Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety is present in everyone’s lives in different degrees.

It can be considered necessary, to a certain level, as it helps us get work done and move forward.

However, it can also get to levels that paralyze us or debilitate us in different areas of life.

Mary* was suffering.

She reached out to me, wanting to feel closer to the people around her and connect more with her actions.

We dug into what she perceived as a lack of empathy and a tendency to distance herself from people and activities without cause.

In our sessions, she realized this was an anxious response to protect herself from rejection, frustration, and abandonment.

This realization was the first step to start her healing process.

Depression is a heavy burden.

It also has different levels and different presentations, ranging from complete apathy to excessive anger.

For Psychoanalysis, depression and anxiety are symptoms indicative of a singular discomfort of one person.

Neil* had lost control.

He came to see me because he was experiencing excessive anger and frustration related to his disability.

Through our work, he realized the connections between that angry response to frustration and the deep feeling of loss that kept him in a depressive state.

This was the start of his healing process.

*Names and stories are composite narratives and do not reflect an actual client.