Depression Therapists in East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN

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Bruce E Fischer
Psychologist, PhD, LP, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408  (Online Only)
I work with all types of addictions, depression, anxiety, personality disorders and grief.
I've been working with adults and teens for over 47 years. My approach is empathic, direct, and thoughtful. Given I have a wide background in my training, I adapt my therapeutic approach to your needs. I find that effective therapy is a collaborative approach where we work together to understand your concerns, their origins and most importantly what can be done to bring about both the internal and behavioral changes that will be beneficial to you. My goal in therapy is to help integrate your shame and vulnerabilities into a healthy identity grounded in self-esteem and pride.
I work with all types of addictions, depression, anxiety, personality disorders and grief.
I've been working with adults and teens for over 47 years. My approach is empathic, direct, and thoughtful. Given I have a wide background in my training, I adapt my therapeutic approach to your needs. I find that effective therapy is a collaborative approach where we work together to understand your concerns, their origins and most importantly what can be done to bring about both the internal and behavioral changes that will be beneficial to you. My goal in therapy is to help integrate your shame and vulnerabilities into a healthy identity grounded in self-esteem and pride.
(612) 223-7345 View (612) 223-7345
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Jan l Smith
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Welcome to my practice. For the past 20 years, I have worked with adults of varying ages who experience depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, grief and loss, and relationship difficulties. I work to foster a safe, warm, and trusting therapeutic environment. I also work with graduate and undergraduate students at a major university who experience depression, anxiety, relationship and career concerns.
Welcome to my practice. For the past 20 years, I have worked with adults of varying ages who experience depression, anxiety, trauma recovery, grief and loss, and relationship difficulties. I work to foster a safe, warm, and trusting therapeutic environment. I also work with graduate and undergraduate students at a major university who experience depression, anxiety, relationship and career concerns.
(612) 261-1436 View (612) 261-1436
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Larry Suess
Psychologist, MA, LP
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
You can grow through crisis and challenge! As a psychologist and family therapist I am interested in the family dynamics that have contributed to the issues my clients are facing. I'm especially interested in couples' issues because it's such a challenge to live with someone who inevitably brings up your issues. I'm a seasoned therapist, originally trained as a music therapist, who works with a wide range of issues from personal coaching to parenting, from depression/anxiety to spiritual growth. My view is that every crisis and difficult issue is an opportunity for personal growth.
You can grow through crisis and challenge! As a psychologist and family therapist I am interested in the family dynamics that have contributed to the issues my clients are facing. I'm especially interested in couples' issues because it's such a challenge to live with someone who inevitably brings up your issues. I'm a seasoned therapist, originally trained as a music therapist, who works with a wide range of issues from personal coaching to parenting, from depression/anxiety to spiritual growth. My view is that every crisis and difficult issue is an opportunity for personal growth.
(612) 293-7041 View (612) 293-7041
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Bryan Ellingson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Psychodynamic therapy explores how thoughts and feelings that may be outside of our awareness can cause problems such as relationship difficulties, unmet potential, anxiety, depression, low self esteem and other challenges.
Lasting change is possible through a therapeutic relationship that is safe, collaborative, nonjudgmental, and engenders openness and trust. Our work together also values your uniqueness and specific goals. The client-therapist relationship is a chance to try new ways of thinking and feeling, being heard, understood and knowing yourself in a profound, new way.
Psychodynamic therapy explores how thoughts and feelings that may be outside of our awareness can cause problems such as relationship difficulties, unmet potential, anxiety, depression, low self esteem and other challenges.
Lasting change is possible through a therapeutic relationship that is safe, collaborative, nonjudgmental, and engenders openness and trust. Our work together also values your uniqueness and specific goals. The client-therapist relationship is a chance to try new ways of thinking and feeling, being heard, understood and knowing yourself in a profound, new way.
(612) 568-8670 View (612) 568-8670
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Rileigh Coyle
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Waitlist for new clients
I have experience providing individual and family therapy with clients ranging in age from early childhood through middle adulthood who experience a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity exploration, trauma, attachment injuries, relational challenges, as well as academic and career concerns.
Hi there! I'm Rileigh (she/her/hers). I utilize a person-centered, collaborative approach to therapy and view clients as the experts of their lives. My role involves supporting exploration, self-awareness, and growth toward the goals clients bring into the therapeutic space. I recognize that life is complex and context matters. With an open and curious mindset, my clients and I often consider how identities, cultures, relationships, environments, and systems are connected to their lives and concerns.
I have experience providing individual and family therapy with clients ranging in age from early childhood through middle adulthood who experience a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity exploration, trauma, attachment injuries, relational challenges, as well as academic and career concerns.
