Miami Depression Therapist

Florida Depression Therapy with

Brittany Davrichachvili

If you feel depression weighing you down and keeping you hostage in your own skin, I can help you balance out the thoughts and feelings using evidenced based practices so you can start to breathe again. Depression and depressive symptoms can come up at different points in our lives, and in different ways for different people. Maybe you feel depressed after having a baby or the “baby blues”, you feel devastated after a significant loss or trauma, maybe you feel down during the winter months or maybe you find yourself depressed for no reason but it keeps coming back even after years of feeling fine. If you are experiencing depressive symptoms, let’s work together to lift you up and get you to a place where you feel like you are really living again. I have an office in Miami, between exits 11 and 9 on the Florida Turnpike for in-person therapy in Miami for Depression. I also do online therapy in Florida for Depression. Click below to get started.

Practices and Therapy for Depression and Depression Related Disorders

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT):

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a widely used psychotherapy approach that focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This approach aims to help identify and challenge negative or distorted thought patterns and develop healthier ways of thinking and coping with life's challenges. Through structured sessions and exercises, CBT teaches practical skills for managing symptoms of various mental health issues, including depression, promoting long-lasting changes in behavior and mindset.

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical behavior therapy is mostly based on CBT. The key difference is that it asks individuals with depression to understand, accept and manage their negative thoughts and behaviors. Through the practice of validation, individuals can come to terms with their negative emotions and mindfulness practices are used to learn to cope with stress and regulate reactions to it.

  • Logotherapy

Logotherapy is a meaning-based, value-centered form of talk therapy founded by Viktor Frankl. He based Logotherapy on the principle that the main motivational force of human beings is to find purpose or meaning in life. Most of the recent research shows that finding meaning and purpose in life may help reduce the symptoms of depression, hopelessness, and suicidal thoughts and improving the quality of life.

  • Mindfulness

Mindfulness interventions are used to promote self-awareness, emotional regulation, and psychological well-being. In session I may guide you in mindfulness exercises such as focused breathing, body scans, or mindful movement to help cultivate present-moment awareness and nonjudgmental acceptance of thoughts, feelings, and sensations. By incorporating mindfulness into therapy, you can learn to observe experiences without getting caught up in them, develop greater insight into thought patterns and emotional reactions, and cultivate skills for managing stress, anxiety, and other mental health concerns.

Here is some information on the types of depression I treat most often:

  • Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

Major Depressive Disorder occurs when over time you have a persistently low or depressed mood, anhedonia or decreased interest in pleasurable activities, feelings of guilt or worthlessness, lack of energy, poor concentration, appetite changes, psychomotor retardation or agitation, sleep disturbances, or suicidal thoughts.

Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia)

Persistent Depressive Disorder is a milder, but long-lasting form of depression. People with this condition may also have bouts of major depression at times.

  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder(PMDD)

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is similar to premenstrual syndrome (PMS) but is more serious. PMDD causes severe irritability, depression, or anxiety in the week or two before your period starts. Symptoms usually go away two to three days after your period starts.

  • Major Depressive Disorder with peripartum onset (Postpartum Depression):

Postpartum depression is a condition that involves strong feelings of sadness, anxiety, and tiredness that last for an extended period of time after giving birth. These feelings can make it difficult to take care of yourself and your baby. It is different from the "baby blues", which is when women feel sad, worried, or tired within a few days of giving birth. For many women, the baby blues go away in a few days, but Postpartum depression lasts.

  • Major Depressive Disorder with seasonal pattern (Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD)

People with SAD experience mood changes and symptoms similar to MDD. The symptoms usually occur during the fall and winter months when there is less sunlight and usually improve with in the spring. The most difficult months for people with SAD in the United States tend to be January and February.

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)

Prolonged Grief Disorder is present when, after the death of someone close at least 12 months earlier, you experience intense yearning or preoccupation, plus symptoms of identity disruption, disbelief, avoidance, emotional pain, difficulties moving on, numbness, a sense that life is meaningless, and loneliness for at least one month, that cause distress or disability and exceed cultural and contextual norms.