Depression & Anxiety

You Deserve to Feel Content

You see people who seem confident, fulfilled, and free. What is their secret? 

For as long as you can remember, you have felt inadequate, fearful and not enough. Everyone seems to have more or better. As hard as you try to keep up, the feeling of emptiness continues to grow.

Life doesn’t seem fair. You work so hard to accomplish, to meet others’ needs, to be loved. You try to please everyone, yet you’re often angry when others don’t meet your standards. 

You’re lonely, you’re tired. You’ve developed unhealthy coping mechanisms to handle the stress, control, and fear. 

You don’t have to feel angry, inadequate, unnoticed, and unimportant anymore. Located in Hickory, NC, and serving the surrounding areas, I am here to help you find peace and satisfaction.

Life Does Not Have to be this Hard

Through counseling and therapy, I will help you:

  • Accept yourself
  • Feel content
  • Develop Confidence
  • Find self-worth
  • Learn to get your needs met
  • Make peace with your past
  • Find happiness 
  • Build a meaningful life

I am your life satisfaction expert. I will help you in therapy and counseling break through the many reasons you may feel anxious and depressed, and go on to live a more fulfilling and meaningful life. 

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Depression is an Every-Waking-Moment Thing

In the privacy of counseling, we will address your depression together. You can share as little or as much as you choose as you grow in your sense of safety and trust with me as your therapist. Together we will look at the full picture of your depression; how it most affects you, how you would like it to be different, and what avenues of intervention and therapy will most likely make a difference. Depression is not something you have to face alone. I encourage you to contact me today and make an appointment at my Hickory, NC office to learn more about how counseling can help.

One in ten adults report experiencing depression at some point in their life. It’s one of the most common reasons people seek therapy. The medical causes of depression and anxiety remain mysterious, but fortunately, the conditions are highly treatable. Learn more about depression and anxiety from the Centers for Disease Control here.

The Hope

For some, depression is a one-time experience that seems to be incited by a life-event. For others, it is an ongoing experience. The hope is that no matter how you have experienced depression, relief is possible through counseling and therapy. Finding ways to cope with depression, mitigate its effects, and perhaps resolve underlying causes for your depression will all be a part of your treatment. I opened Gold Heart Counseling in Hickory, NC to serve clients in need in my own community.

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Counseling and Therapy for Clients in Hickory, NC and the Surrounding Areas Living with Anxiety

Your Brain on Overdrive

  • You struggle with specific phobias
  • You seek constant reassurance in relationships
  • You find it difficult to complete tasks because of perfectionism or procrastination
  • You worry excessively about work, family, money, health, school performance, or any other aspect of life
  • You avoid situations or people out of fear of experiencing anxiety, panic, embarrassment, or failing to meet expectations

You’re Not Alone​

Over 20 million adults in the United States suffer from some type of anxiety. Everyone worries or gets anxious from time to time, but when the worry or anxiety becomes excessive, it may be the sign of an anxiety disorder. The good news is that people who seek help through therapy have a very high success rate. The sooner you get help for managing anxiety, the easier it is to obtain relief.