Hi there! I'm Rileigh (she/her/hers). I utilize a person-centered, collaborative approach to therapy and view clients as the experts of their lives. My role involves supporting exploration, self-awareness, and growth toward the goals clients bring into the therapeutic space. I recognize that life is complex and context matters. With an open and curious mindset, my clients and I often consider how identities, cultures, relationships, environments, and systems are connected to their lives and concerns.
(612) 429-5196 View (612) 429-5196
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Kait Nolte
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSW, LGSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
While I work with a variety of individuals who identify as having a mood disorder, like anxiety or depression, my focus is on finding the root of these symptoms and supporting you in feeling empowered to cope with life's stressors.
My approach to therapy is relational, attachment focused, systems based, and trauma informed as I believe how we experience the world is through an eclectic lens of our relational and developmental histories, genetic and biological make-up, experiences with others, and the communities in which we live. I believe that sometimes healing is best ignited through connection, support, and exploration. I practice primarily with adult individuals, families, and couples navigating the effects of stress, PTSD/trauma, identity exploration and self-esteem, life transitions, oppression, and dual-diagnosis.
While I work with a variety of individuals who identify as having a mood disorder, like anxiety or depression, my focus is on finding the root of these symptoms and supporting you in feeling empowered to cope with life's stressors.
My approach to therapy is relational, attachment focused, systems based, and trauma informed as I believe how we experience the world is through an eclectic lens of our relational and developmental histories, genetic and biological make-up, experiences with others, and the communities in which we live. I believe that sometimes healing is best ignited through connection, support, and exploration. I practice primarily with adult individuals, families, and couples navigating the effects of stress, PTSD/trauma, identity exploration and self-esteem, life transitions, oppression, and dual-diagnosis.
(651) 615-4657 View (651) 615-4657
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Audrey Adarna
Pre-Licensed Professional, MSW, LGSW
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
I work with teenagers and adults (16 years and older), whose experiences may include trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, systems involvement, and/or experiencing or engaging in interpersonal harm.
I work with teenagers and adults (16 years and older), whose experiences may include trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, systems involvement, and/or experiencing or engaging in interpersonal harm.
(612) 712-8974 View (612) 712-8974
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Hope Z White
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
However, areas of special focus include parent development, adolescent development and mental health, couple's and family relationships, trauma, shame, regret and remorse, self esteem, addictions, parenting, life transitions, depression and anxiety.
Life is difficult. Feeling better is possible. We all have the right and the ability to feel some peace and acceptance about our lives; the things we can control and the things we can not. We may often believe the negative thoughts we have (that we often make up) and act accordingly. You can change your life, your outlook and the way you think and feel about yourself and your relationships. I believe changes and growth occur when an individual is able to challenge their thoughts, examine their perspectives and learn how to be true to themselves.
However, areas of special focus include parent development, adolescent development and mental health, couple's and family relationships, trauma, shame, regret and remorse, self esteem, addictions, parenting, life transitions, depression and anxiety.
Life is difficult. Feeling better is possible. We all have the right and the ability to feel some peace and acceptance about our lives; the things we can control and the things we can not. We may often believe the negative thoughts we have (that we often make up) and act accordingly. You can change your life, your outlook and the way you think and feel about yourself and your relationships. I believe changes and growth occur when an individual is able to challenge their thoughts, examine their perspectives and learn how to be true to themselves.
(651) 560-3646 View (651) 560-3646
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Sam Trewick
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Waitlist for new clients
I feel deeply connected with people who struggle to feel safe, worthy, and like they belong. I specialize in working with queer folks, trauma, anxiety and depression, body shame, high sensitivity, and an overall feeling of being stuck.
I feel deeply connected with people who struggle to feel safe, worthy, and like they belong. I specialize in working with queer folks, trauma, anxiety and depression, body shame, high sensitivity, and an overall feeling of being stuck.
(651) 412-3201 View (651) 412-3201
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Doug Perry
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly". The therapeutic relationship is a partnership between two people who endeavor to co-create change. I have helped clients examine a wide range of issues (relational conflict, workplace difficulties, eating disorders, body image distress, addictions, trauma, spirituality, gender identity, aging, grief and loss, and sexual orientation). We will work together to alleviate your most pressing problems as well as develop a fuller understanding of the underlying issues that keep you stuck in emotional patterns that limit your capacity to enjoy the quality of life you desire.
"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly". The therapeutic relationship is a partnership between two people who endeavor to co-create change. I have helped clients examine a wide range of issues (relational conflict, workplace difficulties, eating disorders, body image distress, addictions, trauma, spirituality, gender identity, aging, grief and loss, and sexual orientation). We will work together to alleviate your most pressing problems as well as develop a fuller understanding of the underlying issues that keep you stuck in emotional patterns that limit your capacity to enjoy the quality of life you desire.
