Online Therapy for Depression in California and Texas
You are getting through your days, but you do not feel like yourself.
Depression does not always mean that you have stopped functioning. You may still be working, caring for other people, and doing what needs to get done while feeling disconnected, exhausted, unmotivated, or empty inside.
You are still showing up, but everything feels heavier than it should.
You may wake up already tired, even after getting enough sleep. Things you used to enjoy do not feel the same, and even small tasks can take more energy than you expect.
You may still go to work, take care of your family, answer messages, and show up when people need you. From the outside, people may not realize how much effort it takes just to keep moving through the day.
Sometimes the hardest part is not knowing why you feel this way. You may look at your life and think you should be grateful or happy, then criticize yourself because you are not.
You might tell yourself that other people have it worse, that you have no reason to feel this way, or that you should simply be able to push through it.
And when you have spent a long time taking care of everyone else, being productive, or doing what is expected of you, it can become difficult to know what you need anymore.
You do not have to wait until you are no longer functioning to take what you are feeling seriously.
We can look beyond getting through the day and begin understanding what you have been carrying.
My work with depression is not only about helping you become more productive or telling you to do more things that are supposed to make you feel better. Those tools can be useful, but I also want us to understand what may be underneath the way you are feeling.
Together, we can look at the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns that may have shaped how you see yourself. We may notice how often you criticize yourself, how difficult it is to make room for your own needs, or how much of your life has been built around taking care of everyone else.
We can also pay attention to what happens when you make a mistake or feel like you have disappointed someone. If your first response is to blame yourself, tell yourself you should have done better, or question your worth, we can become curious about where that response came from and whether it still needs to have so much power over you.
As you begin understanding those patterns, we can work on responding to yourself differently, reconnecting with what matters to you, and creating room for parts of yourself that may have been pushed aside for a long time.
Family and culture are part of the conversation too.
For women of color and Haitian women, depression can also exist alongside messages about strength, responsibility, gratitude, family, and what you are expected to carry.
You may have learned that you should be grateful because your parents sacrificed for you, that family comes first, or that your own feelings should not become a burden for anyone else. You may be used to continuing even when you are exhausted because stopping was never something you felt you were allowed to do.
Therapy with me gives us room to look at those messages without asking you to reject your family or your culture. We can understand where they came from, what still matters to you, and what you may want to do differently.
As a Haitian therapist, I can also help put some of those experiences into cultural context. Therapy is available in English and Haitian Creole for clients in California and Texas.
The approaches I may use
Trauma informed CBT
DBT skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance
Mindfulness and grounding
Psychoeducation about anxiety, trauma responses, and the nervous system
Values exploration
Inner child and parts informed reflection
The tools we use will depend on what you are experiencing and what makes sense for you.
What getting started looks like
1. Start with a 15 minute consultation
We will briefly talk about what has been bringing you to therapy, what you are looking for support with, and whether my practice may be a good fit. This is not a therapy session. It is simply an opportunity for us to connect and decide whether we want to move forward.
2. We start with what you are experiencing now
Your first sessions give me an opportunity to understand what life has been feeling like for you, what has changed, what feels hardest right now, and what you would like to be different.
You do not have to know exactly why you are depressed before coming to therapy.
3. We begin understanding the bigger picture
As we continue meeting weekly, we can begin connecting what you are feeling now with the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and patterns that may be contributing to it.
From there, we work on helping you respond to yourself differently, reconnect with what matters to you, and begin making changes that feel manageable rather than forcing yourself to suddenly become a different person.
Questions about therapy for Depression
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Yes. Depression does not always mean being unable to work, care for your family, or complete your responsibilities. Some people continue functioning while privately feeling exhausted, disconnected, unmotivated, or unlike themselves. Therapy gives us space to take those feelings seriously even when other people cannot see them.
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What your life looks like from the outside does not always tell us what is happening internally. Depression can be connected to many things, including current stress, relationships, long standing beliefs about yourself, painful experiences, or patterns you have carried for years. We can explore what may be contributing to how you feel without assuming there is one simple explanation.
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You do not need to know before you begin therapy. Part of our work can be slowing things down enough to notice what has been happening, what you have been carrying, and what may have changed over time.
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Sometimes. Experiences from childhood and other parts of your past can affect how you see yourself, how you respond to relationships, and what you believe you deserve or are allowed to need. We can explore those connections without assuming that every person with depression has experienced trauma.
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Harsh self criticism can become so familiar that it feels normal. In therapy, we can look at what happens when you make a mistake or feel disappointed in yourself, where those expectations may have come from, and how you can begin responding to yourself with more self compassion without giving up accountability or growth.
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There is no set amount of time that works for everyone. It depends on what is contributing to how you feel, what you want to work through, and how the work develops over time. We will continue talking about your progress and what you need as therapy moves forward.