DEPRESSION
Feeling low from time to time is a natural part of life.
It often arises in response to loss, stress, or life transitions. But when these feelings linger, deepen, or interfere with your ability to function or connect meaningfully, you may be experiencing depression.
Depression can feel like an invisible weight that flattens your energy, dulls motivation, and makes joy seem out of reach. It may leave you disconnected — not only from others but from your own sense of self.
No matter how hopeless things may feel, healing is possible. With the right support and compassionate attention, you can reconnect with meaning, strength, and choice.
How Depression May Show Up
- Feeling emotionally flat, irritable, or low most of the day
- Losing interest in activities you once enjoyed
- Difficulty sleeping, or sleeping more than usual
- Changes in appetite or weight
- Low energy or fatigue that rest doesn’t improve
- Feelings of worthlessness or guilt
- Trouble concentrating or remembering
- Persistent self-criticism or indecisiveness
- Thoughts of giving up or not wanting to live
Depression can take many forms, including Major Depression, Chronic Depression, Postpartum Depression, Bipolar Depression, and more. Every person’s experience is unique and deserves a personalised approach.
A Deeper Understanding of Depression
Depression is more than a mood disorder — it is a signal, a call from within. Often, it reflects unprocessed emotional pain, suppressed needs, or disconnection from your true self.
Many who experience depression have adapted by suppressing feelings, minimising needs, or internalising unworthiness. These survival strategies may have been necessary in earlier life stages but can lead to emotional isolation, exhaustion, and loss of vitality over time.
In therapy, depression isn’t seen as a flaw or failure but as a doorway to understanding. Together, we explore not only what feels wrong but why those feelings emerged. What have you carried alone for too long? What parts of yourself have been silenced? What messages did you receive about who you must be to belong or be loved?
How Therapy Can Help
Psychotherapy offers a safe space to gently uncover what lies beneath symptoms. This process isn’t about rushing to “fix” but about creating the safety to listen inward and respond with kindness and care.
Therapy may include:
- Exploring your story: Understanding how past experiences — especially early relationships — shape your current self and relationships
- Compassionate self-discovery: Meeting your inner experiences with warmth and awareness, rather than judgment
- Healing disconnection: Reconnecting with your emotions, needs, body, and sense of self in a grounded way
- Shifting patterns: Working with long-held beliefs and defences keeping you stuck, with curiosity instead of blame
- Practical change: Developing daily habits that support wellbeing, like improving sleep, movement, boundaries, and social connection
My Approach
I draw from a range of therapeutic methods, including:
- Psychodynamic therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Systemic therapy
- Mindfulness-based work
- Trauma-informed, integrative care grounded in compassionate presence and deep listening