(612) 294-7684 View (612) 294-7684
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Chad Bolstrom
Counselor, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Do you feel like you have limited choices and options in your life? Have you lost your balance? In my work, I have the privilege to help others explore the choices obscured to them that are often close at hand. Through a combination of talk and experiential approach we will work through multiple dimensions of mind-body to rediscover the well-being innate within you.
Do you feel like you have limited choices and options in your life? Have you lost your balance? In my work, I have the privilege to help others explore the choices obscured to them that are often close at hand. Through a combination of talk and experiential approach we will work through multiple dimensions of mind-body to rediscover the well-being innate within you.
(612) 223-7460 View (612) 223-7460
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Stacy Rankin Greco
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Through the process of psychotherapy, I work together with my clients to help them: develop a better understanding of their histories, triggers and patterns in order to get unstuck and create new endings to old stories; build coping skills and capacity for resiliency in order to face stressors and fears that are blocking growth; learn to live authentically in order to create a life congruent with what matters to them. I feel passionate about my work. I always hope to help people realize their worth and competency so they can feel empowered to take charge of their lives and live with more purpose and fulfillment.
Through the process of psychotherapy, I work together with my clients to help them: develop a better understanding of their histories, triggers and patterns in order to get unstuck and create new endings to old stories; build coping skills and capacity for resiliency in order to face stressors and fears that are blocking growth; learn to live authentically in order to create a life congruent with what matters to them. I feel passionate about my work. I always hope to help people realize their worth and competency so they can feel empowered to take charge of their lives and live with more purpose and fulfillment.
(612) 294-8651 View (612) 294-8651
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Dale L Bolger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, ASW, LLMSW, LGSW
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
As an openly polyamorous-queer-gender expansive person, I’ve spent most of my life experiencing microaggressions & unlearning the cisnormative & hetronormative messages that constantly tell us we are defective, broken, or unwanted. They are wrong! We are fabulous, vibrant & deserving, of all the gifts the world has to offer. I became a therapist to share what I’ve learned, bring healing, & advocate for queer/trans youth, young adults & their families while working for social justice & full inclusion into society. Our work will be in a safe, affirming space so we can collaborate to create & implement a road map to your recovery.
As an openly polyamorous-queer-gender expansive person, I’ve spent most of my life experiencing microaggressions & unlearning the cisnormative & hetronormative messages that constantly tell us we are defective, broken, or unwanted. They are wrong! We are fabulous, vibrant & deserving, of all the gifts the world has to offer. I became a therapist to share what I’ve learned, bring healing, & advocate for queer/trans youth, young adults & their families while working for social justice & full inclusion into society. Our work will be in a safe, affirming space so we can collaborate to create & implement a road map to your recovery.
(763) 314-1900 View (763) 314-1900
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Kate Daly
Psychologist, MA, LP
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Together we attend to concerns and uncertainties, “what ifs”, and possibilities for enduring change. We work with intention to make possible the softening of stress, fear, or worry. We watch for the budding return of relief, clarity, ease, and hope. Potential shifts make possible the lessening of physical symptoms, as well as allowing for fear to settle; for intimacy, creativity, and inspiration to flourish; for thinking to clear and decisions to be made, action taken, and a deep sense of aliveness felt.
Together we attend to concerns and uncertainties, “what ifs”, and possibilities for enduring change. We work with intention to make possible the softening of stress, fear, or worry. We watch for the budding return of relief, clarity, ease, and hope. Potential shifts make possible the lessening of physical symptoms, as well as allowing for fear to settle; for intimacy, creativity, and inspiration to flourish; for thinking to clear and decisions to be made, action taken, and a deep sense of aliveness felt.
(612) 619-2878 View (612) 619-2878
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Madison Massoth
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LGSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
I love working with adults across the life span. I value the importance of empathy, connection, and understanding within the therapeutic relationship. I utilize a relational and strengths-based approach. I work to help clients develop skills to improve their ability to cope with and manage ongoing life stressors. I am an experienced clinician, LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, who has experience working with trauma, anger, sexuality, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, effective communication, relationships, and attachment-based issues.
I love working with adults across the life span. I value the importance of empathy, connection, and understanding within the therapeutic relationship. I utilize a relational and strengths-based approach. I work to help clients develop skills to improve their ability to cope with and manage ongoing life stressors. I am an experienced clinician, LGBTQ+ affirming therapist, who has experience working with trauma, anger, sexuality, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, ADHD, effective communication, relationships, and attachment-based issues.
