Depression Therapists in South Pasadena, CA
I have helped people with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and childhood issues, among others.
I believe therapy to be a safe place where someone who is in need of help can be heard free of judgment. One of the main keys of therapy is working together on eliminating behaviors and belief patterns that do not help you grow as a person. By using various approaches that are tailored to your needs, therapy will assist in the development of tools and skills, which will help support personal growth. (Mi lengua materna es el español si le es mas agusto comunicarse asi).
I have helped people with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and childhood issues, among others.
I believe therapy to be a safe place where someone who is in need of help can be heard free of judgment. One of the main keys of therapy is working together on eliminating behaviors and belief patterns that do not help you grow as a person. By using various approaches that are tailored to your needs, therapy will assist in the development of tools and skills, which will help support personal growth. (Mi lengua materna es el español si le es mas agusto comunicarse asi).
I specialize in helping people with depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, stress management, ADD, family conflict, and managing life transitions.
These are difficult times & it is normal to feel anxious and out of control. I would like provide support and encouragement as you navigate your experience and feelings. I’ll listen carefully to you and provide a warm environment where you can feel safe exploring your concerns without judgement. I use an integrative therapeutic approach and will customize your treatment focusing on your individual needs using a variety of modalities. Tele-therapy is a regular part of my therapy practice, and I am confident that we can create an environment that feels comfortable for you. Be safe and I hope to hear from you.
I specialize in helping people with depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, stress management, ADD, family conflict, and managing life transitions.
These are difficult times & it is normal to feel anxious and out of control. I would like provide support and encouragement as you navigate your experience and feelings. I’ll listen carefully to you and provide a warm environment where you can feel safe exploring your concerns without judgement. I use an integrative therapeutic approach and will customize your treatment focusing on your individual needs using a variety of modalities. Tele-therapy is a regular part of my therapy practice, and I am confident that we can create an environment that feels comfortable for you. Be safe and I hope to hear from you.
Are you native Japanese or involved in a relationship with a person of Japanese descent? Are you or your family member feeling lost or depressed after moving to Los Angeles from Japan and having trouble adjusting to life in the United States? Are you a college student or foreign language student and feeling overwhelmed by living alone in a foreign culture and learning new social dynamics? Are you having problems parenting your American-born children? I can help you.
Are you native Japanese or involved in a relationship with a person of Japanese descent? Are you or your family member feeling lost or depressed after moving to Los Angeles from Japan and having trouble adjusting to life in the United States? Are you a college student or foreign language student and feeling overwhelmed by living alone in a foreign culture and learning new social dynamics? Are you having problems parenting your American-born children? I can help you.
Julia Childs
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
I help individuals heal from trauma, codependency, depression, anxiety, and childhood dysfunction.
You're a highly sensitive, creative, and empathic person who is ready to heal. You dream of an integrated life where your emotions, intuition, and spirit coexist. A life where healthy relationships flourish and the trauma of your past is finally laid to rest. You may feel exhausted by the pain of your childhood, old relationships, and even current circumstances. In turn, this has created a hunger for a safe space where you can show up as your full self. Welcome. You're home.
I help individuals heal from trauma, codependency, depression, anxiety, and childhood dysfunction.
You're a highly sensitive, creative, and empathic person who is ready to heal. You dream of an integrated life where your emotions, intuition, and spirit coexist. A life where healthy relationships flourish and the trauma of your past is finally laid to rest. You may feel exhausted by the pain of your childhood, old relationships, and even current circumstances. In turn, this has created a hunger for a safe space where you can show up as your full self. Welcome. You're home.
Alexandra Gaty
Associate Clinical Social Worker, ACSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
I specialize in supporting individuals and couples navigate anxiety, life transitions, and personal transformation, with a focus on college students, new parents, and artists. My approach promotes healing through mind and body, drawing on a range of experience working with trauma, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Together, we can explore the complexities of your thoughts, relationships, and past experiences to better understand how they shape your present. In a compassionate, nonjudgmental, and collaborative space, I can help you deepen self-awareness and create meaningful, lasting change.
I specialize in supporting individuals and couples navigate anxiety, life transitions, and personal transformation, with a focus on college students, new parents, and artists. My approach promotes healing through mind and body, drawing on a range of experience working with trauma, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Together, we can explore the complexities of your thoughts, relationships, and past experiences to better understand how they shape your present. In a compassionate, nonjudgmental, and collaborative space, I can help you deepen self-awareness and create meaningful, lasting change.
Molly Burrets
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
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I treat couples seeking greater connection and less conflict, as well as women experiencing anxiety, depression, and reproductive concerns. Many of my clients are high-achieving professionals who have challenges balancing work, home life, and relationships. I am an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, and a member of the editorial boards for Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice as well as Training and Education in Professional Psychology. I currently serve as Associate Editor for the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy.
I treat couples seeking greater connection and less conflict, as well as women experiencing anxiety, depression, and reproductive concerns. Many of my clients are high-achieving professionals who have challenges balancing work, home life, and relationships. I am an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, and a member of the editorial boards for Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice as well as Training and Education in Professional Psychology. I currently serve as Associate Editor for the Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy.
Heather R Halpern
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
South Pasadena, CA 91030
In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, I have helped more than 5,500 clients in the last 30 years. I am dedicated to helping men, women, couples, children, and families achieve greater well-being and success. I am gentle, focused, and direct in helping people successfully resolve: Signs or Symptoms of Depression or Anxiety, Life stressors such as Family and Work Problems, Grief, Loss, Marital Distress or Divorce, Parenting, Child and Adolescent Issues, Health Related Adjustment Issues, Post Traumatic Stress.
In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, I have helped more than 5,500 clients in the last 30 years. I am dedicated to helping men, women, couples, children, and families achieve greater well-being and success. I am gentle, focused, and direct in helping people successfully resolve: Signs or Symptoms of Depression or Anxiety, Life stressors such as Family and Work Problems, Grief, Loss, Marital Distress or Divorce, Parenting, Child and Adolescent Issues, Health Related Adjustment Issues, Post Traumatic Stress.
My experience includes working at community clinics, counseling centers, and skilled nursing and assisted living facilities where I have helped clients restore a life balance tipped over by personal issues such as grief, anxiety, depression, as well as health, relationship, school and career events.
Are you struggling with emotional turmoil? My practice specializes in helping young and older adults manage stressful situations to find a harmonious balance within themselves.
My experience includes working at community clinics, counseling centers, and skilled nursing and assisted living facilities where I have helped clients restore a life balance tipped over by personal issues such as grief, anxiety, depression, as well as health, relationship, school and career events.
Are you struggling with emotional turmoil? My practice specializes in helping young and older adults manage stressful situations to find a harmonious balance within themselves.
Some of the issues my therapy addresses are sexual abuse, relationship distress, depression, childhood trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Emotional and physical trauma, when unresolved, can leave us feeling alone, misunderstood, disconnected and sometimes shamed. It can keep us from forming the relationships we seek and alienate us from the intimacy we might desire. In a non-judgmental way, I engage my clients to help them find meaning and growth through a combination of deep understanding and emotional presence. My approach is attachment-based and focuses on attunement and self-acceptance. When working with couples as well as individuals, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
Some of the issues my therapy addresses are sexual abuse, relationship distress, depression, childhood trauma, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Emotional and physical trauma, when unresolved, can leave us feeling alone, misunderstood, disconnected and sometimes shamed. It can keep us from forming the relationships we seek and alienate us from the intimacy we might desire. In a non-judgmental way, I engage my clients to help them find meaning and growth through a combination of deep understanding and emotional presence. My approach is attachment-based and focuses on attunement and self-acceptance. When working with couples as well as individuals, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
I help people free up energy that went to depression and anxiety and use it to achieve what is important to them.
Whether you feel unfulfilled in your career, relationships, or use substances, food, or sex to cope with uncomfortable feelings, therapy can assist you in gaining valuable insights and facilitate lasting change. If you are in a relationship that is in distress, therapy can greatly improve your connection. I help couples become open, mutually attuned and responsive to each other in order to re-establish their emotional connection. With this emotional connection restored, couples can heal a distressed relationship, revitalize a tired one, and possibly rescue one gone awry.
I help people free up energy that went to depression and anxiety and use it to achieve what is important to them.
Whether you feel unfulfilled in your career, relationships, or use substances, food, or sex to cope with uncomfortable feelings, therapy can assist you in gaining valuable insights and facilitate lasting change. If you are in a relationship that is in distress, therapy can greatly improve your connection. I help couples become open, mutually attuned and responsive to each other in order to re-establish their emotional connection. With this emotional connection restored, couples can heal a distressed relationship, revitalize a tired one, and possibly rescue one gone awry.
Daniel Doyle
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPCC, RDT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
My experience includes work with trauma, addiction, depression, and anxiety.
