People often look to counselling for depression because they no longer want it to control their life. Depression is experienced and understood differently by everyone, and often this generalized label can complicate matters more. 

There are so many factors in life that can contribute to an experience of depression, such as work, family, and social stresses, along with varying levels of oppression at individual, societal, structural and institutional influences. When it becomes difficult to cope with any of these factors, one can begin to feel different symptoms such as