Therapy for Depression
Virtual Therapy in California
In-Person visits available in Roseville, CA
“In my experience the most crucial predictor of recovery is a persistent willingness to exert some effort to help yourself. Given this attitude, you will succeed.”
– Dr. David Burns
Stuck in this doom cloud, is an everyday occurrence.
You don’t remember the last time you felt light, carefree, and excited for the day. Life has taken a toll and all you want is to feel better.
Is that too much to ask?
The medication isn’t working. The positive self-talk isn’t working. The time spent with friends isn’t working.
You’re ready to throw in the towel, give up, and just settle for a life of numbness.
But what if you don’t settle quite yet? Here me out.
Imagine the heaviness - gone.
Darkness - gone. Numbness - gone.
Your relationships feel more connected, your career feels meaningful, you’re hitting the gym, and you're able to go out and have fun again. And your dog is thanking you for all the morning walks.
The past isn’t haunting you, the “what if’s” about the future aren’t paralyzing you, and you actually feel at ease in your mind, body, and soul.
You deserve this and it’s right at your fingertips.
How does this relief happen? Magic wand perhaps? Not quite.
You and I will identify what you’re really hoping to achieve. We will look at your goals to figure out the path. And I’m going to take time with you to first make sure: is this something you actually want to change? Because I think even these undesirable, and even painful, emotions show something wonderful and beautiful about who you are and what you value. Let’s make sure we aren’t throwing something out that actually has a valuable role in protecting you.
I’m also going to be honest, this change is unlikely to happen by just chatting once a week. If you want significant change, it will mean hard work and doing homework. But I will help you through it if you’re willing to take it on.
This is a method that helps you finally get specific, melt through that resistance that we all feel towards change (even when we desperately want change), and teaches you powerful tools you can continue to use for ongoing wellbeing.
The method I use? - TEAM-CBT.
For depression we will:
1.) Spend a lot of time building motivation to change.
2.) Address feelings of hopelessness.
3.) Get you up and moving! It’s all about action before motivation.
Who this type of therapy is for:
→You’re just going through the motions—wake up, eat, work, doomscroll, stay up late, rinse and repeat.
→Spending too much time hibernating as you avoid your friends and walking your dog.
→Doing the bare minimum at work and calling in sick a little too often.
→Hygiene is a chore, self-care is a chore, checking in on family is a chore - it’s all a chore.
→You’ve tried the affirmations, medication, self-help books, a morning routine, and avoidance - none of these have worked.
→You’re tired of unstructured talk therapy where you can’t tell if it’s actually working or not.
