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As an Asian American Christian, I approach serving others by honoring both their cultural and individual values....
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As an Asian American Christian, I approach serving others by honoring both their cultural and individual values.
Vivian Ng is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Rhode Island with over 13 years of experience working with children, adults, and families in community- and school-based settings. She approaches her clients with an eagerness to listen and learn their stories. As her clients allow, she walks into their spaces of hopelessness and distress to sit with those feelings, and she navigates her clients to a place of measurable change. The goal is long-term empowerment. The approach is relational and collaborative.
Vivian completed her Bachelors of Arts in Psychology from Providence College and received her Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Assumption College. There is a vulnerability that comes with the seat of a client, and Vivian works to honor her client’s trust and confidence by providing strength-based counseling through techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, coping skills training, and mindfulness techniques with adults. Additionally, Vivian utilizes affect-regulation strategies and play therapy with children, as well as parent-skills training and psycho-education with parents. She is also a Christian, and if clients are interested, welcomes the integration of faith and spirituality into the conversations.
Accommodating and attuned to both the clients’ and her own emotional world, Vivian aims to support her clients through navigating their thoughts and identifying their associated feelings and resulting choices. Her work is stage-appropriate, collaborative, and driven by best practices that move the client toward actualized healing.
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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 , RI 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 , RI 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.
We all feel sad, unhappy, and down in the dumps, from time to time. We all feel a little unmotivated, struggle to focus, and even pull away from our loved ones sometimes. But when it comes to depression, one experiences a deep despair that is unlike meek feelings of sadness. In depression, one can’t work up the motivation or the desire to get out of bed; one can’t focus or stay on task, despite their greatest efforts; one can’t and doesn’t want to exit their bubble of social isolation, even to talk to their best friends and closest family members.
We all feel nervous, unsettled, and worried, every now and then. We all lose our appetite, experience fatigue, and struggle to sleep at night sometimes. But when it comes to anxiety, one experiences racing thoughts and out of control worry that they can’t set aside. With anxiety, one can’t get their food down or lay down for a few minutes and feel better; one can’t bounce back the next day and sleep just fine again.
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” –Helen Keller
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”
–Helen Keller
If you are feeling depressed and/or presenting symptoms of depression, please talk to a doctor or mental health professional. In the same breath, if you’re feeling anxious and/or presenting symptoms of anxiety, please talk to a medical professional in this instance as well. Both of these diseases are relentless, and almost always require an outside intervention.
Consider starting a relationship with a depression therapist or anxiety therapist at Thriveworks Rhode Island Counseling. Our therapists can help you in an online environment, which means you’ll attend your sessions via telephone counseling or video counseling. Online counseling is designed to be the more convenient, flexible, and comfortable counseling option. Our therapists are confident that they can help you with your depression and/or anxiety in this online environment. Contact our office today to schedule an appointment.
Depression isn’t just feeling sad. It is a mental illness that makes day to day living difficult and unenjoyable. This disease is relentless—however, there is effective treatment that can help one manage their symptoms and potentially overcome their depression: depression therapy. Depression therapy, paired with vital self-care activities and sometimes medication, can make for an effective treatment plan. Part of this treatment plan will be learning to better manage one’s depression symptoms, which can include:
As we’ve said before, these symptoms can prove very harmful. It can make daily functioning difficult, from just getting out of bed in the morning to going to work each day and maintaining relationships with others. The good news is that the depression therapists at Thriveworks Rhode Island can help you manage these symptoms and get your depression under control.
Anxiety isn’t just feeling worried. Like depression, it is a serious mental illness that makes day to day activities and functioning really difficult. Again, though, there is effective treatment out there: anxiety therapy. Anxiety therapy can help one learn to control this worry and get a hand on the negative thinking patterns they might be engaging in. At its roots, anxiety therapy is meant to help one better manage their anxiety, including symptoms like:
While these symptoms can be scary, you don’t have to suffer from them in silence. There are tactics that can prove to help you manage them, of which your Thriveworks Rhode Island anxiety therapist will teach you. Please consider partnering with one of our therapists, as we believe that you’ll find anxiety therapy incredibly beneficial, if you are experiencing the above anxiety symptoms.
Here at Thriveworks Rhode Island, we have therapists who specialize in depression as well as those who specialize in anxiety. Regardless of which illness you are battling, our therapists can prove helpful in this battle. They will get to know your specific symptoms and needs and then design a plan for treatment that will prove the most helpful to you.
Depression therapy and anxiety therapy at Thriveworks Rhode Island is done entirely online. Your therapist will meet with you in a virtual chat room or on the phone! Counseling has never been easier, as this online environment makes the process super convenient and offers greater flexibility.
To schedule your depression therapy or anxiety therapy appointment with Thriveworks Rhode Island Counseling, just contact our office.
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