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Julie Tilsen
Psychologist, MA, LP, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408  (Online Only)
I offer therapy that focuses on what matters to you and making changes that matter to you. Whether you're the parent of a struggling young person, a queer or trans person fighting to be seen & heard on your terms, or in a relationship hijacked by conflict & pain, I can help. My approach is culturally responsive & relationally engaged. This means that I understand you, the important people in your life, and your relationships in context. It also means that you are not the problem, the problem is the problem, and I work with you to meet your goals and aspirations to get your life back and be the person you want to be. Read more at my website, www.2stories.com.
I offer therapy that focuses on what matters to you and making changes that matter to you. Whether you're the parent of a struggling young person, a queer or trans person fighting to be seen & heard on your terms, or in a relationship hijacked by conflict & pain, I can help. My approach is culturally responsive & relationally engaged. This means that I understand you, the important people in your life, and your relationships in context. It also means that you are not the problem, the problem is the problem, and I work with you to meet your goals and aspirations to get your life back and be the person you want to be. Read more at my website, www.2stories.com.
(612) 260-1634 View (612) 260-1634
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Heteroflexible Therapy, Ltd
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Are most days a struggle? Heteroflexible Therapy is there to help. Whether you struggle with relationships, addictions, dealing with the loss of a loved one, or past issues of abuse we will work together to meet your personal goals. The practice offers a warm and accepting environment for individuals and couples. Connie Studer, M.A., LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, is skilled at recognizing the most effective therapy approach to help you find more satisfaction and joy in life. An open and affirming practice for straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender individuals.
Are most days a struggle? Heteroflexible Therapy is there to help. Whether you struggle with relationships, addictions, dealing with the loss of a loved one, or past issues of abuse we will work together to meet your personal goals. The practice offers a warm and accepting environment for individuals and couples. Connie Studer, M.A., LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, is skilled at recognizing the most effective therapy approach to help you find more satisfaction and joy in life. An open and affirming practice for straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender individuals.
(651) 967-7981 View (651) 967-7981
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Isak Morris
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408
Waitlist for new clients
As a systemic therapist, I think of people kind of like nesting dolls: we all go through life as the little one in the middle, whole and independent, yet undeniably we are nestled in larger contextual structures. I will meet you with compassion, humor, and non-judgment in the therapy space, holding your whole picture in mind as we work together to integrate the realities of your context with the realities of your heart. All parts of you are welcomed and held. I am a queer-identifying provider and enjoy supporting clients in navigating their own identities.
As a systemic therapist, I think of people kind of like nesting dolls: we all go through life as the little one in the middle, whole and independent, yet undeniably we are nestled in larger contextual structures. I will meet you with compassion, humor, and non-judgment in the therapy space, holding your whole picture in mind as we work together to integrate the realities of your context with the realities of your heart. All parts of you are welcomed and held. I am a queer-identifying provider and enjoy supporting clients in navigating their own identities.
(612) 482-2652 View (612) 482-2652
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Karen Elizabeth Pieper
Counselor, MA , LPC
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408  (Online Only)
I provide individual and couples psychotherapy to a variety of clients. I am particularly interested in working with people going through life transitions including divorce, break-ups, job loss, career exploration and grief. Through deep listening and curiosity, I create a safe space to openly examine and gain insight into their challenges, helping them to relieve stress and achieve a sense of wellbeing. Using strategies from narrative, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness therapies, my sessions are an opportunity to nurture my clients' positive personal growth and change.
I provide individual and couples psychotherapy to a variety of clients. I am particularly interested in working with people going through life transitions including divorce, break-ups, job loss, career exploration and grief. Through deep listening and curiosity, I create a safe space to openly examine and gain insight into their challenges, helping them to relieve stress and achieve a sense of wellbeing. Using strategies from narrative, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness therapies, my sessions are an opportunity to nurture my clients' positive personal growth and change.
(612) 324-0267 View (612) 324-0267
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Estefania Alvarez-Zumarraga
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, ATR
Verified Verified
East Calhoun, Minneapolis, MN 55408  (Online Only)
Creating art promotes emotional awareness, reflection and processing of the human experience. The beauty of using art therapeutically is that previous art experience is not required. I'm glad to work with clients who have never made art, or make it every day. Whether you want to work on processing experience and emotion, need mental health support, want to use an integrative mental health approach or just need some time to experience mindfulness and stress management tools, I am here to help you utilize art therapy.
Creating art promotes emotional awareness, reflection and processing of the human experience. The beauty of using art therapeutically is that previous art experience is not required. I'm glad to work with clients who have never made art, or make it every day. Whether you want to work on processing experience and emotion, need mental health support, want to use an integrative mental health approach or just need some time to experience mindfulness and stress management tools, I am here to help you utilize art therapy.
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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.