Depression Therapists in La Verne, CA
I specialize in working with a broad range of wellness concerns, including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, church hurt (Christian), faith/spirituality-related worries, and couples/marriage distress.
My name is MaryCollette Ukattah, better known as Mary. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I create a safe, non-judgmental space to explore yourself, your relationships, experiences, beliefs, and hopes. Everyone has a purpose, and I strive to inspire the discovery of your unique purpose. I encourage you to bring your whole self to therapy. Therapy should be a space where you can show up authentically without any fear of judgment. It should be a space where you feel heard, affirmed, and challenged. That is my approach to therapy.
I specialize in working with a broad range of wellness concerns, including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, church hurt (Christian), faith/spirituality-related worries, and couples/marriage distress.
My name is MaryCollette Ukattah, better known as Mary. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I create a safe, non-judgmental space to explore yourself, your relationships, experiences, beliefs, and hopes. Everyone has a purpose, and I strive to inspire the discovery of your unique purpose. I encourage you to bring your whole self to therapy. Therapy should be a space where you can show up authentically without any fear of judgment. It should be a space where you feel heard, affirmed, and challenged. That is my approach to therapy.
Tricia C. Dela Cruz
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
La Verne, CA 91750 (Online Only)
Whether we are working on navigating stress, parenting or addressing depression/anxiety, I use a client-centered and goal-focused approach, drawing tools from different types of therapy.
We all go through difficulties at one point or another in our lives. It is natural to seek out connection and validation when we feel vulnerable. Rather than navigating these challenges on your own, therapy provides an opportunity where you can get support and learn new ways of coping to make meaningful changes in your life. In therapy, I create a supportive and safe space to help individuals process their current struggles and share their personal experiences in order to find healing and transformation.
Whether we are working on navigating stress, parenting or addressing depression/anxiety, I use a client-centered and goal-focused approach, drawing tools from different types of therapy.
We all go through difficulties at one point or another in our lives. It is natural to seek out connection and validation when we feel vulnerable. Rather than navigating these challenges on your own, therapy provides an opportunity where you can get support and learn new ways of coping to make meaningful changes in your life. In therapy, I create a supportive and safe space to help individuals process their current struggles and share their personal experiences in order to find healing and transformation.
We live in a world with a tremendous amount of people who feel alone, unheard, invalidated, tired, depressed, disconnected and anxious. Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful parts of us. Many are emerging from very unhealthy relationships with themselves or others and often seek complete rewiring of their relationship patterns. I help create a space where I not only help you feel heard and validated, but also work towards the goal of finding healthy and effective solutions. I look forward to working with you.
We live in a world with a tremendous amount of people who feel alone, unheard, invalidated, tired, depressed, disconnected and anxious. Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful parts of us. Many are emerging from very unhealthy relationships with themselves or others and often seek complete rewiring of their relationship patterns. I help create a space where I not only help you feel heard and validated, but also work towards the goal of finding healthy and effective solutions. I look forward to working with you.
Greg Petropoulos
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
La Verne, CA 91750 (Online Only)
This includes depression, anxiety, loss, grief, feeling "stuck" or lost, PTSD, just to name a few.
I'm excited to have the opportunity to work with you. I look forward to meeting you and discussing your wants and needs. I believe most "problems and issues" are more managable than we know, and our lives are more incredible than we believe. How about finding out!
This includes depression, anxiety, loss, grief, feeling "stuck" or lost, PTSD, just to name a few.
I'm excited to have the opportunity to work with you. I look forward to meeting you and discussing your wants and needs. I believe most "problems and issues" are more managable than we know, and our lives are more incredible than we believe. How about finding out!
Hello, my name is Eric Miklusicak. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, along with an M.A. in Psychology/Counseling, I am a ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional. I am a ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional. Anxiety and Depression can stem from work, relationships, health, and/or addiction. I believe that emotional regulation can depend on our understanding of how our brain interprets experiences.
Hello, my name is Eric Miklusicak. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, along with an M.A. in Psychology/Counseling, I am a ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional. I am a ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional. Anxiety and Depression can stem from work, relationships, health, and/or addiction. I believe that emotional regulation can depend on our understanding of how our brain interprets experiences.
