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Eliza Mendoza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who has 15 years of experien...
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Eliza Mendoza is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who has 15 years of experience working with adults, couples, and children in multicultural settings. Eliza has military training in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and military life. Recently she has used virtual therapy with couples, adolescents, and individuals needing support with depression, anxiety, work stress, and adjustment issues.
Eliza completed her Master of Social Work (MSW) at San Diego State University. Her varied background includes the use of client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), couples work with a focus on strengths and solutions, trauma/PTSD therapies, and many major mental health conditions. Eliza seeks to establish a nonjudgemental and supportive relationship with her clients. Feedback on her work has been positive and filled with gratitude.
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From the beginning of my career 37 years ago to the present I have always taken a client-centered approach, always trying to focus...
From the beginning of my career 37 years ago to the present I have always taken a client-centered approach, always trying to focus on what is best for the client.
John Funk is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 37 years of doing social work. He has worked with many different groups of people, including folks experiencing homelessness, folks experiencing major mental health issues, active-duty soldiers and veteran soldiers, and folks experiencing anxiety, depression, and PTSD. In more recent years when working as a therapist, he has mostly worked with couples doing couples therapy, and primarily using attachment theory and therapy, in addition to cognitive-behavioral therapies, and a PTSD treatment called gentle reprocessing therapy. John often uses information from attachment therapy authors including John Bowlby, Sue Johnson, Robert Karen, Stan Tatkin, Daniel J. Siegel, Amir Levine, Rachel Heller. Today, he is most interested in doing couples therapy.
John believes the development of attachment therapy over the years has been very significant in helping couples work through their issues successfully. Attachment theory and therapy allow for couples to non-judgmentally look at how the dynamics of their attachment relationships as children with their primary caregiver(s) affect how they are in a relationship as adults with their now new primary attachment figures — each other. As the couples gain a greater understanding of why and how they respond to each other in times of stress, and to stress in general, they allow for much greater empathy in understanding each other's situation, and they allow themselves the opportunity to learn more effective coping strategies, and ultimately to develop their own attachment relationship, unique to them.
"I believe the client(s) are the ultimate experts regarding their situations, and they have many perspectives on how to understand and intervene when they struggle," says John. "What the therapist brings is a few more perspectives with a new understanding that often allows the client(s) to see his/her/their situation in a different light, and the therapist helps as a guide to utilizing new perspectives so as to allow for more successful interventions."
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Depression counseling can help those with major depression, minor depression, postpartum depression, persistent depressive disorder, and more. The providers at Thriveworks in El Paso, TX will develop a unique treatment plan based on your specific experience, needs, and goals.
It is absolutely worth going to therapy for depression — depression counseling helps people better manage their symptoms and get back to living happier lives again.
Depression counseling works by helping people pinpoint life problems, distorted thought patterns, and other causes of their depression, then process and work through them in order to mitigate the negative effects those factors have on their lives.
Common signs of depression include:
Thriveworks depression counseling in El Paso, TX is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
Depression counseling can last for a few weeks, months, or longer, dependent on the severity of one’s depression as well as their needs and preferences.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
Do you ever have those days where you wake up feeling sad, unmotivated, and tired? Of course you do—we all have those days every now and then. Depression, though, is much more severe. Rather than having an off day here and there, depression is characterized by a deep despair, loss of interest, and other harmful symptoms that last at least two weeks (and often, longer).
Other harmful symptoms include sleep trouble, harmful changes in appetite and/or weight, lack of motivation, exhaustion, fatigue, withdrawal from other people, inability to focus, and more. In summary, depression makes life unpleasant and disturbs important areas like an individual’s relationships and job.
Depression can be absolutely brutal. Perhaps the most difficult part is that many people don’t realize or fail to admit that they might be depressed. Many of us are hardwired to sweep our problems under the rug and hope that they’ll resolve themselves. When it comes to depression, many of us assume they’re fleeting feelings that will eventually pass. This just isn’t the case, though.
To properly manage and heal from your depression, it’s important that you talk to a mental health professional. In fact, there are mental health professionals who specialize in treating depression. If you’d like to consult a depression therapist or psychologist, please reach out to Thriveworks Counseling in El Paso, TX. Our team can assess your symptoms and help you manage your depression and other mental health challenges.
We listed many of the signs and symptoms of depression above. However, as we said earlier, it’s often difficult to recognize these in yourself. Consider the following questions to better understand whether you might be displaying depression symptoms:
If you answered yes to any of these questions, we suggest that you talk to a mental health professional. We understand that doing so can feel frightening. However, it’s a step in the right direction and toward getting the answers and the help that you need.
Our depression therapists and psychologists at Thriveworks in El Paso, TX are here to help you. They’ll offer their unbridled support during this most difficult time.
What some people don’t realize is that there are different types of depression. Here are a few of the most common:
The symptoms we’ve already listed can occur with the above types of depression. However, they each have other specifics; for example, postpartum depression occurs in moms after the birth of their baby. And seasonal affective disorder often occurs in the colder, darker seasons.
If you feel depressed or you think that you’re at risk of developing any given form of depression, please reach out to Thriveworks Counseling in El Paso, TX. We’re always here to help.
Depression counseling at Thriveworks in El Paso, TX is available now. Our counselors, therapists, and psychologists are here and equipped to help you. They can assess your symptoms, offer coping techniques, help you get to the bottom of a potential cause of your depression, and—most importantly—help you live a happier life again.
If you are ready to schedule a depression counseling session at Thriveworks Counseling in El Paso, TX, reach out to our office now. We’re here to assist you and support you.
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Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry El Paso is located near Westmoreland Dr and Montana Ave, off I-10. It is close to the El Paso International Airport and near Ponder Park.
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