Offering Integrative, Somatic, and Nervous System-Focused Therapy

Depression Therapy

In-person therapy in Monmouth & Ocean County | Telehealth available throughout New Jersey.

When Disconnection Takes Hold

Depression doesn’t always look like sadness.

Sometimes it’s the slow fading of joy, meaning, and momentum.

Life begins to feel flat, unpredictable, and distant. What once felt rich with purpose and connection now feels muted and distant.

Your body feels deeply exhausted. Even the simplest forms of self-care may feel overwhelming, never mind showing up for others. Your thoughts spiral into helplessness and hopelessness, and it feels harder and harder to find your way out.

Sometimes the heaviness turns inward - into shame or sorrow. Other times, it mobilizes outward into anger or irritability. You may swing between numbness and overwhelm, feeling like you’re no longer fully here. Cut off. Disconnected. Alone.

When the Body Goes Quiet

Depression doesn’t just affect the mind. It takes hold of the body, too.

You may experience it as chronic fatigue, body aches and pains, changes in sleep, or even persistent pain. These symptoms make sense when we view depression through the lens of the autonomic nervous system.

This deeply intelligent primitive system is designed to protect us. If our brain is receiving messages of danger - physical, psychological, or emotional - our system is going to protect and preserve us. This stress response may shift us into a freeze state, a kind of collapse, immobilization, or shutdown to protect us.

This isn’t weakness. It’s a survival response.

The Path Back to Wholeness

However you’re feeling today, I want you to know that I’m really glad you’re here.

I help those struggling with depression through a mindbody approach - one that integrates psychology, neuroscience, and physiology. Together, we explore not only what hurts, but also what helps.

I’m also passionate about the field of positive psychology - the science of flourishing and what makes life meaningful. When integrated, it can play a powerful role in helping us reconnect to purpose, resilience, and possibility.

Together, we’ll work with evidence-based practices that support your nervous system, shift your inner landscape, and reconnect you with your own strength. Moving at a pace that honors where you are.