental space to process difficult emotions and thought processes that feel heavy and burdensome. We'll work together to identify specific issues causing distress, recognize existing strengths to draw upon and develop new and effective coping strategies to reduce distress.
Robert S Pennello Sr.
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCMHCS, NCC, LPC SC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28228 (Online Only)
I'm a licensed clinical supervisor and I treat all types of psychological issues, specializing in work with Individuals with Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Grief/Loss, Life Transitions, Couples and Family Therapy and Life Coaching.
Seeking out a therapist can be an intimidating venture, so I make it my priority within the first contacts to help the client feel relaxed and confident in my expertise to assist them while creating an environment of safety and trust where they can examine, experience and process their own thoughts, feelings, or anything that they deem important. As your therapist, I empathically listen while doing my best to answer any questions that may arise in therapy. This approach creates a forum where the client feels comfortable to share their struggles and helps them alleviate barriers and fosters an authentic therapeutic connection.
I'm a licensed clinical supervisor and I treat all types of psychological issues, specializing in work with Individuals with Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Grief/Loss, Life Transitions, Couples and Family Therapy and Life Coaching.
Seeking out a therapist can be an intimidating venture, so I make it my priority within the first contacts to help the client feel relaxed and confident in my expertise to assist them while creating an environment of safety and trust where they can examine, experience and process their own thoughts, feelings, or anything that they deem important. As your therapist, I empathically listen while doing my best to answer any questions that may arise in therapy. This approach creates a forum where the client feels comfortable to share their struggles and helps them alleviate barriers and fosters an authentic therapeutic connection.
In my practice, I work to provide a safe, encouraging and supportive environment to help clients effectively manage feelings of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, shame and guilt associated with past trauma and abuse. I will provide tools for coping with overwhelming feelings, and I will help guide my clients on a path of self-reflection and personal growth to help achieve the goals they set for therapy. I offer a non-judgmental environment and I welcome members of the GLBT community.
In my practice, I work to provide a safe, encouraging and supportive environment to help clients effectively manage feelings of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, shame and guilt associated with past trauma and abuse. I will provide tools for coping with overwhelming feelings, and I will help guide my clients on a path of self-reflection and personal growth to help achieve the goals they set for therapy. I offer a non-judgmental environment and I welcome members of the GLBT community.
Dr. Sarah M. Whitmire
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT-S, LCMHC-S
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28228
I have provided mental health services since 2004 and have worked in a variety of mental health settings such as: psychiatric hospitals, corrections facilities, residential treatment, and private practice. At my current private practice, I provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy for children, teens, and adults in the Charlotte area. My specializations include: individual issues related to anxiety, crossdressing, depression, grief & loss, stress management, and trauma; couple & marital issues related to communication, infidelity, and co-parenting; and play & filial therapy for children and their families.
I have provided mental health services since 2004 and have worked in a variety of mental health settings such as: psychiatric hospitals, corrections facilities, residential treatment, and private practice. At my current private practice, I provide individual, couples, and family psychotherapy for children, teens, and adults in the Charlotte area. My specializations include: individual issues related to anxiety, crossdressing, depression, grief & loss, stress management, and trauma; couple & marital issues related to communication, infidelity, and co-parenting; and play & filial therapy for children and their families.
New South Counseling Group: Rachel Dunning
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, NCC, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Charlotte, NC 28228
I specialize in helping women who feel disconnected from themselves and their bodies find safe, healthy reconnection. My clients specifically experience this disconnection in the forms of eating issues, eating disorders, body image pain, low self-esteem and frequent (or even constant) mental obsession with how bad they think their bodies and selves are. They want something new and different, but often don't see 'new and different' as possible, sustainable or corrective to what they perceive are their flaws. Have you felt this way before? Do you feel this way now?
I specialize in helping women who feel disconnected from themselves and their bodies find safe, healthy reconnection. My clients specifically experience this disconnection in the forms of eating issues, eating disorders, body image pain, low self-esteem and frequent (or even constant) mental obsession with how bad they think their bodies and selves are. They want something new and different, but often don't see 'new and different' as possible, sustainable or corrective to what they perceive are their flaws. Have you felt this way before? Do you feel this way now?
