Depression Therapy : Virtual or In-person Support for Feeling Stuck, Numb, or Overwhelmed

Understanding Depression

Depression is more than sadness. It’s a whole-body experience that can feel like heaviness, numbness, exhaustion, or disconnection from the world around you. Depression often shows up when life feels unmanageable, when past experiences haven’t been fully processed, or when you’ve spent years carrying more than your system can hold.

Depression is not a personal failure or a lack of effort. It’s a signal: your mind and body letting you know that something needs care, attention, and support. Therapy helps you access support, rebuild connection, and understand what your depression is trying to communicate.

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Why Depression Happens

Depression has many layers. It can develop gradually or appear suddenly during times of stress or transition. Common contributors include:

  • CHRONIC STRESS & BURNOUT

  • RELATIONSHIP STRAIN OR LOSS

  • FEELINGS OF ISOLATION OR DISCONNECTION

  • UNRESOLVED CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

  • PERFECTIONISM, SELF-CRITICISM OR EMOTIONAL REPRESSION

  • PAST TRAUMA OR ATTACHMENT WOUNDS

  • MAJOR LIFE CHANGES (career shifts, parenthood, grief)

  • BIOLOGICAL FACTORS

Emotional Symptoms

  • Persistent sadness or emptiness

  • Numbness or disconnection

  • Loss of interest in things you usually enjoy

  • Hopelessness or helplessness

  • Irritability or anger that feels out of character

Signs and Symptoms of Depression

Mental Patterns

  • Difficultly concentrating

  • Self-criticism or shame

  • Feeling like you’re failing even when you’re not

  • Thoughts that feel heavy or stuck

  • Trouble making decisions

Physical Signs

  • Low energy or chronic fatigue

  • Changes in appetite

  • Sleep changes (too much or too little)

  • Slowed movement or restlessness

  • Headaches, body aches, or heaviness in the chest

Behavioral Patterns

  • Withdrawing from relationships

  • Avoiding responsibilities

  • Losing motivation

  • Difficulty completing tasks

  • Feeling disconnected from your identity

If you’re recognizing yourself in any of these, you’re not alone. Depression is treatable and there is hope for the future.

Therapy for Depression

In therapy, we work together to:

  • Understand what your depression is protecting you from or responding to

  • Explore the emotions beneath the numbness or heaviness

  • Identify patterns of self-criticism, shame, or isolation and other negative thinking patterns that add to the feeling of hopelessness

  • Process past experiences that shaped your current beliefs

  • Strengthen emotional resilience and capacity

  • Rebuild connection: to yourself, to others, and to your life

  • Create new ways of responding that feel supportive and sustainable

  • Strengthen coping mechanisms

Who I Work With

I support adults navigating:

  • Persistent or recurring depression

  • High-functioning depression

  • Burnout and emotional exhaustion

  • Loss of motivation or interest

  • Postpartum or parental depression

  • Depression related to relationships or attachment

  • Depression connected to trauma or chronic stress

  • Grief, loss, and major life transitions

Depression can make the world feel small, flat, or hopeless, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to find your way back alone.

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