Mood Disorders

Mood disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and related conditions, affect how you feel about yourself, how you relate to others, and how you move through the world. They're not a character flaw or a lack of willpower. They're real, they're treatable, and they respond to the right kind of work.

Depression

Depression is more than sadness. It's the flatness, the absence of things that used to matter, the exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix, the way ordinary tasks can feel impossibly heavy. Major depressive disorder affects millions of people and often goes untreated for years, partly because it's so good at convincing you that nothing will help.

Therapy for depression at this practice combines approaches that are well-supported by research, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, behavioral activation, mindfulness, with a relational approach that takes seriously the interpersonal roots of depression. Often, depression is connected to patterns of disconnection, loss, unmet needs, or internalized beliefs about worth and belonging that developed long before the depression itself showed up.

Bipolar disorder and mood cycling

Living with bipolar disorder means navigating a particular kind of unpredictability, the high-energy periods that feel productive or even euphoric, and the crashes that follow. Therapy doesn't replace medication when medication is needed, but it's an important complement: helping you understand your patterns, build routines that support stability, recognize early warning signs, and process the grief and frustration that often come with a bipolar diagnosis.

Working with young people

Depression and mood disorders don't only affect adults. Children and teenagers experience them too, often presenting differently than adult depression, through irritability, withdrawal, declining grades, or behavior changes rather than the sadness adults expect to see. This practice has experience identifying and working with mood-related challenges in younger clients.