Lepa Modie LCSW, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCBT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28228
Waitlist for new clients
My practice is based on the premise that what we think directly affects what we feel, which in turn effects how we act. The work we do together will focus very much on this process and personal goal attainment. When helpful, you can expect to engage in some integrative and energy healing work designed to help those who struggle with verbal expression of thoughts and feelings, as well as to encourage insight and healing through a energetic means.
My practice is based on the premise that what we think directly affects what we feel, which in turn effects how we act. The work we do together will focus very much on this process and personal goal attainment. When helpful, you can expect to engage in some integrative and energy healing work designed to help those who struggle with verbal expression of thoughts and feelings, as well as to encourage insight and healing through a energetic means.
Kristi Knox
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MA, LCMHC
Verified Verified
Charlotte, NC 28228
I have a vested interest and the expertise of 20+ years to help patients improve self-esteem, self-worth, & mood symptoms, as well as navigate the complexities of relationships and trauma. Whether you have been in therapy extensively throughout the years or are a beginning client, you may have emotional, interpersonal, thinking and behavioral patterns you would like to make significant and lasting changes to. This is why treatment with me spans several research based stages including skill building; accessing internal resources for bringing about change; and accessing and changing neural networks to bring about healing.
I have a vested interest and the expertise of 20+ years to help patients improve self-esteem, self-worth, & mood symptoms, as well as navigate the complexities of relationships and trauma. Whether you have been in therapy extensively throughout the years or are a beginning client, you may have emotional, interpersonal, thinking and behavioral patterns you would like to make significant and lasting changes to. This is why treatment with me spans several research based stages including skill building; accessing internal resources for bringing about change; and accessing and changing neural networks to bring about healing.
Robert C Faucette
Psychologist, PhD, PLLC
Verified Verified
Charlotte, NC 28228
Waitlist for new clients
Hello. I'm a clinical psychologist who has practiced in the Charlotte area since 1994. I am semi-retired and keep a small caseload. I primarily provide psychological services to children, adolescents, and their families, but I see an occasional adult as well. In addition to providing counseling services, I conduct comprehensive psychological and psycho-educational evaluations that help in making confident diagnoses and help to direct treatment and/or educational decisions.
Hello. I'm a clinical psychologist who has practiced in the Charlotte area since 1994. I am semi-retired and keep a small caseload. I primarily provide psychological services to children, adolescents, and their families, but I see an occasional adult as well. In addition to providing counseling services, I conduct comprehensive psychological and psycho-educational evaluations that help in making confident diagnoses and help to direct treatment and/or educational decisions.
Stacey Ward
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28228
Waitlist for new clients
I am a LCSW who has been providing therapy services for nine years. I am committed to providing a safe and supportive environment that promotes healing and will encourage personal growth, self empowerment and self-fulfillment.
I am a LCSW who has been providing therapy services for nine years. I am committed to providing a safe and supportive environment that promotes healing and will encourage personal growth, self empowerment and self-fulfillment.
Morgan Enright
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LPC-S, AAMFT-S, LMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Charlotte, NC 28228
Dr. Morgan Enright has been helping individuals, couples, and families over the last decade find health and wholeness. As co-founder of One:12 Counseling, he is passionate about helping people become emotionally and spiritually healthy as individuals as well as in their relationships, working with: couples to develop healthy communication, process anger and disappointment, heal from past hurt, and deal with sexual intimacy difficulties; families in turmoil to be able to heal and reconnect; adolescents and young adults to develop healthy life skills, positive goals, and foster their identity in Christ; men who struggle with pornography and sexual addiction to find freedom and wholeness.
Dr. Morgan Enright has been helping individuals, couples, and families over the last decade find health and wholeness. As co-founder of One:12 Counseling, he is passionate about helping people become emotionally and spiritually healthy as individuals as well as in their relationships, working with: couples to develop healthy communication, process anger and disappointment, heal from past hurt, and deal with sexual intimacy difficulties; families in turmoil to be able to heal and reconnect; adolescents and young adults to develop healthy life skills, positive goals, and foster their identity in Christ; men who struggle with pornography and sexual addiction to find freedom and wholeness.
Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.