Depression Therapy in Los Angeles

Learn how to respond to depression with more awareness, steadiness, and self-trust.

Does this sound like you?

• It’s getting harder to do things that used to feel simple

• You wake up already feeling behind or low on energy

• You feel stuck in your life, your work, or your direction

• You’ve started pulling back from people or things you used to enjoy

• You’re doing all the “right” things, but something still feels off

• There’s a quiet belief that you’ve failed, or that you’re not where you should be

If any of this feels familiar, you’re not alone. And there’s nothing wrong with you for feeling this way.

What’s going on underneath?

Depression is often more than a feeling. It’s connected to something in your life that isn’t working, or hasn’t worked out the way you hoped. It can show up around work that no longer feels meaningful. Burnout that’s gone past stress. Disconnection. Loss. Or big life transitions that leave you unsure of who you are. Part of working through it, is understanding that this feeling or mood doesn’t indicate something is wrong with you, it just means you’re human.

If anxiety is the fear that something might go wrong, depression often feels like the certainty that it already has, or that it always will. That certainty can make it hard to question what your mind is telling you.

How we work with it.

We don’t rush to challenge your experience. We start by acknowledging how real and difficult it feels. From there, we begin to notice what’s happening underneath. I often think about depression as a kind of “record” playing in the background. A set of beliefs about yourself that often feel like a list of shoulds and expectations, that shapes how you make sense of things. Together, we slow that process down. We begin to hear those thoughts more clearly, not to argue with them, but to understand them. We also build your capacity to notice other parts of your experience. This can include mindfulness-based work and learning how to let in moments that are neutral or even slightly good. Over time, this helps loosen the certainty that depression brings. You don’t have to believe every thought your mind offers.

A place to start

If something in your life isn’t working the way you want it to, that matters. And it’s a meaningful first step to begin getting curious about why. I work with clients coping with depression in the Los Feliz and Atwater Village areas of Los Angeles, and also offer online therapy for clients anywhere in the state of California. Sessions are typically 50 minutes.

If you’re not sure whether couples therapy is the right next step, that’s completely okay. That’s often part of what we sort out together. You can reach out for a brief consultation to get a sense of how I work and whether it feels like a fit.