Online Therapy for Depression in California & Michigan
When you feel disconnected from yourself, your life, or the people around you.
Depression doesn’t always look the way people expect it to. Sometimes it shows up as sadness, but other times it feels more like exhaustion, numbness, disconnection, irritability, loss of motivation, difficulty functioning, or the sense that you’re moving through life without really feeling present in it.
You may still be going to work, maintaining relationships, or keeping up with responsibilities while internally feeling overwhelmed, stuck, emotionally flat, or unable to access the version of yourself you remember being. Over time, this can create shame, hopelessness, self-criticism, or the feeling that things “shouldn’t” feel this hard.
Therapy offers a space to better understand what’s happening beneath these experiences and begin working toward meaningful change. Not through pressure or judgment, but through deeper understanding, support, and approaches that help things begin to feel more manageable, connected, and alive again.
Depression is often more complex than simply "feeling sad"
For many people, depression is not just sadness. It can feel like emotional numbness, exhaustion, hopelessness, irritability, difficulty functioning, disconnection from yourself or others, or the sense that everything takes more effort than it should. You may find yourself withdrawing, losing motivation, struggling to enjoy things you used to care about, or feeling stuck in patterns that are difficult to change even when part of you wants to.
Often, these experiences do not appear out of nowhere. Depression can be shaped by trauma, chronic stress, burnout, self-criticism, nervous system overwhelm, grief, relationship experiences, neurodivergence, or years of carrying emotional pain without enough support or understanding. Even when you logically understand what’s happening, it can still feel incredibly difficult to shift on your own.
Therapy for depression focuses on understanding these deeper patterns while also helping you reconnect with yourself, your emotions, your relationships, and the parts of life that may have started to feel distant or inaccessible. The goal is not to force positivity or pressure you to “just feel better,” but to support meaningful change in a way that feels compassionate, manageable, and sustainable over time.
Our online therapy sessions for depression are conveniently available for all California and Michigan residents.
Healing from depression is about more than "trying harder"
Depression can affect the way you think, feel, relate to others, move through daily life, and experience yourself and the world around you. For some people, it feels heavy and overwhelming. For others, it feels numb, flat, exhausting, or strangely distant, like you're going through the motions without fully feeling connected to your life anymore.
My approach to depression therapy is collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in understanding the deeper emotional, relational, and nervous system patterns contributing to these experiences. Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, we can explore what may be happening underneath the depression so that change feels more meaningful, sustainablke, and connected to your actual life.
When depression is connected to trauma, burnout, or chronic stress
Depression often develops in the context of experiences that have felt emotionally overwhelming, invalidating, isolating, or impossible to sustain long term. Trauma, burnout, chronic stress, grief, relationship pain, emotional neglect, and years of constantly pushing through can all contribute to feeling emotionally shut down, disconnected, or exhausted.
LGBTQ+ affirming depression therapy
For many LGBTQ+ folks, depression is shaped not only by internal experiences, but also by the emotional impact of rejection, masking, isolation, discrimination, fear of judgment, or feeling unseen in important relationships and environments.
We offer a space where your experiences are approached with affirmation, nuance, and understanding; without reducing you to your identity or assuming that identity must be the center of every conversation.
Neurodivergent depression therapy
Depression in neurodivergent people often looks different than people expect. Chronic masking, burnout, sensory overwhelm, rejection sensitivity, social exhaustion, self-criticism, and years of struggling against systems that don't fit your nervous system can all contribute to feeling depleted and disconnected over time.
We focus on understanding these experiences within the context of how your brain and nervous system work; because your neurology is not a sign of personal failure or lack of effort.
Trauma-informed depression therapy
Depression is often connected to experiences that felt overwhelming, isolating, emotionally unsafe, or impossible to fully process at the time. Sometimes this looks like obvious trauma, but other times it develops more quietly through chronic stress, emotional neglect, burnout, criticism, rejection, masking, or years of feeling disconnected from yourself and your needs.
Our trauma-informed approach recognizes that depression is not simply a lack of motivation or a personal failure to "try harder." Often, emotional shutdown, numbness, exhaustion, hopelessness, or withdrawal are nervous system responses that developed for understandable reasons over time.
We focus on understanding these deeper patterns with compassion while helping you gradually reconnect with yourself, your emotions, your relationships, and the parts of life that may have started to feel distant or inaccessible.
Getting Started
Depression can make it hard to reach out, especially when you're already exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure whether things can really feel different. You don't need to have everything figured out before starting therapy; just a sense that you want support and that something isn't working the way it has been.
The first step is a free 20-minute consultation. We can talk through what's been going on, what you're hoping for, and whether working together feels like the right fit for the kind of support you're looking for.
Online Depression Therapy in California & Michigan
FAQs About Depression Therapy with Authentic Healing Therapy
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What if I'm not sure whether what I'm expecting is "serious enough" for therapy?
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You do not need to be in crisis for therapy to be helpful. Many people seek support because they feel emotionally exhausted, disconnected, stuck in the same patterns, or unlike themselves in ways that are difficult to explain but still deeply impactful. Your experiences do not have to reach a certain threshold to deserve care and support.
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What approaches or modalities do you use for depression therapy?
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My work integrates trauma-informed, relational, somatic, and nervous-system-informed approaches, including IFS (Internal Family Systems) and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Rather than focusing only on symptom reduction, therapy explores the deeper emotional and nervous system patterns contributing to depression so that change feels more meaningful and sustainable over time.
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What can I expect from depression therapy?
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We offer a space to better understand what may be contributing to the heaviness, exhaustion, numbness, or disconnection you've been experiencing. Sessions may involve exploring emotional patterns, past experiences, nervous system responses, self-criticism, or the ways stress and overwhelm have accumulated over time. The pace is collaborative and adapted to what feels manageable for you.
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Can depression therapy be done online?
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Yes. Online therapy has been shown to be equally effective to in-person therapy. Many people also find it easier to engage in therapy from the comfort and familiarity of their own environment, especially when energy, motivation, or overwhelm already feel difficult to manage.
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What if I've felt this way for a very long time?
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Depression can make it difficult to imagine things feeling different, especially if you've spent years carrying heaviness, numbness, hopelessness, or emotional exhaustion. Therapy is not about forcing positivity or expecting immediate change. It's about creating a space to better understand what's happening and gradually begin moving toward something different with support.
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