Depression Therapists in Farmington, MN
Marilee Sonnen
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, LPC-R
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Farmington, MN 55024
I work with children, adults, couples, or families experiencing anxiety, depression, self-esteem, transitions and loss, trauma, or relationship problems.
Welcome! Are you or your child facing struggles that leave you feeling anxious, hopeless, or alone? Perhaps you're unsure of the next steps, but know you need to feel better. Everyone deserves support for navigating life's challenges, and I recognize your courage in being here today. Together, we can explore your needs and goals, find meaning, and discover new paths. With empathy and positivity, I promote dignity while providing you with knowledge and resources that will build on your strengths and improve your overall well-being.
I work with children, adults, couples, or families experiencing anxiety, depression, self-esteem, transitions and loss, trauma, or relationship problems.
Welcome! Are you or your child facing struggles that leave you feeling anxious, hopeless, or alone? Perhaps you're unsure of the next steps, but know you need to feel better. Everyone deserves support for navigating life's challenges, and I recognize your courage in being here today. Together, we can explore your needs and goals, find meaning, and discover new paths. With empathy and positivity, I promote dignity while providing you with knowledge and resources that will build on your strengths and improve your overall well-being.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or unable to feel control over your life, you are not alone. I believe most people at some time in their life are in need of support and guidance through difficult periods. Throughout the therapeutic process, it is important to me to establish a good foundation and relationship with my clients in order to share a bond of trust and acceptance. Throughout our journey, I incorporate skills which help my clients to understand themselves better, as well as give them coping strategies for relief along the way.
If you are feeling overwhelmed, depressed, or unable to feel control over your life, you are not alone. I believe most people at some time in their life are in need of support and guidance through difficult periods. Throughout the therapeutic process, it is important to me to establish a good foundation and relationship with my clients in order to share a bond of trust and acceptance. Throughout our journey, I incorporate skills which help my clients to understand themselves better, as well as give them coping strategies for relief along the way.
I have been in the counseling and psychology field for the past 20 years. I know that it is difficult to ask for help. However, people sometimes need additional support beyond their family and friends. I work with, adults and adolescents that experience low self-esteem, relationship problems, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, addiction, trauma, and have trouble regulating their emotions. If you are a parent looking for services for your child, I am a registered play therapist and I will work with your child to resolve fears, worries, sadness, and build healthy esteem and assist you in providing on-going support to your child.
I have been in the counseling and psychology field for the past 20 years. I know that it is difficult to ask for help. However, people sometimes need additional support beyond their family and friends. I work with, adults and adolescents that experience low self-esteem, relationship problems, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, addiction, trauma, and have trouble regulating their emotions. If you are a parent looking for services for your child, I am a registered play therapist and I will work with your child to resolve fears, worries, sadness, and build healthy esteem and assist you in providing on-going support to your child.
Mike A Arieta
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, LCSW, LISW, PACC
Verified Verified
Farmington, MN 55024
My partner Kristin Lindgren and I started New Path Counseling LLC to provide clinical social work services and educational assistance. I provide the clinical social work services focusing on work with adults, young adults, teens and others. I provide services based on a trauma informed approach and focus on adjustment disorder, depression, shame and guilt along with life transitions. I also provide Employee Assistance Program Services, Life Coaching and career counseling. You can also connect with me at: https://www.betterhelp.com/michael-arieta/
My partner Kristin Lindgren and I started New Path Counseling LLC to provide clinical social work services and educational assistance. I provide the clinical social work services focusing on work with adults, young adults, teens and others. I provide services based on a trauma informed approach and focus on adjustment disorder, depression, shame and guilt along with life transitions. I also provide Employee Assistance Program Services, Life Coaching and career counseling. You can also connect with me at: https://www.betterhelp.com/michael-arieta/
Heather M Hislop-Anderson
Counselor, MS, LPCC-S, CFNIP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Farmington, MN 55024
Waitlist for new clients
Using a combination of approaches, I will support your journey through anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, mood and thought disorders, and life transitions.
In life there are many things that create a sense of being stuck, something that prevents us from moving forward and living our best lives. Whether it is childhood trauma, trauma that occurred later in life, or transitions that are difficult to navigate, people often times need support in managing their symptoms. By rewiring the brain, we can find ourselves feeling less reactive and more responsive to the day to day stressors of our lives.
Using a combination of approaches, I will support your journey through anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, mood and thought disorders, and life transitions.
