I am a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in private practice. I help those who are interested in solving problems, changing direction, and improving their emotional well-being. Most of my time is spent counseling individuals, couples, and families. The purpose of this meetup is to add psychotherapy groups to what I do now. You should join if you have ever been interested in group therapy sessions but was not sure how to go about doing it. There is no cost to be a member. Group topics are sel …

What if we treated depression as a rite of passage instead of a disease? There may not be a lot of support for this notion in our current mental health system, but there's a long history of well-documented cases—even within Christian mysticism—of deep, dark depressions, and “dark night of the soul" experiences leading up to profound and life-changing transformations. Depression is often regarded as a stigma is our culture, something that you should be ashamed of and hide from friends, fami …