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Understanding depression
Depression can take many forms, and is always unique to the person.
For some, it feels like a deep sadness or emptiness. For others, it’s an exhaustion that makes even small tasks feel impossible.
Sometimes, it’s not sadness at all – just a sense that life has lost its colour.
It can appear after a loss or slowly build over time, without a clear reason.
Whatever the form, depression is often the mind’s way of speaking when words have been too difficult to find.
Therapy offers a space to listen to what depression might be saying – about loss, meaning, or the conflicts within us.
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What causes depression?
Depression rarely comes from one cause.
It can arise from grief, disappointment, childhood experiences, or the pressure to appear “fine” when we’re not.
Sometimes, it’s a form of protest – a refusal to keep living in a way that no longer feels true.
In psychoanalytic theory, we understand depression as a symptom that means something. Something to be understood, and worked through.
By exploring its roots, therapy helps uncover what has been buried beneath it.
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How does therapy help for depression?
Therapy provides a safe and consistent space to speak – to put words to feelings that may have been carried alone for too long.
Through this process, the heaviness can begin to shift.
Understanding and working through replaces confusion. Connection replaces isolation. It’s not about quick fixes, but about slowly rebuilding a relationship to oneself and to life.
Our psychotherapists work with care, depth, and confidentiality, helping you find meaning and possibility again.
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