I provide a comfortable environment and support to assist you in identifying and working to resolve issues that keep you stuck in unhealthy and unproductive patterns. These may include dissatisfaction with work, poor relationships, or struggles with anxiety, depression or self esteem. As a Certified EMDR Therapist, I use a streamlined approach to specifically target and resolve the issues that are interfering with your growth and happiness. I consider it a privilege to join my clients on their journey as they gain clarity, increased self-awareness and renewed energy to manage life's ups and downs more effectively.
My experience includes work with trauma, addiction, depression, and anxiety.
I provide a comfortable environment and support to assist you in identifying and working to resolve issues that keep you stuck in unhealthy and unproductive patterns. These may include dissatisfaction with work, poor relationships, or struggles with anxiety, depression or self esteem. As a Certified EMDR Therapist, I use a streamlined approach to specifically target and resolve the issues that are interfering with your growth and happiness. I consider it a privilege to join my clients on their journey as they gain clarity, increased self-awareness and renewed energy to manage life's ups and downs more effectively.
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I work with people struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD (adults, or parents trying to help a child diagnosed with ADHD), individuals/couples dealing with infertility, couples dealing with relationship challenges, and young adults grappling with life.
My intention is to help clients experience healthy, fulfilling relationships with themselves and the people in their lives. I work to gain your trust & be your ally as you take on life's challenges. Our therapeutic collaboration is filled with empathy & compassion. Our work together will have respect, gentleness & consideration as you search for the meaningful, integrated life you deserve. It's your process, whether you're struggling to find your way back to the life you enjoy, or discovering a life you want to live. I work with individuals, couples, and families.
I work with people struggling with depression, anxiety, ADHD (adults, or parents trying to help a child diagnosed with ADHD), individuals/couples dealing with infertility, couples dealing with relationship challenges, and young adults grappling with life.
My intention is to help clients experience healthy, fulfilling relationships with themselves and the people in their lives. I work to gain your trust & be your ally as you take on life's challenges. Our therapeutic collaboration is filled with empathy & compassion. Our work together will have respect, gentleness & consideration as you search for the meaningful, integrated life you deserve. It's your process, whether you're struggling to find your way back to the life you enjoy, or discovering a life you want to live. I work with individuals, couples, and families.
I specialize in supporting people struggling with depression, anxiety, and grief.
I work with adults (individually and as couples) and with teens (individually or in family sessions with parents). I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and offer bilingual services to Spanish speaking clientele. With over ten years of experience, I have worked with clients of all ages, and am confident in the power of therapy to foster insight and emotional healing. My goal is to honor each person's unique story while respecting the range of cultural experiences that shape us. I I would be honored to join you in moving toward positive change.
I specialize in supporting people struggling with depression, anxiety, and grief.
I work with adults (individually and as couples) and with teens (individually or in family sessions with parents). I am LGBTQIA+ affirming and offer bilingual services to Spanish speaking clientele. With over ten years of experience, I have worked with clients of all ages, and am confident in the power of therapy to foster insight and emotional healing. My goal is to honor each person's unique story while respecting the range of cultural experiences that shape us. I I would be honored to join you in moving toward positive change.
Camila Webb
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, AMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
I support individuals, couples and families through experiences of depression, trauma, anxiety, negative self-image, relationship challenges, transitions and other life challenges. My work incorporates training in modalities such as Emotionally Focused Therapy and Attachment-Based Family Therapy that are particularly helpful for couples and families in distress and seeking greater connection. I have also studied personally through a concentrated learning experience with Bessel van der Kolk (Body Keeps the Score) that informs a trauma-informed and depathologizing lens.
I support individuals, couples and families through experiences of depression, trauma, anxiety, negative self-image, relationship challenges, transitions and other life challenges. My work incorporates training in modalities such as Emotionally Focused Therapy and Attachment-Based Family Therapy that are particularly helpful for couples and families in distress and seeking greater connection. I have also studied personally through a concentrated learning experience with Bessel van der Kolk (Body Keeps the Score) that informs a trauma-informed and depathologizing lens.
Megan McGuinness
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030
The therapeutic relationship holds immense potential to empower lives, therefore choosing the right therapist is crucial. Your well-being is of utmost importance, and I am dedicated to providing you with the care and support you need. Together we will navigate the twists and turns, gently untangling the knots of anxiety, lifting the weight of depression, mending the wounds of troubled relationships, and bravely facing the shadows of past traumas. Let us unravel the roadblocks that hinder you from fully embracing the life you envision.
The therapeutic relationship holds immense potential to empower lives, therefore choosing the right therapist is crucial. Your well-being is of utmost importance, and I am dedicated to providing you with the care and support you need. Together we will navigate the twists and turns, gently untangling the knots of anxiety, lifting the weight of depression, mending the wounds of troubled relationships, and bravely facing the shadows of past traumas. Let us unravel the roadblocks that hinder you from fully embracing the life you envision.