Erika Self
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
La Verne, CA 91750 (Online Only)
I have extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families whose lives have been negatively impacted by mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder), substance dependence/abuse (drugs, alcohol), and eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder).
Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed-out in your relationship? Do you sometimes find yourself drinking/smoking/eating to cope? Are you and your partner having the same argument over and over? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, you're in the right place. You want to understand why these pattern keep happening. You want to learn how to cope with feelings like anxiety, sadness, and anger so you can be more present. You want to learn how to identify and express your feelings and needs more effectively to build more emotional intimacy with your partner/s. You're ready for a change.
I have extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families whose lives have been negatively impacted by mood disorders (depression, bipolar disorder), substance dependence/abuse (drugs, alcohol), and eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder).
Are you feeling overwhelmed and stressed-out in your relationship? Do you sometimes find yourself drinking/smoking/eating to cope? Are you and your partner having the same argument over and over? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, you're in the right place. You want to understand why these pattern keep happening. You want to learn how to cope with feelings like anxiety, sadness, and anger so you can be more present. You want to learn how to identify and express your feelings and needs more effectively to build more emotional intimacy with your partner/s. You're ready for a change.
I work with clients who experience depression and anxiety and enjoy helping people see the light at the end of the tunnel (because I promise it is there).
Hi, I'm Melissa Vaswani, LMFT. I've been practicing therapy for 18 years, and my mission has always been to make a positive impact and enable people to make meaningful changes in their lives. I use a therapeutic method based on my client's unique needs. I have a background in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and enjoy using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. However, I don't limit myself to CBT. I constantly endeavor to meet every individual client where they are and adapt accordingly.
I work with clients who experience depression and anxiety and enjoy helping people see the light at the end of the tunnel (because I promise it is there).
Hi, I'm Melissa Vaswani, LMFT. I've been practicing therapy for 18 years, and my mission has always been to make a positive impact and enable people to make meaningful changes in their lives. I use a therapeutic method based on my client's unique needs. I have a background in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and enjoy using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. However, I don't limit myself to CBT. I constantly endeavor to meet every individual client where they are and adapt accordingly.
Cheryl Perrell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
La Verne, CA 91750 (Online Only)
Hello! My name is Cheryl Perrell and I am a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is passionate about helping others live purposeful and fulfilling lives. I can provide therapy in both English and Spanish and specialize in working with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Some of the treatment modalities I like to use but are not limited to are Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I thrive to establish a safe therapeutic relationship with clients who have experienced trauma and difficult life circumstances.
Hello! My name is Cheryl Perrell and I am a bilingual Licensed Clinical Social Worker who is passionate about helping others live purposeful and fulfilling lives. I can provide therapy in both English and Spanish and specialize in working with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and relationship challenges. Some of the treatment modalities I like to use but are not limited to are Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I thrive to establish a safe therapeutic relationship with clients who have experienced trauma and difficult life circumstances.
Brianne Ballard
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
La Verne, CA 91750 (Online Only)
My name is Brianne Ballard and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in La Verne, California while working with clients statewide via telehealth. I work with adults that are in all phases of life to help cope with transitions, anxiety, depression, parenting, women's issues, past trauma, and relational issues to name a few. I help guide you in finding what you need out of therapy to be in a more mindful, authentic, and peaceful state.
My name is Brianne Ballard and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in La Verne, California while working with clients statewide via telehealth. I work with adults that are in all phases of life to help cope with transitions, anxiety, depression, parenting, women's issues, past trauma, and relational issues to name a few. I help guide you in finding what you need out of therapy to be in a more mindful, authentic, and peaceful state.
Hi there! My name is Shannon Polee and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have clinical experience providing CBT, Humanistic therapy, Motivational interviewing, and Solution-focused treatment, which allows me to honor and encourage individuality, authenticity, and self-determination. My specialties include helping adults with difficult life transitions/adjustment, stress management, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, race issues, grief and loss, and building self-esteem.
