Depression Therapy
in California
Stop managing or medicating
Heal your depression at the nervous system level
Trusted by Clients from:
To create our therapy
we trained personally with:
Bessel Van Der Kolk,
Author, The Body Keeps the ScorePeter Levine,
Founder, Somatic ExperiencingDick Schwartz,
Founder, Internal Family SystemsLaurel Parnell,
Founder, AF-EMDR
We’ve helped clients who were feeling:
sad, numb, hopeless & defeated
loss of pleasure & motivation
tired & sleep disturbed
isolated & withdrawn
stuck in rumination & doomscrolling
Depression simply means emotional pain that needs to be processed.
The Beyond approach
There are lots of myths about depression. Thankfully, it’s not just a chemical imbalance in the brain” to be managed & medicated. Rather, depression is a sign that something emotional has not been processed.
The disconnection you feel from your life force, energy, motivation, and relationships is your nervous system’s way of protecting you when there is not enough support to process your pain.
Our depression therapy applies straight-forward techniques backed by science to release what is stuck at the body level. This allows your energy and emotion to flow again and restores your life force & vitality.
In sessions you can expect:
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Healing begins with a safe and supportive connection. We work at your pace without rushing or pushing.
(This stage applies relational and person-centered therapies)
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We build a shared understanding of how your depression operates and what keeps it in place today. In the process, we meet your protective parts that guard emotional burdens and unprocessed losses and we map out what needs to happen in order to heal.
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Inside every session, we use focused somatic techniques to get to the root of your depression.
You'll learn how to listen, really listen, to the signals your body is sending.
This awareness work allows blocked energy & emotional pain to discharge & restores you to a baseline of restful alertness and natural motivation and energy. This state becomes a home base you can keep coming back to.
Exercises include:
State awareness training
Down-regulation & up-regulation–through breath, sound, self-touch & movement
Restoration of boundaries, voice & healthy aggression
You can try out some of our somatic tools here.
Read here for more detailed information on how Somatic Therapy works on the nervous system.
(This stage applies Somatic Experiencing and Attachment-Focused EMDR Therapies)
You’ll learn to integrate these tools into work, relationships, exercise and sleep to create a positive upward spiral that supports long-term resilience.
This isn’t about "coping" or “managing your depression”. It's about upgrading your nervous system to have more capacity and vitality.
Depression is Simply Stuck Energy
We show you practices that allow blocked energy and emotional pain to discharge, bringing you back to a calm and restful state—what’s known as self-regulation.
At the core of therapy is this:
grieving = healing
Depression therapy
that yields results:
We help you heal from the inside out so you can reclaim your full life force.
After working with us, clients report:
More energy & vitality
Renewed motivation, purpose & hope
Feeling lighter, clearer & less burdened
Better sleep & physical wellbeing
Stronger more fulfilling relationships
By helping your body find safety and connection, your perspective shifts and your identity updates.
You start getting reflections that “something has changed” and that you are “lighter to be around”.
This energy is magnetic and attracts good people.
Meet the Beyond team
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Rosalie Maduro, AMFT, APCC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATE
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Sarah Bibbo, ASW
PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATE
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Flavia MacMenamin, AMFT
PSYCHOTHERAPIST ASSOCIATE
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Angie Bradshaw, LMFT
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
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Steven Bradshaw, LMFT, SEP
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Hear from our clients