Depression Treatment and Therapy in Massachusetts
Every year millions of Americans suffer from depression. Although depression can cause strong feelings of isolation it’s important to know you are not alone in your struggle. If you suffer from depression, finding the right depression treatment program is the first step on your journey to recovery. A quality depression treatment center will offer many options to help you get the treatment that best suits your needs.
HBH Therapy provides a wide-range of skilled, compassionate, and experienced professionals that will guide you through your depression treatment program with a plan and multiple strategies to help you overcome depression both during and after your treatment. Recovering from depression can seem daunting at first, but with the help of a Massachusetts depression treatment center, you don’t have to do it alone. Learn how HBH Therapy can help you recover and start today!
Do I need Depression Treatment?
As humans, we all feel sad or a little down from time to time. Going through a breakup, losing a job, finding out a loved one is sick- these can all trigger some forms of grief and sadness within us on top of the daily troubles we all experience. But when is it time to seek treatment for depression? When these feelings of sadness or grief turn into feelings of worthlessness, isolation, and sadness so severe we are unable to function to the degree we’d like to, it’s time to seek help and start getting back to good.
Some common symptoms of depression include:
- Persistent feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness, or extreme sadness
- Isolation from friends and family
- Mood swings, irritability, anger, frustration
- Thoughts of suicide or self-harm
- Inability to focus or function at work or school
- Oversleeping
- Insomnia
- Changes in appetite or weight
Remember that there are many other symptoms of depression and every person is unique so we experience depression uniquely as well. For this reason, it’s even more crucial to find an experienced depression therapist because they’ll be able to offer you a wider range of expertise and experience to help understand your mental health and how to recover with a plan tailored to your needs.
How to Know if You Are Depressed
Understanding the symptoms we’ve discussed is a huge step forward in your recovery journey. But what if you can’t always recognize the symptoms? Depression often manifests slowly which can make it difficult to see and understand these changes in our behavior as they happen. If we find it difficult to stay focused at work for a day or maybe just a few in a short period of time, we may just write it off as a bad week or a bad month. But when we allow ourselves to get into this mindset and not take a “mental inventory” of our feelings and thoughts, depression quickly becomes a slippery slope. Without effective treatment- whether it be in the form of talk therapy, counseling, or psychiatry- depression can take over our lives and make it hard to recover.
If you’re here, chances are you’re already strongly considering treatment for your mental health. Chances are you’ve asked yourself a lot of questions recently like: Why do I feel so tired? Why is it so hard to stay focused at work? Why do I keep gaining weight? Why do I keep losing interest in things? Is my family disappointed in me? Why am I so irritable lately? Chances are the answer to many of these questions is depression.
Once you’ve identified depression, there are usually even more questions to follow. How can I start feeling normal again? How can I treat my depression? Is psychiatry or therapy better for me? How can I find a therapist that’s right for me? The best way to answer all of these questions is to seek help from trained mental health professionals. Handel Behavioral Health will help you find the treatment you need. From psychiatry to counseling to therapy, we offer a wide range of experienced professionals who will help you find your way back to a happy and healthy life.
Contact HBH Therapy Today
One of the toughest steps in your recovery journey is making the decision to seek treatment. At HBH Therapy, we have many experienced therapists across Massachusetts so finding the right one for you has never been easier. Seeking treatment for mental health can be overwhelming at first and filled with questions. If you don’t know where to start, reach out to HBH Therapy and we’ll help you begin this amazing path to taking charge of your mental health and overcoming depression.
During your treatment program at HBH Therapy, you’ll learn the deeper causes of your depression as well as healthy coping mechanisms to help you recognize your triggers and actively overcome your depression in a sustainable way. Contact us today and learn how to take your life back from depression!