Therapy for Depression

At Moving Forward Staying Present, we offer depression therapy in Portland, Oregon for clients who want support with low mood, burnout, grief, disconnection, hopelessness, lack of motivation, emotional numbness, and the search for steadier ground.

Depression can make life feel distant, heavy, muted, or hard to reach. It may affect your sleep, energy, motivation, relationships, appetite, work, creativity, and sense of meaning. For some people, depression looks like sadness or tears. For others, it looks like numbness, irritability, exhaustion, withdrawal, or the ability to keep functioning while feeling disconnected inside.

Depression can feel like:

  • Low energy or constant fatigue

  • Loss of interest or pleasure

  • Difficulty starting tasks

  • Feeling disconnected from yourself or others

  • Irritability, heaviness, or numbness

  • Harsh self-talk or shame

  • Sleeping too much or too little

  • A sense that life has become smaller

  • Low Mood

  • Changes in appetite  

  • Anhedonia 

  • Hypo arousal 

  • Hopelessness 

  • Binge eating 

  • Low motivation 

How Therapy Helps

Therapy for depression gives you a place to be met with care and curiosity. Together, we can explore what depression may be connected to: grief, trauma, stress, loneliness, identity, relationships, burnout, family patterns, chronic illness, or the pressure to keep going without enough support.

This work can help you understand emotional patterns, reduce isolation and shame, reconnect with meaning, and build sustainable coping tools.

Our Approach

Our therapists may draw from CBT, behavioral activation, narrative therapy, mindfulness, somatic awareness, relational therapy, and trauma-informed care. The work may include emotional processing, practical support, nervous system awareness, and exploration of the experiences beneath depression.

You can begin with what you notice: heaviness, distance, exhaustion, sadness, numbness, or the desire for something to shift.

Our therapy office is located in the Sellwood neighborhood of SE Portland. We also offer telehealth across Oregon.

Ready to start your healing journey?Request a consult call.

If you’re looking for support with depression, schedule a consult and we’ll help connect you with a therapist who feels like a strong fit.

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GETTING HERE

Location:

Our office is located in the Sellwood neighborhood of Southeast Portland at 8083 SE 13th Ave, Suites 2 & 4. Your therapist will specify which suite they are in. Come on upstairs to the second floor, but please keep in mind we are not ADA accessible.

Parking:

There is plenty of free street parking in front of the building as well as in the lot in the back of the building, just behind OnPoint Credit Union (13th and Tacoma St). Park in a spot NOT labeled OnPoint Credit Union and walk up the stairs at the back of the building. Find your Suite: 2 or 4.

Public Transport:

From downtown

  • Take the southbound #40 bus towards Tacoma, get off at SE Tacoma & 13th, or

  • Take the southbound MAX orange line towards Milwaukie, get off at SE Bybee Blvd and transfer to the northbound #40 bus towards Swan Island. Get off at SE Tacoma & 13th.

From Concordia, Grant Park, Buckman, Hosford-Abernathy, etc.

  • Take the southbound #70 bus towards Milwaukie, get off at SE 17th & Tacoma. Walk four blocks west to SE 13th & Tacoma.

  • From anywhere else:

  • Google Maps can provide useful routes that include bus schedules.

By Bike:

From anywhere along the Willamette

  • Take the Willamette Greenway Trail along the river to the Sellwood Bridge, cross the bridge and take Tacoma St to SE Tacoma & 13th.

  • Take the Springwater on the Willamette, turn off and take Spokane St to Spokane & 13th.

From anywhere else