Headliner: Therapist Deb Penney

Why would you choose me as your counselor? I have had some difficult times in my life, as we all have. My life experience would help me be empathic and genuine as a therapist. I went through a postpartum depression (PPD) after my second child was born. I think I would be best at counseling someone that is also going through (PPD). I know the helplessness and lonely feeling that comes along with it. At a time that is supposed to be a happy and joyous, it can also come with anxiety and depression. Sometimes knowing someone else knows how you feel can help. Seeing, in the darkest times, that others have gone through it and are happy again can be encouraging. Being educated on PPD can help explain the symptoms and can therefore be the beginning of overcoming them. A lot of the techniques used in the Biopsychosocial Therapy can be used to control the anxiety that someone may experience with PPD such as stress management, relaxation techniques, social support, health promotion (eating right and exercise),  and self-management. I would work with the client to use these techniques to help overcome their anxiety. Reassuring them that they WILL get better and feel "normal" again would be talked about at each session. I would be their living proof.