If you're in the Salt Lake Valley and looking for a depression therapist who will do more than just validate your feelings — someone who will help you actually change something — Lionheart Counseling LLC is here.

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Dax Johnson, LCMHC provides specialized depression therapy to adults throughout the Salt Lake Valley — including Murray, Salt Lake City, South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Midvale, West Jordan, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Cottonwood Heights — through in-person sessions in Murray and telehealth available statewide.

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What Depression Really Looks Like

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Depression doesn't always look like crying all the time. For many adults in the Salt Lake Valley it's much quieter than that — a persistent flatness, a loss of motivation, a disconnection from things that used to matter. It might look like:

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• Going through the motions at work, at home, and in relationships without really being present

• A heaviness that sleep, distraction, and pushing through haven't been able to lift

• Negative beliefs about yourself that feel completely true — "I'm a failure," "I don't deserve better," "nothing will ever change"

• Irritability or emotional numbness rather than visible sadness

• Persistent depressive disorder — a lower-level depression that has lasted so long it feels like just who you are

• Wondering what the point is, without necessarily being in crisis

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Depression lies to you. And the right therapeutic support can help you find your way back to yourself.

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Specialized Depression Treatment

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At Lionheart Counseling, depression therapy is built around getting to the root — not just managing symptoms. Using CBT, EMDR, IFS, and Solution-Focused Therapy together, we address depression at the level of thought patterns, past experiences, and the internal beliefs driving the cycle.

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IFS therapy is particularly powerful for depression rooted in shame or worthlessness — it helps heal the parts of you that carry those beliefs rather than just challenging them intellectually. EMDR processes the painful experiences that shaped how you see yourself. CBT rewires the thought patterns depression uses to keep you stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy keeps forward momentum alive throughout the work.

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Serving the Entire Salt Lake Valley

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In-person depression therapy is available Tuesday through Friday at our Murray, Utah office. Telehealth depression therapy is available to adults throughout Utah. A free 15-minute consultation is available to get started.

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Ready to feel like yourself again? Book a Session or reach out at dax@lionheartcounselingllc.com | (801) 921-7854

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Dax Johnson, LCMHC (#13937032-6004) | Lionheart Counseling LLC | 5296 S Commerce Dr, Suite 206, Murray, UT 84107