Anxiety and Depression TreatmentWho am I? I have worked as a therapist providing anxiety and depression treatment for 16 years for women as well as for children and adolescents. My first website has been so successful at helping children and adolescents I've decided to create a second website for adults!
Do you want to feel better? The first step to successful anxiety and depression treatment is to access your own motivation. Are you tired of your own tiredness, unhappiness and fears? What has your anxiety and depression cost you? Seriously, think about it. How has living a your life the way you are living it affected you? Has it caused problems in your friendships and romantic relationships? Do you blame others for your poor life choices and misery? Are you ready to take control and responsibility for how you are feeling? Will you do what it takes to be healthy? If you are ready to say no to anxiety and depression and yes to joy and happiness read on! Through this website, I will share some of what I have learned about the treatment of these conditions. I created this website for my clients and for others who want information about how to best help themselves to feel better. Are you saying it's my fault that I'm depressed? No!! It is not your fault. However, depression and anxiety treatment consists of examining how your patterns, which you may be unaware of, are contributing to your unhappiness. In these pages I will teach you to recognize these unconscious patterns and work on breaking them! Depression and anxiety originate and are maintained through and intricate and delicate relationship between our mind (thoughts), body ( biology), and behavior. Our environment, life circumstances and family also play a role, as do our genetics. Do you realize you have the ability to change many of the things that create your depression and anxiety? You do!!! These pages on depression and anxiety treatment will teach you what you can do (on your own or as an adjunct to therapy) to feel better. This website may not be enough to help everyone. Depending on the severity of your depression and anxiety you may require therapy or medication.If you have suicidal ideation, for example, please seek help immediately. Click here for some information about natural remedies for anxiety, here for anxiety self help tips, and here for vitamins for depression information. Also, find some information on how to survive depression right here. Although depression and anxiety are technically two separate diagnoses or conditions, psychologists and researchers are reexamining the relationship between them because they seem to mostly occur together. That is why these pages address both anxiety and depression treatment. If you are wondering if you are depressed, you will find information about depression warning signs here, special kinds of depression such as postpartum depression and information on situational depression and populations effected by depression here, and various ideas about treatment here. Wondering if alcohol and depression are a problem click here. Curious about alcohol and anxiety? Click here. Explore a little further because if you are experiencing depression, it's likely anxiety has gotten a hold of you too! Here you will find information about types of anxiety. A common issue in anxiety is panic attacks. Caffeine can often exacerbate panic and information on that relationship can be found here.Other kinds of anxiety include social anxiety, OCD,and generalized anxiety. Treatments and self help for generalized anxiety can be found here. Information on causes of generalized anxiety can be found here. Also there is a special section on the management of stress here. Anxiety and depression treatment require an understanding of how to reduce, cope with and manage your stress in relationships, the workplace, and your family.Click here for information on the definition of stress, information on the main things we do to cause ourselves stress, and here for information on work stress,and here for information on stress and hives. What does anxiety and depression treatment look like? How can therapy help? Anxiety and Depression treatment teaches you new ways to think about yourself and the world. You learn specific behaviors to take care of your body and your brain in ways that lean you more towards happiness and health. It helps you see how your learned behaviors and patterns of dealing with stress may be exacerbating your condition. Do I need a therapist? You may not need a therapist. It may be that after exploring these pages, and other self help resources, you can do your own anxiety and depression treatment! However, it's hard to make changes. The persistence and motivation required to be happy is great. A therapist can help you sort through and focus on what will help, make suggestions about medication or natural treatments, and provide you with the support and cheer leading necessary to beat it! I am interested in studying happiness, and how we can all be happier, you can find pages dedicated to this here! . This website is under construction. Please feel free to return each week as I will be adding new pages My Practice My therapy office is located at: 1515 Mockingbird Lane Suite 814 Charlotte North Carolina 28209 (P)704 525 8787 (F)704 525 8789 Kristmcclur@aol.com The areas I service include, but are not limited to: Charlotte, Fort Mill, Rock Hill, York, Gastonia, Huntersville, Statesville, Salisbury, Hickory and Monroe. I provide skype or phone therapy to anyone with a computer and video camera that is a resident of NC. I currently offer the following anxiety and depression treatment:
Please enjoy this website and feel free to contact me with any questions by using the contact form. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical information obtained from this website is not intended as a substitute for professional care. If you have or suspect you have a problem, you should consult a health care provider.
Thanks for visiting! Click here to contact me Kristen McClure MSW, LCSW North Carolina Therapist
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