In life there are many things that create a sense of being stuck, something that prevents us from moving forward and living our best lives. Whether it is childhood trauma, trauma that occurred later in life, or transitions that are difficult to navigate, people often times need support in managing their symptoms. By rewiring the brain, we can find ourselves feeling less reactive and more responsive to the day to day stressors of our lives.
Sheila K Anderson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Farmington, MN 55024
Waitlist for new clients
Many of our clients are challenged with feelings of depression, anxiety, anger and/or hopelessness. They might be experiencing relational problems, having trouble managing emotions, facing major decisions, and/or simply having trouble coping with everyday life. We offer freedom and encouragement to explore possibilities for change in a nonjudgmental environment. We can help you sort out your thoughts and feelings related to your biggest stressors and empower you to take action in addressing the issues you desire to work on.
Many of our clients are challenged with feelings of depression, anxiety, anger and/or hopelessness. They might be experiencing relational problems, having trouble managing emotions, facing major decisions, and/or simply having trouble coping with everyday life. We offer freedom and encouragement to explore possibilities for change in a nonjudgmental environment. We can help you sort out your thoughts and feelings related to your biggest stressors and empower you to take action in addressing the issues you desire to work on.
Specifically, my practice includes working with a broad spectrum of clients who have anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and general stress.
As a psychologist, I believe in your ability to heal yourself and my work is grounded in this belief. I am here to help you find a path toward healing. Together we can determine what would be most helpful to your circumstances and design a plan that fits for you. It is my intent to provide a safe, therapeutic setting for you so you can approach the most painful and difficult aspects of your life in order to move toward healing your mind, body, and spirit. I consider it a privilege to be invited into that space with you.
Specifically, my practice includes working with a broad spectrum of clients who have anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and general stress.
As a psychologist, I believe in your ability to heal yourself and my work is grounded in this belief. I am here to help you find a path toward healing. Together we can determine what would be most helpful to your circumstances and design a plan that fits for you. It is my intent to provide a safe, therapeutic setting for you so you can approach the most painful and difficult aspects of your life in order to move toward healing your mind, body, and spirit. I consider it a privilege to be invited into that space with you.
Meghan Keating
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LGSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Farmington, MN 55024
Healing isn't just about alleviating symptoms; it's about fostering growth, resilience, and a renewed sense of purpose. My practice primarily focuses on providing therapy to individuals who are facing symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and loss, stress, and trauma. I provide support to adolescents and adults struggling with self-esteem, family and peer relationship issues, co-dependency, family conflict, and life transitions. Additionally, I am fully trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to support clients in healing symptoms of trauma.
Healing isn't just about alleviating symptoms; it's about fostering growth, resilience, and a renewed sense of purpose. My practice primarily focuses on providing therapy to individuals who are facing symptoms of anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief and loss, stress, and trauma. I provide support to adolescents and adults struggling with self-esteem, family and peer relationship issues, co-dependency, family conflict, and life transitions. Additionally, I am fully trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) to support clients in healing symptoms of trauma.
Are you seeking peace of mind with less triggers, increased happiness, spiritual growth or more fun in your life? I am a Holy Fire III Usui/Karuna Reiki Master Teacher and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am a creative, intuitive, inventive, grounded, and calming presence that I bring forward into my practice to help those with anxiety or depression or someone just wanting to find more of their own inner peace and enjoyment for life. I utilize Holy Fire/Usui Reiki healing, crystal healing, sound healing and intuition along with my family systems psychotherapy and certified EMDR training to provide a therapy session to get
Are you seeking peace of mind with less triggers, increased happiness, spiritual growth or more fun in your life? I am a Holy Fire III Usui/Karuna Reiki Master Teacher and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am a creative, intuitive, inventive, grounded, and calming presence that I bring forward into my practice to help those with anxiety or depression or someone just wanting to find more of their own inner peace and enjoyment for life. I utilize Holy Fire/Usui Reiki healing, crystal healing, sound healing and intuition along with my family systems psychotherapy and certified EMDR training to provide a therapy session to get
Here at Soul Guided Equine Therapy, you will find either traditional psychotherapy provided through telehealth or in person. You will also find access to a specially designed program using equine assisted psychotherapy to begin your healing journey and follow the guided path back home to you - your authentic self. It is Soul Guided's mission to aid in healing previous traumas through a new lens and scope of practice. Equine assisted psychotherapy is a nature based practice that allows for real connection and exploration of new relationships to yourself and others.
