Depression Therapy
Finding your way back to yourself
Depression can feel heavy, isolating, and exhausting. It can drain your motivation, affect your sleep, and make everyday tasks feel impossible. If you’re struggling, please know this: you are not alone, and help is available. Depression counselling offers a safe, supportive space to make sense of what you’re going through and begin healing at your own pace.
As a Registered Psychotherapist, I provide compassionate, evidence-based support for individuals dealing with sadness, sense of being overwhelmed emotionally, loss of enjoyment in life, loneliness, or persistent negative thoughts. Depression doesn’t define who you are—and with the right help, it is possible to feel better.
What is Depression Counselling?
Depression counselling focuses on understanding your emotional experience, identifying what’s contributing to your symptoms, and developing tools that help you navigate daily life with greater ease and clarity. You don’t need to have all the answers before coming to therapy. You only need a willingness to talk, explore, and take small steps forward.
Together, we’ll work on:
- Reducing symptoms like low mood, fatigue, or hopelessness
- Managing low mood and low levels of motivation
- Addressing self-critical thinking
- Building meaningful routines and habits
- Strengthening coping skills for life’s challenges
Every person’s experience with depression is unique, so therapy is tailored to your needs—not a one-size-fits-all approach.
How Depression Therapy helps
Depression therapy isn’t just about talking; it’s about understanding yourself more deeply and building practical strategies for healing. In our sessions, we’ll explore the underlying emotional, cognitive, and situational factors contributing to your depression.
Clients often find relief through:
- Supportive emotional processing
- Learning new coping skills
- Understanding old patterns and creating new ones
- Building self-compassion
- Reconnecting with personal strengths and values
Therapy helps you feel less stuck and more empowered to make changes that support your wellbeing.
How CBT helps with anxiety and depression
While the keyword may focus on CBT for anxiety, many people don’t realize that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also one of the most effective treatments for depression. CBT works by helping you notice unhelpful thinking patterns like “nothing will ever change” or “I’m not good enough”, and replace them with more realistic, balanced thoughts.
Using CBT techniques in depression counselling can help you:
- Break free from negative thinking loops
- Increase motivation and energy
- Reduce feelings of guilt or self-blame
- Build healthier routines and behaviors that lift mood
CBT gives you tools you can use long after therapy ends.
Rumination Therapy – breaking the cycle of overthinking
A common and painful part of depression is rumination—the constant replaying of negative memories, worries, or “what-if” scenarios. Rumination can intensify depression, making it harder to concentrate, relax, or feel hopeful.
Rumination therapy is a targeted, evidence-based approach that helps you:
- Interrupt repetitive thought cycles
- Create mental space for clarity and calm
- Develop awareness of triggers that pull you into rumination
- Build healthier thinking habits
- Reduce anxiety and emotional overwhelm
By learning how to step out of these loops, you begin to feel more present and less weighed down by your thoughts.
Signs you may benefit from Depression Counselling
You don’t have to wait for things to get “bad enough” before reaching out. Therapy can help if you’re experiencing:
- Persistent sadness or emptiness
- Loss of interest in things you once enjoyed
- Fatigue or trouble concentrating
- Irritability or emotional numbness
- Sleep or appetite changes
- Feelings of worthlessness or hopelessness
- Difficulty coping with daily tasks
If any of these resonate with you, depression therapy can provide support, structure, and hope.
You Don’t Have to Go Through This Alone
Depression can make you feel disconnected from yourself and others, but healing is possible. Through depression counselling, you can gain tools to manage your symptoms, reconnect with your strengths, and start building a life that feels more meaningful.
Take the first step
If you’re ready to take a first step, or even if you’re unsure and just want to explore your options, I’m here to help. Reach out today to schedule a session. You deserve support, understanding, and a path forward.