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Deborah Ainsworth is a counselor in Orlando, FL specializing in counseling and family therapy. Deborah Ainsworth is affiliated with BetterHelp.
“I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in Florida with nine years of clinical work experience. I base my work as a counselor on my belief that every person has the capacity for change and growth at any stage of life. My overarching goal for my clients is that they feel safe, accepted, and supported throughout their treatment process. I work with individuals and couples to tap into dormant strengths, recognize and build on past successes, and address any thinking and/or behavior patterns that may be negatively impacting them. My intent is to enhance each client’s ability to live a richer, more rewarding life that aligns with their goals, values, hopes, and dreams. I use a strengths-based, cognitive behavioral therapy approach coupled with a warm and empathic therapy style to help adults of any age create and sustain positive change in their lives and relationships. My areas of focus include: • Relationship issues, • Communication issues, • Stress and anxiety, • Depression, • Grief and loss, • Wellness, • Life transitions, • Self-esteem, • Anger management • Boundary issues, • Social anxiety and phobias, • Control issues, • Mid-life crisis, • Women’s issues, • Men’s issues, • Finding or creating meaning and purpose I have a passion for helping my clients achieve healthy relationships that are based on mutual love, respect, admiration, trust, and caring. I work with individuals and couples, with a goal of giving clients tools to learn coping skills, communicate effectively, manage conflict, understand personality differences, and ultimately, to create a life of meaning. Throughout the process of therapy, I will support, challenge, and encourage you in developing new ways of being, thinking, and feeling to create the life you want. Counseling can be short-term and solution-focused, or longer-term, depending on your needs and desires. I am here to support and empower you in your journey toward a richer, more fulfilling life.”
Connect with this therapist via:
Online messaging - send messages throughout the day as you have time; relax and give yourself opportunity to fully ponder each step of the conversation
Video Visits - connect over video conferencing software for a virtual session -- almost as if you're there in person
Phone Visits - good old-fashioned technology for those who don't want to worry about appearance or who have might have internet bandwidth limitations; a little bit like connecting with an old friend, but with a counselor instead
Instant Message (IM) Visits - real-time chat -- like a phone call, but over text
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Depression
Everyone knows what it feels like to get the blues once in a while. But depression is a serious illness that is more severe than a bad day and lasts much longer. Symptoms of depression stop a person from being able to function and enjoy daily activities for weeks or months at a time. It can happen to anyone, and it isn't something that people can control by force of will or "snap out of it."
Some common symptoms of depression include:
We don't yet know what causes depression, but it's thought that it is a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and social influences. Because of this, the most effective treatments for depression combine medication with psychotherapy. Therapy, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy, can be extremely helpful in resolving the negative thoughts and feelings that come with depression. It gives patients new tools that they can use themselves to cope when their depression is making them feel down.
Some of the common medications used to treat depression include antidepressants such as SSRI's (Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft) or atypical antidepressants (Cymbalta, Wellbutrin). It's important to remember that these medications have different effects on everybody, and no one medication works right for everyone. Patients may have to try a couple before finding the one that works just right for them. If the first medication they try doesn't work, they should talk to their doctor about trying something else. In extreme cases where medication is not enough, electro-convulsive therapy and hospitalization may be the answer to keeping a severely depressed person safe.
Depression is a difficult illness to deal with, but it is more common than believed and there are many people who can help. With the right treatment, individuals with depression can get back to fully enjoying life again.
She has a state license in Florida.
Licensed In: Florida
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Ms. Deborah Ainsworth practices family therapy and counseling in Orlando, FL. Ms. Ainsworth obtained a license to practice in Florida.