Here at Soul Guided Equine Therapy, you will find either traditional psychotherapy provided through telehealth or in person. You will also find access to a specially designed program using equine assisted psychotherapy to begin your healing journey and follow the guided path back home to you - your authentic self. It is Soul Guided's mission to aid in healing previous traumas through a new lens and scope of practice. Equine assisted psychotherapy is a nature based practice that allows for real connection and exploration of new relationships to yourself and others.
Immediate Openings. Are you feeling down, anxious, angry or unhappy? My philosophy is that "Life is too short" and for all the bad there is just as much good. Therapy helps one to start finding the good in life and making the necessary changes for that to happen. It is about learning new skills and trying on new ways of living. I feel that as a therapist I become a coach, cheerleader, supporter and confidant. You have already taken the hardest step and that is to admit that there is a problem and to seek help. I look forward to the Journey.
Immediate Openings. Are you feeling down, anxious, angry or unhappy? My philosophy is that "Life is too short" and for all the bad there is just as much good. Therapy helps one to start finding the good in life and making the necessary changes for that to happen. It is about learning new skills and trying on new ways of living. I feel that as a therapist I become a coach, cheerleader, supporter and confidant. You have already taken the hardest step and that is to admit that there is a problem and to seek help. I look forward to the Journey.
Stephanie believes in empowering her clients to value themselves, identify their strengths, engage their critical thinking skills, and develop resiliency so that they can thrive inside and outside of session.
Stephanie believes in empowering her clients to value themselves, identify their strengths, engage their critical thinking skills, and develop resiliency so that they can thrive inside and outside of session.
Kaitlyn Orzechowski
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LADC, LPCC
Verified Verified
Farmington, MN 55024
Empowerment to both adolescents and adults in making meaningful change and navigating the pivotal, but difficult moments in life occurs here. With youth/teenagers, support can be needed to empower them to manage anxiety, improve academic performance or school/peer pressure, and navigate the complexities of social lives. For adults, I provide support during life transitions, assists in strengthening relationships, and helps families create healthy dynamics. I also offer couples and family sessions to collaborate within our relationship systems.
Empowerment to both adolescents and adults in making meaningful change and navigating the pivotal, but difficult moments in life occurs here. With youth/teenagers, support can be needed to empower them to manage anxiety, improve academic performance or school/peer pressure, and navigate the complexities of social lives. For adults, I provide support during life transitions, assists in strengthening relationships, and helps families create healthy dynamics. I also offer couples and family sessions to collaborate within our relationship systems.
Tessa Fultz
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Farmington, MN 55024
Welcome! Are you going through a difficult time or feel stuck? I want to journey along side you or your child (I work with all ages) to get to a place of healing, happiness and wholeness. Whatever it is that you are looking for or needing, or maybe you don't know, and that is okay. I am here to provide a safe, calm, caring space that is judgment free so you can express yourself freely and openly and together we can figure out what will work for you. I also enjoy providing coping strategies, helping you create a "toolbox" of healthy strategies and coping tools to replace unhealthy ones you may be using to relieve stress and pain.
Welcome! Are you going through a difficult time or feel stuck? I want to journey along side you or your child (I work with all ages) to get to a place of healing, happiness and wholeness. Whatever it is that you are looking for or needing, or maybe you don't know, and that is okay. I am here to provide a safe, calm, caring space that is judgment free so you can express yourself freely and openly and together we can figure out what will work for you. I also enjoy providing coping strategies, helping you create a "toolbox" of healthy strategies and coping tools to replace unhealthy ones you may be using to relieve stress and pain.
Ever feel like your emotions are running the show? Maybe you struggle with intense anger, overwhelming sadness, or crippling anxiety. Perhaps past experiences from your childhood are influencing how you show up in your relationships with friends, family, and partners. You've been in therapy before, and while it sometimes feels helpful to talk to someone, you still feel like life is a constant battle. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone! Many people experience emotional dysregulation and don't find the relief they are looking for in traditional therapy alone. The good news is, there IS hope, and there are more options!