Hi there! My name is Shannon Polee and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I have clinical experience providing CBT, Humanistic therapy, Motivational interviewing, and Solution-focused treatment, which allows me to honor and encourage individuality, authenticity, and self-determination. My specialties include helping adults with difficult life transitions/adjustment, stress management, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, race issues, grief and loss, and building self-esteem.
Maria Figueroa, LCSW 118205 I am dedicated to empowering and supporting others reach their mental health goals through the use of a variety of evidence-based practices, a holistic approach, and humor. My focus areas of practice include anxiety, depression, adjustment and life transitions, self-esteem, stress, and trauma. My focus areas of practice include anxiety, depression, adjustment and life transitions, self-esteem, stress, and trauma.
Maria Figueroa, LCSW 118205 I am dedicated to empowering and supporting others reach their mental health goals through the use of a variety of evidence-based practices, a holistic approach, and humor. My focus areas of practice include anxiety, depression, adjustment and life transitions, self-esteem, stress, and trauma. My focus areas of practice include anxiety, depression, adjustment and life transitions, self-esteem, stress, and trauma.
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To know and to be known authentically is a human desire. But there are times that we are misunderstood, not cared for properly, and plain old hurt in the process of vulnerability. We begin to spiral with thoughts and emotions that lead to depression, anxiety, anger, hopelessness, sadness. Together we can unpack where these emotions are coming from and learn to care for these feelings.
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Hi! I'm Laura Simmons, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. My approach to therapy is collaborative and tailored to my client's specific needs/ learning style. My focus areas of practice are adult individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, and other life stressors. I prefer to foster a collaborative relationship with clients and support them in feeling empowered to take an active role in their treatment planning. I utilize an eclectic approach that includes motivational interviewing, solution-focused, person-centered, mindfulness, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, and narrative therapy.
Hi! I'm Laura Simmons, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California. My approach to therapy is collaborative and tailored to my client's specific needs/ learning style. My focus areas of practice are adult individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, and other life stressors. I prefer to foster a collaborative relationship with clients and support them in feeling empowered to take an active role in their treatment planning. I utilize an eclectic approach that includes motivational interviewing, solution-focused, person-centered, mindfulness, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, and narrative therapy.
Emmanuel Torres
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
La Verne, CA 91750 (Online Only)
I specialize in working with individuals dealing with: Depression, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Men’s issues, Self-esteem, Sport performance issues, Life transitions, Grief/loss and stressors in the work field.
Welcome to my page and congratulations on taking the next step. As we all know, life brings us different experiences and stressors. Such stressors can affect how we function at work, school, within our relationships and within our selves. Allow me to work with you during this time of difficulty. My therapeutic style is tailored to the individual and their strengths while using the following approaches: strength based, solution focus, and mindfulness. I truly believe that with the right coaching, processing and guidance, we are able to overcome many of our life stressors.
I specialize in working with individuals dealing with: Depression, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Men’s issues, Self-esteem, Sport performance issues, Life transitions, Grief/loss and stressors in the work field.
Welcome to my page and congratulations on taking the next step. As we all know, life brings us different experiences and stressors. Such stressors can affect how we function at work, school, within our relationships and within our selves. Allow me to work with you during this time of difficulty. My therapeutic style is tailored to the individual and their strengths while using the following approaches: strength based, solution focus, and mindfulness. I truly believe that with the right coaching, processing and guidance, we are able to overcome many of our life stressors.
Aloha, Are you or your loved ones struggling with anxiety, depression, or chronic pain? Do you find yourself compulsively eating, drinking, working, or seeking relationships in order to fill the inner void? Do you and your partner sometimes get caught in a negative interaction pattern that prevents you from experiencing love and intimacy? I have years of education, training, and clinical experiences to help you process painful emotions, learn new skills, and find new ways of connecting with self, others, and the world. I am licensed in Hawaii and California to see clients from both states.
Aloha, Are you or your loved ones struggling with anxiety, depression, or chronic pain? Do you find yourself compulsively eating, drinking, working, or seeking relationships in order to fill the inner void? Do you and your partner sometimes get caught in a negative interaction pattern that prevents you from experiencing love and intimacy? I have years of education, training, and clinical experiences to help you process painful emotions, learn new skills, and find new ways of connecting with self, others, and the world. I am licensed in Hawaii and California to see clients from both states.
Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working with individuals from various backgrounds, helping them navigate the challenges of depression, anxiety, and stress.
My name is Maria A. Gonzalez, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) working with clients statewide via telehealth. As a dedicated mental health therapist, I am deeply committed to supporting individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, and stress. Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focus therapy and mindfulness training allows me to help my clients make progress and start feeling better.
Throughout my career, I have had the privilege of working with individuals from various backgrounds, helping them navigate the challenges of depression, anxiety, and stress.
My name is Maria A. Gonzalez, and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) working with clients statewide via telehealth. As a dedicated mental health therapist, I am deeply committed to supporting individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, and stress. Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focus therapy and mindfulness training allows me to help my clients make progress and start feeling better.
These methods work well in helping clients dealing with anxiety, depression and trauma learn adaptive skills to regulate emotions, increase self-awareness, improve interpersonal relationships and learn to tolerate stressful situations.
I am a compassionate and experienced Psychologist with a strong background in relationship therapy. I provide a therapy that is active, warm and at the same time challenging enough to help you achieve your goals and reach enjoyment in your life. For 20 years, I have helped couples and individuals overcome the obstacles in their relationships and come to a new understanding of their choices and circumstances.
These methods work well in helping clients dealing with anxiety, depression and trauma learn adaptive skills to regulate emotions, increase self-awareness, improve interpersonal relationships and learn to tolerate stressful situations.
I am a compassionate and experienced Psychologist with a strong background in relationship therapy. I provide a therapy that is active, warm and at the same time challenging enough to help you achieve your goals and reach enjoyment in your life. For 20 years, I have helped couples and individuals overcome the obstacles in their relationships and come to a new understanding of their choices and circumstances.
I struggled immensly with anxiety and depression for many years. In my teens and twenties I was in and out of emergency rooms because of panic attacks. In 1997 I started studying mindfulness meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn and everything changed from that point forward. Once I learned how to have better control over my thoughts and emotions, anxiety and depression became much easier to deal with. I became a therapist and mindfulness teacher to help others gain the same skills.
I struggled immensly with anxiety and depression for many years. In my teens and twenties I was in and out of emergency rooms because of panic attacks. In 1997 I started studying mindfulness meditation with Jon Kabat-Zinn and everything changed from that point forward. Once I learned how to have better control over my thoughts and emotions, anxiety and depression became much easier to deal with. I became a therapist and mindfulness teacher to help others gain the same skills.
I am a psychologist specializing in behavioral interventions for anxiety, trauma, and depression. I obtained my PhD from UCLA in 2012 after working in the Anxiety Disorders Research Center. I then completed my clinical internship and a postdoctoral research fellowship at the National Center for PTSD in the VA Boston Healthcare system while a fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine. In addition to my practice, I am currently an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of La Verne.
I am a psychologist specializing in behavioral interventions for anxiety, trauma, and depression. I obtained my PhD from UCLA in 2012 after working in the Anxiety Disorders Research Center. I then completed my clinical internship and a postdoctoral research fellowship at the National Center for PTSD in the VA Boston Healthcare system while a fellow at Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine. In addition to my practice, I am currently an Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of La Verne.
Interactive solution-based therapy services are provided in an accepting and caring environment. If you are experiencing difficulty in a marriage or relationship, are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, sad, lonely or depressed, anxious, or experiencing frustrations of parenting you will receive help identifying alternatives. I will support you as you learn to live more in alignment with what is most important to you. With increased insight you may feel an increased sense of control over your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Together, we will work toward your quest for improvement and happiness.
Interactive solution-based therapy services are provided in an accepting and caring environment. If you are experiencing difficulty in a marriage or relationship, are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, sad, lonely or depressed, anxious, or experiencing frustrations of parenting you will receive help identifying alternatives. I will support you as you learn to live more in alignment with what is most important to you. With increased insight you may feel an increased sense of control over your feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Together, we will work toward your quest for improvement and happiness.
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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.