Depression depletes your energy, affects your energy, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and permeates every aspect of your life. If it’s hard to face the day, you can turn to the skilled mental health professionals at Sunshine Psychiatry in Fort Myers, Florida. They specialize in treating depression in children, teens, and adults, often providing brief therapy, an approach that improves your symptoms and eases depression with a limited number of sessions. Call the office or use online booking to request an in-person or telepsychiatry appointment to learn more about their comprehensive care.
Depression may begin when you face a life challenge, such as financial difficulties, job loss, or family conflicts.
Major life transitions like moving, retiring, and separating from a partner often cause depression, even if you see the change as positive. For example, you may look forward to retirement but miss the daily stimulation and seeing your co-workers.
You’re more likely to become depressed if other family members struggle with the disorder. Living or working in an environment where you’re exposed to abuse (emotional and/or physical), violence, or neglect also raises your risk for depression.
Many people develop depression after learning they have a chronic or serious illness. Or you may learn that a loved one is sick.
And sometimes, depression doesn’t have an obvious cause. When that happens, it’s usually related to imbalanced brain chemicals.
You should seek help from the caring mental health professionals at Sunshine Psychiatry if your depression lasts two weeks or longer.
Children with depression may have separation anxiety, fear their parents will die, or refuse to go to school. Teens are more likely to be irritable, get into trouble at school, or turn to alcohol or drugs.
Everyone with depression has several of the following symptoms:
Some people with depression feel agitated or anxious or have angry outbursts.
Your Sunshine Psychiatry provider personalizes your treatment plan based on the severity and cause of your symptoms. However, their therapists are trained and equipped to help people through all types of depression using brief psychotherapy and minimal antidepressant medication.
Brief psychotherapy produces long-lasting results through time-limited therapy (typically 10-20 sessions) focusing on building solutions.
Your provider may use any type of therapy, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic psychotherapy, or play therapy for children. Regardless of the therapeutic approach, your brief therapy is symptom-specific and goal-oriented.
If you struggle with feelings of sadness and low energy, call Sunshine Psychiatry or use online booking today to schedule a consultation and start treatment.