Depression Archives - Rochna Hazra, LPC

Fight the Winter Blues: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Seasonal Affective Disorder Winter Blues: Seasonal Affective Disorder Susan is a 39 year old stay at home mom with 2 daughters ages 11 and 8. As Thanksgiving approaches, Susan notices that her mood starts to dip. She goes through the motions of holiday decorations, hosting Thanksgiving dinner and finally getting the Christmas tree and presents ready. She watches the girls as well as people all around her be joyful and excited. Like every year, she pretends to be as excited and happy. Yet she is aware that underneath it all inhere seems to be a cloud [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:20+00:00December 13th, 2015|Depression|Comments Off

Myths About Postpartum Depression

Myths About Postpartum Depression Myths surrounding postpartum depression not only make treatment difficult. It makes identification and diagnosis difficult as well. Myth 1: Women with Postpartum Depression will hurt their kids Fact: One of the most common and harmful myths about PPD is that these moms will hurt their children. This is because whenever we have a news story about a mom hurting or killing her children, we hear mention of postpartum depression. But in reality, moms who hurt or kill their children, suffer from postpartum psychosis as opposed to postpartum depression. Postpartum psychosis is rare: where one in 8 [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:21+00:00September 14th, 2015|Depression|Comments Off

My Husband Won’t to go to Marriage Counseling!! What do I do?

"My Husband Refuses to go to Marriage Counseling!! What should I do?” I hear these words from women all the time. They call me and ask how they can get their husbands to come in to my office for marriage counseling. They have tried everything— pleading, threatening divorce, withdrawing but nothing seems to work. My question to them is: "So what are you going to do?… Are you going to wait for him to change his mind? He may go to marriage counseling a couple of times and then be too busy at work, be out of town on a [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:22+00:00June 4th, 2015|Anxiety, Depression, For Spouses|Comments Off

Miracles seldom occur in the lives of those who do not consider them possible — Neale Donald Walsh

Remember the time when you did not believe that you could ever stop drinking, popping pills or using porn? It seemed so impossible that you were even afraid to try. In fact, you did not even want to try because you already had and failed. Then maybe you hit rock bottom. You came face to face with the reality of the consequence of your behaviors. Maybe someone took you to a 12 Step meeting and you looked and listened in wonder as people talked about being sober for 1 year, 5 years or 30 years. For the first time, you [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:22+00:00December 2nd, 2014|Anxiety, Depression|0 Comments

Accept it as if you chose it — Eckhart Tolle

Accept it as if you chose it -- Eckhart Tolle A few months back, I was experiencing a difficult situation in my personal life. As I struggled through the situation — one day fighting to change it and another fighting the urge to want it to change, I began listening to the Power of Now by Eckart Tolle. This is one of my favorite books and I have listened to it many many times over the years. I thought i knew everything the book said but I was desperate to change how I was feeling and grasping for direction. I [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:23+00:00November 2nd, 2014|Anxiety, Depression, For Spouses|0 Comments

Depression Myths and Facts

According to the National Institute of Mental Health (2012), an estimated 16 million adults in the US aged 18 or older had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. This represents 6.9 percent of all U.S. adults. 80% of people that have symptoms of clinical depression are not receiving any specific treatment for the disorder. The reason many of your patients may not mention symptoms is that mental health issues carry a special stigma in our society. Far too often those who would benefit from treatment don’t get it due to lack of knowledge and misconceptions about [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:23+00:00October 24th, 2014|Depression|0 Comments

Conscious Action, Conscious Life

A life lived of choice is a life of conscious action. A life lived of chance is a life of unconscious creation. --- Neale Donald Walsh Awareness is the core of Recovery. We were lead into our addictions by being unconscious of what is really going on inside of us. Being unconscious or unaware of our real feelings, we just try to mindlessly numb them with alcohol, drugs, porn or sex. Recovery is about conscious action. Conscious action is Sober Action. When we take the time to get in touch with what is going on inside, we gain control over [...]

By Rochna Hazra, LPC|2017-12-07T21:57:23+00:00July 7th, 2013|Depression|0 Comments