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DEPRESSION THERAPY · TELEHEALTH ACROSS CALIFORNIA
When it feels like you've lost yourself
Depression is more than feeling sad. It can feel like moving through life under a constant heaviness, where even small things take more than you have. You don’t have to snap out of it. Healing starts with being met right where you are.
Online across California · In-network with major insurance plans
Available to individuals located in California
Does any of this sound familiar?
Getting out of bed, answering texts, starting the day. Everything takes more than you have.
You cancel plans you were looking forward to, then feel relieved, then guilty.
People ask how you’re doing, and you say “fine” because you don’t know how to explain it.
HOW WE UNDERSTAND DEPRESSION
Depression isn’t weakness. Often, it’s a sign you’ve been carrying too much for too long.
Depression can grow out of seasons of chronic stress, painful relationships, unresolved grief, trauma, or years of feeling like you had to keep going without the support you needed.
Through an attachment lens, this makes sense. When there’s been too much to hold and not enough comfort, your mind and body can begin to shut down to conserve energy and protect you from more pain. What once helped you survive can slowly leave you feeling disconnected from yourself, from the people you love, and from the life you want.
WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE
Depression doesn’t always look like sadness
Many people we work with are still showing up for work, family, and everyone else. From the outside, things look fine. Inside, it can look more like this:
It can look like
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Feeling numb or flat instead of sad
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Being irritable or short with people you love
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Sleeping too much, or not enough
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Staying busy so you don’t have to feel
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Pulling away from friends and family
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Feeling guilty for resting
How we work with depression
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A pace that feels sustainable
We start with whatever you have energy for. Healing doesn’t happen overnight, and you won’t be asked to push through.
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Room for grief and loss
Depression often holds sadness that never had a place to go. We make space for the losses and hurts that are still asking to be felt.
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Compassion for the inner critic
Instead of fighting the harsh voice inside, we get curious about where it came from and help you meet yourself with more kindness.
OUR FOUNDATION
Emotionally Focused Therapy for depression
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a research-supported approach rooted in attachment science, the understanding that we’re wired to need safe, steady connection with others. It’s at the heart of how every therapist at Behold works.
With depression, EFT helps us gently reach the feelings that numbness and exhaustion have been covering, like loneliness, grief, or the longing to be cared for. When those feelings are met with warmth instead of carried alone, they begin to shift, and energy and connection can slowly return.
Your feelings make sense
We see shutting down as your system’s way of protecting you, not as a flaw to fix.
Feeling without being overwhelmed
We approach hard emotions in small, manageable steps, with someone steady beside you.
Reconnecting with others
Depression pulls us inward. We look at how it shapes your relationships, and how closeness can become a source of strength again.
Finding hope again
The goal of therapy isn’t to force happiness. It’s to help you slowly come home to yourself.
Over time, many people notice small but meaningful changes. They feel more present. They have more energy. Moments of joy return. Relationships feel more real, and life starts to feel like something to live, not just survive.
What therapy can look like
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Getting to know you
We learn what life has felt like lately and what you hope could feel different.
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Finding small footholds
We look for gentle, doable steps that help you feel a little steadier day to day.
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Understanding what’s underneath
We explore the patterns, losses, and hurts that have been weighing you down.
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Reconnecting
Over time, you build a kinder relationship with yourself and feel closer to the people who matter.
Therapists who help with depression
Erin H. Kim, AMFT
EFT-trained · Chronic anxiety · Overcoming shame
Erin offers a warm, unhurried space for people worn down by pressure, self-criticism, and emotional exhaustion. She helps clients slow down, make sense of what they feel, and treat themselves with more compassion.
AMFT#160595 · Supervised by Kelley Kuit, LMFT#139895
Kelley Kuit, LMFT
EFT-trained · Clinical supervisor
Kelley helps people who learned early to hold everything together on their own find steadiness, let others in, and feel like themselves again. She welcomes clients from all walks of life, including people of faith.
LMFT#139895
Shannon Bruckbauer
EFT-trained · Life transitions
Shannon walks with clients through heavy seasons and big life changes, helping them understand what’s underneath and feel more connected to themselves and the people they love.
AMFT#125681 · APCC#9065 · Supervised by Kelley Kuit, LMFT#139895
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