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: 

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

 Therapists trained to treat depression: