Faith-Based Therapy For Depression

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Is Depression Affecting Your Life?
You Are Not Alone.

NO RESPECTOR OF PERSONS

Depression has no boundaries or limitations as to onset, race, religion, social status, income level, or gender. It is more often diagnosed in females and there is often an increase of occurrence among ages 18-25. Depression can be diagnosed within seven subcategories, or it can be a single episode lasting only a few weeks to multiple recurrent episodes lasting several years. The cause of depression is a combination of genetic, environmental, and psychological factors, with 20% of the risk being genetic.

WORLDWIDE IMPACT

Depression is a world-wide mental health concern. It affects more than 280 million people of all ages (about 3.5% of the global population).

DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS

Depressed people often are preoccupied with—or ruminate over—thoughts and feelings of worthlessness, inappropriate guilt or regret, helplessness and hopelessness. Other symptoms of depression include poor concentration and memory, withdrawal from social situations and activities, reduced sex drive, irritability, and thoughts of death or suicide. Insomnia is also common.

DEPRESSION AFFECTS EVERYTHING

Major depression significantly affects a person's family and personal relationships, work or school life, sleeping and eating habits, and general health. A person having a major depressive episode usually exhibits a low mood which pervades all aspects of life, and creates the inability to experience pleasure in previously enjoyable activities.

Depression Creates a Cascade of Challenges

FEELING HOPELESS

Because depression is a mental state of low mood and an aversion to activity, it negatively affects motivation and creativity. Living with depression affects a person's thoughts, behaviors, feelings, and sense of well-being. As a result it affects one’s relationship at home, school, work, church and community. It is often devastating, with feelings of foreboding.

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ALWAYS NUMB

Depression creates a feeling of numbness, often throughout the entire body as well as barrier to one’s sensitivity of heart and spirituality. It often inhibits one’s ability to share and express feelings of love and tender emotion.

Depression often triggers physical symptoms. Concurrent medical diagnosis compounds the depression.

Individuals yearn to return to feeling normal
(physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually).

They want a restoration of their prior normal functions of their minds, from their thoughts, perceptions, behaviors and relationships. Where possible they also want to be free from dependance upon medication.

Overcoming Depression

“Sometimes God calms the storm and sometimes God let’s the storm rage and calms the child.”

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I would very much recommend Brother Foote to anyone. He helped me in countless ways to help me combat my negative thoughts that I had.
-R.G.

Self-Esteem and Anxiety

I have always had poor self-esteem and anxiety issues. And Brother Foote wasn't my first therapist. But his homework which consisted of actually applying what we talked about really helped. I use the things I learned even now on my mission. Focusing on the spiritual side of things in sessions made me really feel closer to God and Jesus Christ: which in turn also helped me with my issues because I made God a part of my life and asked Him to help me with my issues and He helped me and still continues to as well now. I would very much recommend Brother Foote to anyone. He helped me in countless ways to help me combat my negative thoughts that I had. You must apply what he teaches you though, he requires evidence of application of your assigned homework.

-R.G.

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Gordon T. Foote, LCSW

Faith-Based Therapy For Depression

I’ve been a licensed therapist for 46 years and treated hundreds of clients. I assign and explain focused homework that aims to teach the skills necessary to help each client change. During therapy clients demonstrate both application and proficiency of the skills taught. They can read how other clients applied these same concepts and overcame their issues. This builds confidence and is evidenced based.

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ASSESSMENT

Within the first few sessions, I take a history and assessment of problems, determine a diagnosis, and create an agreed upon treatment plan. Clients learn the triggers that cause or contribute to their specific type of depression.

LEARN

Clients are taught Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. Through completing specific CBT homework assignments and demonstrating these skills during therapy, clients gain control and power over these triggers which ignite and worsen their depression.

PRACTICE

As clients consistently practice these newly learned skills in our office as well as in real life, they gain confidence in their personal management over their depression.

About 20% of my clients use antidepressant medications which augment the control and management of their depression.

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Because of counseling, I am better at giving myself grace, managing my emotions when I'm in pain, and finding positive things about my day to be grateful for.
-A.P.

Depression, Anxiety, & Perfectionism

I needed help managing the emotions that came with chronic migraines and back pain, my sister leaving for college, a breakup, and my dad being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (all within the span of a few months). Brother Foote was the first counselor I came to for help, and the work we did together helped me become more emotionally resilient and gain a testimony of the love my Heavenly Father and Savior have for me. He gave me homework assignments to scaffold my learning, and each time I came to counseling, I was expected to teach Brother Foote the principles I learned while doing my homework. My learning was much more effective when I came with discoveries I could teach Brother Foote. The homework assignments were manageable and short enough that I felt I could be successful with them. Most assignments were reading a conference talk, article, or book and pulling out principles that I could learn from and actions I could take to apply them to my life. I also received assignments that instructed me to take action and share my learning with those around me or write in my journal. All of these methods were very effective. Throughout my whole counseling experience, the spiritual approach helped me develop a testimony of how my Savior is with me through every step of my trials. Because of counseling, I am better at giving myself grace, managing my emotions when I'm in pain, and finding positive things about my day to be grateful for. I would recommend anyone to Brother Foote's counseling practice!

-A.P.

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