Therapy for Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Self-Harm
Depression Doesn’t Always Look Like Depression
It doesn’t always look the way people think it does.It looks like getting up every day, going through the motions, keeping all your commitments while feeling hollow inside. Like you’re watching your own life through glass. Like the things that used to matter just don’t anymore, and you can’t remember exactly when that changed.
Sometimes, the dominant feeling is irritability. Sometimes, it’s numbness. Sometimes, it’s a bone-deep exhaustion that no amount of sleep seems to fix.
It’s canceling plans because the thought of being around people takes more than you have.
It’s the quiet, persistent thought that things aren’t going to get better, that you’re a burden, that everyone around you would be fine without you.
Your Pain Is Real, and It’s Not the Whole Story
If any of that sounds familiar, we want you to know something important. What you’re experiencing is real. It has a name. And depression lies about what your future holds.
Carrying pain doesn’t make you a burden. It makes you a person in pain, and that is exactly who we’re here for.
We’re unspookable, and nothing is off limits.
How Our Therapists Work with Depression, SI, and Self-Harm
You don’t have to be in crisis to deserve help. If you are in crisis, we’re ready for that, too.
One of the most damaging myths about depression is that you have to hit rock bottom before you’re “bad enough” to get support. You don’t. The earlier you get support, the less ground you have to recover.
Our therapists have experience working with depression across the full spectrum, from the low-grade persistent kind that just makes everything harder, to the severe kind where getting out of bed feels genuinely impossible. Nothing you bring to the room will be too much.
Suicidal thoughts, talked about honestly. Thoughts of suicide exist on a wide spectrum, and they’re more common than most people realize. We’re trained and experienced in working with suicidal ideation. We won’t shame you for having these thoughts. We’ll help you understand them, build a safety plan if one is needed, and work on the underlying pain generating them.
Self-harm, met with compassion. Self-harm is almost always a coping strategy: a way of managing emotional pain that has become unbearable. It feels like it works in the short term, which is why people do it. It comes with an enormous amount of shame, which is why people hide it.
If you or someone you love is self-harming, the most important thing to know is that it’s a signal that someone needs better tools for managing pain. Our therapists approach it with compassion, never with alarm. We’ll work to understand what need it’s serving, build other ways to meet that need, and address the underlying emotional pain, which is always the real target.
Your Color Comes Back
Depression is not your permanent address.
We’ve sat with people who were absolutely certain they would never feel better, and watched them prove themselves wrong.
The work happens gradually. Real work, supported work, consistent work, the kind that shifts the ground beneath you a little at a time.
The color starts coming back. The future starts feeling imaginable again. Small things start to matter again.
The version of your life waiting on the other side of this is one where you’re present, engaged, and actually glad to be here. That version is worth fighting for.
The fact that you’re reading this means part of you still believes things can be different. That part is right.
Reach Out Today
Please reach out. A free 15-minute consultation is the first step. No pressure, no judgment, just a real conversation.
Call or text us today: (952) 592-1208
Email: claire@liveuptherapy.com
Crisis Support
If you are in immediate crisis, please use one of the resources below.
Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)
Hennepin County Crisis Line: 612-596-1223
Trevor Project (LGBTQ+): 1-866-488-7386 (call) or 678-678 (text START)
If in immediate danger, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.