Depression

Therapy for Depression

Because sometimes life feels like a never-ending Monday.

Depression isn’t just about feeling sad. It’s more like your brain deciding to take an extended coffee break (sans the coffee). It can drain your energy, blur your thoughts, and make even small tasks feel impossible.

Depression can be triggered by many things: a difficult life event, ongoing stress, chemical imbalances, or patterns learned over time. It’s rarely just one thing. Sometimes depression is also linked to other conditions, like anxiety, trauma, or chronic illness. Therapy helps untangle these threads and meet your whole experience.

If you’re wondering why you can’t “just snap out of it,” or feeling alone in your experience, therapy can offer understanding, support, and tools to help you move forward.

What Does Depression Feel Like?

Depression is sneaky. It doesn’t always look like crying on the couch (though sometimes it does). It can show up as:

  • Persistent sadness or emptiness

  • Feeling like your energy bank is on zero, even if you slept for 12 hours

  • Trouble concentrating or making decisions

  • Feeling like your thoughts are in slow motion (like watching paint dry, but less exciting)

  • Changes in sleep or appetite

  • That vague sense that getting out of bed is the summit of all achievements

  • Feelings of worthlessness or guilt

  • Thoughts of hopelessness or, sometimes, self-harm

These feelings can be confusing and overwhelming. You might wonder if you’re “just lazy” or “too sensitive,” but depression is a real and treatable health condition.

How Therapy Can Help

Therapy isn’t about telling you to “cheer up” or “think positively.” Instead, it’s about:

  • Understanding the unique factors contributing to your depression

  • Exploring patterns of thought and behaviour that keep you stuck

  • Building coping skills to manage overwhelming feelings

  • Reconnecting with your values, interests, and sources of joy

  • Learning to be gentle with yourself during difficult moments

  • Supporting you through setbacks without judgment

Together, we create a safe space to explore what’s happening beneath the surface.

 FAQs

  • It’s normal to feel low sometimes. But if you’ve been feeling flat, hopeless, numb, irritable, or withdrawn for more than a couple of weeks, it may be depression. You don’t need a formal diagnosis to benefit from therapy. If something doesn’t feel right, that’s enough.

  • We’ll work together to understand what’s contributing to your depression. Whether it’s patterns of thinking, unprocessed emotion, relationship dynamics, trauma, or burnout. Therapy often involves identifying small, doable steps toward change, even when everything feels heavy or unmotivating. It’s a gentle, collaborative process that moves at your pace.

  • That’s okay. Many people with depression struggle to find words or feel disconnected in sessions. You don’t need to be articulate or insightful to start therapy. I’ll meet you where you’re at, even if that means sitting quietly, going slowly, or naming that you feel nothing.

  • Yes. Long-term or recurrent depression often reflects deeply ingrained patterns of self-criticism, avoidance, or emotional shutdown. Therapy can help you slowly reconnect with parts of yourself that have gone quiet, including hope, motivation, and meaning.

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