DEPRESSION THERAPY
Untangle the complicated feelings of depression after trauma.
Serving Santa Monica and greater Los Angeles. Online therapy offered to California residents.
Depression makes the world seem dull and grey.
COMMON MYTH: If I can force myself to feel grateful, I’ll be able to shake this depression.
TRUTH: Depression is a mind and body disorder, causing a person to feel low energy, low motivation, and lack of enjoyment. No amount of gratitude will cure your depression.
Supportive and insightful therapy helps you process your feelings and understand your depression.
Are you experiencing depression as a response to traumatic experiences that are unjust and overwhelming? You might:
Have difficulty getting out of bed each day.
Find less enjoyment in things that you used to look forward to in your day.
Feel unable change your feelings, no matter how hard you try.
Feel negative or hopeless about most areas of your life.
Be chronically exhausted no matter how much sleep you get each night
Gain or lose weight because of appetite changes
Feel foggy or dissociative in most areas of your life
Become overwhelmed with how to feel “normal” again
Worry that you are “too broken” to be happy again
Untangle the complicated feelings of depression after trauma and get back to feeling like yourself.
Depression can feel like:
Low energy and low motivation
Feelings of apathy or lethargy in several areas of life
Negative or depressed feelings most of time
Too much sleep or inability to sleep much at all
You might also experience:
Upset stomach
Change in appetite and eating behaviors
Rumination over your negative feelings or thoughts
Frightening and surprising negative thoughts
Trauma disrupts everything in our lives, and most trauma survivors have some symptoms of depression. Some survivors even experience significant and upsetting depression symptoms.
In America, 16.2 million people report a depressive episode at least once in their lives. An estimated 10% of adults from ages 18-25 struggle with depression.
The good news? Untangling your (totally normal) trauma response will help you break free from you depression.
Depression can start from many different places.
Trauma-informed therapy can help.
Depression therapists start by validating and your experiences, then address underlying problem areas such as:
Codependency and people-pleasing dynamics
Betrayal trauma after you’ve been betrayed and/or cheated on
Religious abuse or trauma from growing up in a fundamentalist, cult-like, or oppressive religious environment
Experiencing sexual assault or sexual abuse
Devastation in family planning and perinatal health, including:
We help individuals and couples in California live a calm and connected life.
Depression stops here.
Our depression therapists address:
Major Depressive Disorder
Bipolar Disorder
Dysthymic Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Adjustment Disorders
Postpartum Depression
Grief and Bereavement