Ever feel like your emotions are running the show? Maybe you struggle with intense anger, overwhelming sadness, or crippling anxiety. Perhaps past experiences from your childhood are influencing how you show up in your relationships with friends, family, and partners. You've been in therapy before, and while it sometimes feels helpful to talk to someone, you still feel like life is a constant battle. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone! Many people experience emotional dysregulation and don't find the relief they are looking for in traditional therapy alone. The good news is, there IS hope, and there are more options!
Steve Severson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, CIMHP
Verified Verified
Farmington, MN 55024
I specialize in an integrated approach to treating anxiety disorders and trauma responses. Having an Integrated approach means an all-encompassing approach utilizing dietary changes, exercise, meditation, and psychotherapy techniques to build strategies that are unique to each individual. Some prefer to have time to feel comfortable with the process, others like moving towards different skills quickly to allow for more at-home practice time. Every person is different. The ideal client will be ready for change and willing to work on skills on their own time. They would also be open to both individual and group sessions.
I specialize in an integrated approach to treating anxiety disorders and trauma responses. Having an Integrated approach means an all-encompassing approach utilizing dietary changes, exercise, meditation, and psychotherapy techniques to build strategies that are unique to each individual. Some prefer to have time to feel comfortable with the process, others like moving towards different skills quickly to allow for more at-home practice time. Every person is different. The ideal client will be ready for change and willing to work on skills on their own time. They would also be open to both individual and group sessions.
Hi, I am an Art Therapist Intern at Creative Connections. I am in a master’s level dual licensure program at Adler Graduate School for mental health counseling and art therapy. I am a wife and mother to two kids and a dog. I have a background in graphic design and business management. I am good at listening and just being with people wherever they are. I also believe that laughter can be good medicine. I take a person-centered humanistic (empathetic, compassionate, and nonjudgmental) approach to therapy.
Hi, I am an Art Therapist Intern at Creative Connections. I am in a master’s level dual licensure program at Adler Graduate School for mental health counseling and art therapy. I am a wife and mother to two kids and a dog. I have a background in graphic design and business management. I am good at listening and just being with people wherever they are. I also believe that laughter can be good medicine. I take a person-centered humanistic (empathetic, compassionate, and nonjudgmental) approach to therapy.
Joey Collins
Counselor, LPCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Farmington, MN 55024
Not accepting new clients
I specialize in working with children, teenagers, adults, and families through various problems that arise. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and anger management to name a few. Over 10 years working with Autism & Aspergers. Sometimes in life, we all can feel like we need an additional person to talk to. I am here to help provide a safe and positive environment for my clients to help encourage positive change from within themselves. Call or email to start your therapeutic journey. Board approved LPCC supervisor, taking on LPCC track clinicians for private supervision as well.
I specialize in working with children, teenagers, adults, and families through various problems that arise. I have experience working with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and anger management to name a few. Over 10 years working with Autism & Aspergers. Sometimes in life, we all can feel like we need an additional person to talk to. I am here to help provide a safe and positive environment for my clients to help encourage positive change from within themselves. Call or email to start your therapeutic journey. Board approved LPCC supervisor, taking on LPCC track clinicians for private supervision as well.
Sydney Peters
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Farmington, MN 55024
Not accepting new clients
Hi! My name is Sydney and I am happy you're here. I never know what to write in these, but I'll start by saying the boring things. My concentration for my social work degree was mental health and trauma. Because of this, I approach therapy in a trauma-informed way and like to get to know the whole of a person and what makes them unique.
Hi! My name is Sydney and I am happy you're here. I never know what to write in these, but I'll start by saying the boring things. My concentration for my social work degree was mental health and trauma. Because of this, I approach therapy in a trauma-informed way and like to get to know the whole of a person and what makes them unique.
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I have doing therapy for more years than I care to say and have the wisdom of age and experience to go with it! I usually can get new clients in within 1-2 weeks and have late afternoon, evening and weekend appointments available. I see individuals, adults, couples and families. I specialize in helping those with depression, anxiety, ADHD, family conflict, relationship issues, job and career issues, trauma, sexual abuse, and stress. Renae Ludwig, MS, LPCC, LMHC
I have doing therapy for more years than I care to say and have the wisdom of age and experience to go with it! I usually can get new clients in within 1-2 weeks and have late afternoon, evening and weekend appointments available. I see individuals, adults, couples and families. I specialize in helping those with depression, anxiety, ADHD, family conflict, relationship issues, job and career issues, trauma, sexual abuse, and stress. Renae Ludwig, MS, LPCC, LMHC
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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.