depression + low mood support in vancouver, bc

you’re not broken, just tired in a very human way.

Depression can feel like your world has gone quiet — not dramatic sadness, but a slow dimming. The heaviness, the fog, the sense that everything takes twice the energy it used to. Maybe you’ve gone numb. Maybe you’re tired of holding it together. Maybe you just don’t feel like you.

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Depression is often a nervous system doing its best to protect you — shutting things down because it’s been overwhelmed for too long. Under the exhaustion, there are usually parts of you holding old grief, disappointment, anger, or unmet needs that never felt safe to express.

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In therapy, we move gently. Through IFS and parts work, we get to know the parts of you that feel hopeless, the ones that shut down, and the ones that demand you keep pushing anyway. When these parts feel understood instead of judged, something inside begins to soften.

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We also work somatically — reconnecting you with small cues of safety, energy, and presence. No forced positivity. No rushing your system. Just slow, steady reconnection.

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Together, we’ll explore:

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• what your low mood is trying to protect you from

• how shutdown and numbness developed

• what your exhausted parts need from you now

• how to rebuild energy, meaning, and self-worth

• how to create a life that feels more livable, not more demanding

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The goal isn’t to “snap out of it.” It’s to help you find your way back — gently, honestly, with room for all the parts of you that are trying their best to keep you safe.