Anxiety & Depression Therapy in Pasadena, CA
You've carried this all alone for too long. In-person and online sessions available.
No one would guess, but these days you’re barely getting by.
Maybe you don’t have the words for it—just a quiet feeling that something’s not right. You’re exhausted, but rest never seems to help. Your mind won’t quit, and your heart feels like it’s always bracing for disaster. You scroll for escape, you snap out of nowhere, and you lie awake replaying the same moment again and again. What did I miss? What’s wrong with me?
Nothing. Nothing is wrong with you.
Anxiety and depression arrive as whispers from the body or (as I like to say) “messengers from the soul.” They show up in the darkness of grief or seasons of burnout—in the hollow silence after a loss, in the quiet dread that some part of yourself is slipping away. Sometimes they’re new visitors. Sometimes they’ve been with you so long, they feel like part of you.
Maybe you’re here because...
You can’t remember the last time you felt excited about anything.
You’re so tired of putting on a mask and pretending everything is fine.
Everything feels like too much… and not enough at the same time.
The weight of what didn’t happen—career dreams, a baby, the relationship you thought would last—is suffocating.
You’re seemingly successful but secretly feel like a fraud.
The self-talk in your head isn’t just mean—it’s cruel.
You take it out on your partner—then spend the rest of the day beating yourself up for it.
You feel pushed around by your own mind—like something else is in the driver’s seat, and you don’t quite understand why.
What if you spoke to yourself the way you speak to the people you love?
How I Can Help
Although they often feel like an unwelcome guest, anxiety and depression show up when something needs attention, understanding, or care.
Therapy gives us a chance to slow things down enough so we can listen to what those symptoms might be trying to tell you.
When we work together, I’ll start by getting to know you as a whole person—because you are much more than what you’re feeling right now. We’ll explore how anxiety and depression show up in your life today—in your nervous system, your relationships, and your story. Using an integrative approach that includes somatic work, mindfulness, and psychodynamic exploration, we’ll trace the roots of what you’re feeling and help you develop skills for moving through it.
There is deep power in a space created specifically for you to come undone, somewhere you don’t have to hold it all together.
You can be tired here, shut down, pissed off, and confused. We’ll look at how you got here—family dynamics, perfectionism, old losses, survival strategies that no longer serve you—so we can shift our focus to where you want to go.
Therapy can help you…
Reclaim small pleasures: music, quiet mornings, movement, real rest.
Stop bracing for impact in your relationships.
Let yourself grieve.
Stop measuring your worth by how productive or perfect you are.
Learn how to pause before the shutdown and the self-criticism take hold.
Begin to understand why your nervous system reacts the way it does—and how to soothe it.
This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about coming home to you.
FAQs
Common Questions
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You’re not alone in that. For many people, anxiety and depression aren’t new—they’ve been long-term struggles. In our work, we won’t just try to “get rid” of it. We’ll slow down and get curious about the core beliefs or assumptions that give rise to your anxiety or depression. With that awareness, we can begin to build a chosen life—one guided by intention, not compulsion.
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Yes… and no. Tools are helpful, and you’ll definitely get some, but lasting change usually goes deeper. We'll explore not just what’s happening, but why it happens. That means looking at patterns, nervous system responses, and even early life experiences that shaped how you cope. Then we can make new choices, together.
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That’s not a problem—it’s a starting point. Most of my clients begin therapy feeling emotionally foggy or disconnected or just plain angry about it all. We’ll work gradually to help you reconnect with what’s going on under the surface, without pressure or expectation. Sometimes, simply noticing is the first breakthrough.
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It’s likely both. No life is without some measure of pain or difficulty—and we’re living in uniquely challenging times. This is fertile ground for anxiety and depression. If it’s starting to take a toll on your relationships, your work, or your sense of self, therapy can help you find steadier ground. You don’t need a diagnosis to deserve support.