Tana J DeSouza
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
I specialize in working with people dealing with stress, anxiety and depression or who want to strengthen their relationships (infidelity, improving communication or intimacy issues).
All therapy sessions are held virtually. For more information visit Tana DeSouza.com. I Have been working in the community for over 20 years. My clients are individual adults and couples often experiencing depression, anxiety, work or life stress, and relationship challenges. I am LGBTQ+ affirming. As a therapist, I am very interactive, warm, nonjudgmental and confident in my abilities. I often say that the most courageous people I have ever met are the ones who walk through my office door. Asking for help in a time of need takes great strength and vulnerability. (You can find me on Instagram & TikTok @tanadoestherapy).
I specialize in working with people dealing with stress, anxiety and depression or who want to strengthen their relationships (infidelity, improving communication or intimacy issues).
All therapy sessions are held virtually. For more information visit Tana DeSouza.com. I Have been working in the community for over 20 years. My clients are individual adults and couples often experiencing depression, anxiety, work or life stress, and relationship challenges. I am LGBTQ+ affirming. As a therapist, I am very interactive, warm, nonjudgmental and confident in my abilities. I often say that the most courageous people I have ever met are the ones who walk through my office door. Asking for help in a time of need takes great strength and vulnerability. (You can find me on Instagram & TikTok @tanadoestherapy).
Confronting the secrets we can barely tell ourselves is difficult, and I am here to help you take the first step. Whether you are struggling with a debilitating depression or if you feel immobilized by anxiety, I aim to provide a space that can facilitate symptom relief. I work with individuals suffering from range of conditions. These include depression, anxiety, trauma, disordered eating, and relational difficulties.
Confronting the secrets we can barely tell ourselves is difficult, and I am here to help you take the first step. Whether you are struggling with a debilitating depression or if you feel immobilized by anxiety, I aim to provide a space that can facilitate symptom relief. I work with individuals suffering from range of conditions. These include depression, anxiety, trauma, disordered eating, and relational difficulties.
Karen Levine Ph.D. Teletherapy Services
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
I have three decades of experience helping people with anxiety, depression and life transitions.
I am trained in a range of therapies but do not use a one-size-fits-all approach to treatment. I work with clients on challenges related to depression, anxiety, loss, adjustment to life changes, trauma, and family dynamics. Your voice and story are important. My goal is for you to not only feel like you have been listened to, but really heard.
I have three decades of experience helping people with anxiety, depression and life transitions.
I am trained in a range of therapies but do not use a one-size-fits-all approach to treatment. I work with clients on challenges related to depression, anxiety, loss, adjustment to life changes, trauma, and family dynamics. Your voice and story are important. My goal is for you to not only feel like you have been listened to, but really heard.
Ricardo Robles
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
Book with me now by clicking on my website. Most of my clients are young professionals or college and high school students who want to do in-depth, transformative therapy. I enjoy helping people who wish to heal from past trauma or loss, depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. I believe therapy serves as a way of liberating ourselves from problems and wounds of the past so that we can go out into the world to relate and live in newer, more meaningful, ways.
Book with me now by clicking on my website. Most of my clients are young professionals or college and high school students who want to do in-depth, transformative therapy. I enjoy helping people who wish to heal from past trauma or loss, depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. I believe therapy serves as a way of liberating ourselves from problems and wounds of the past so that we can go out into the world to relate and live in newer, more meaningful, ways.
Michelle Shin
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
South Pasadena, CA 91030 (Online Only)
Hi, welcome! My name is Michelle and I am a 1.5 generation Korean-American Bilingual therapist. I want to help you cultivate a healthier relationship with yourself, your loved ones, and the world around you. Life can present challenging obstacles that might impact our emotional, physical, and mental well-being. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, tired, lost, or unfulfilled, I can help you understand the underlying reasons behind those feelings. I have experience working with diverse group of clientele navigate through depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, multicultural experiences and more.
Hi, welcome! My name is Michelle and I am a 1.5 generation Korean-American Bilingual therapist. I want to help you cultivate a healthier relationship with yourself, your loved ones, and the world around you. Life can present challenging obstacles that might impact our emotional, physical, and mental well-being. If you are feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, tired, lost, or unfulfilled, I can help you understand the underlying reasons behind those feelings. I have experience working with diverse group of clientele navigate through depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, multicultural experiences and more.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.