Depression Therapy in Murray, Utah | Lionheart Counseling LLC
When You Can't Remember the Last Time You Felt Like Yourself
Depression has a way of making everything feel flat. Not just sad, but flat. Like the things that used to matter don't anymore. Like you're moving through your days on autopilot, going through the motions without really being there.
Maybe you've been telling yourself you just need to try harder. That other people have it worse. That you should be able to snap out of it. But you can't. The harder you push yourself, the worse the shame gets, and the cycle continues to repeat itself.
Depression isn't laziness or weakness. It's a real, treatable condition. And you deserve support that actually helps.
What Depression Can Look Like
Depression doesn't always look like crying all the time. Sometimes it's much quieter than that. You might recognize some of these:
A persistent feeling of emptiness or numbness that you can't shake
Losing interest in things that used to bring you joy
Struggling to get out of bed, complete basic tasks, or take care of yourself
Feeling hopeless about the future. Feeling like things won't ever really change
Negative thoughts about yourself that feel completely true and impossible to argue with
Isolating from friends, family, or anyone who cares about you
Going through the motions at work, at home, in relationships — but not really present. Physically present, mentally elsewhere.
Wondering what the point of any of it is
Depression that shows up as irritability, anger, or emotional numbness more than sadness
Persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia) — a lower-level depression that has lasted months or years and become so familiar it feels like just who you are
If that sounds familiar, you're not alone. And you don't have to keep trying to figure this out by yourself.
How Depression Therapy Works at Lionheart Counseling
Depression therapy at Lionheart Counseling is built around evidence-based approaches that have been proven to help — not just manage symptoms, but actually shift the patterns underneath them. From the moment you book that first appointment to the end of every session you will be treated as a human being with a story to share, feelings to be heard, and healing to be felt with the genuine and collaborative respect you desire to experience.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
CBT helps you identify the thought patterns and beliefs that fuel depression. Beliefs like "I'm a failure," "nothing will ever change," or "I don't deserve to feel better." These thoughts feel true when you're depressed, but they're not facts. CBT gives you tools to examine them, challenge them, and slowly build a different relationship with your own mind.
EMDR for Depression Rooted in Trauma or Painful Experiences
For many people, depression is connected to things that happened in the past — loss, rejection, failure, trauma. EMDR can help reprocess those experiences so they stop weighing as heavily on how you see yourself and your future. EMDR therapy feels as if you have one foot in the present and one foot in the past as you reprocess and heal through each experience.
IFS Therapy (Internal Family Systems) for Depression
For many people dealing with depression, IFS helps identify and heal the internal "parts" that carry the weight of shame, worthlessness, and hopelessness. Rather than fighting the depressive voice, IFS helps you understand where it came from and what it's protecting — so it can begin to heal rather than just be managed.
Solution-Focused Approaches
Sometimes the most helpful thing is to stop focusing entirely on what's wrong and start identifying what's already working — even a little — and build from there. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy helps you find your own strengths and use them to create forward movement, even when everything feels stuck.
What Sessions Feel Like
Depression therapy at Lionheart Counseling is never about telling you to think positive or count your blessings and then send you on your way. It's about actually understanding what's happening for you, why it's happening, and what we can do together to help you find your way back to yourself.
Who This Is For
Depression therapy at Lionheart Counseling is a good fit for adults who:
Have been feeling low, empty, or hopeless for weeks, months, or longer
Feel like they've lost motivation for things that used to matter
Carry deep negative beliefs about themselves that feel impossible to shake
Are struggling to function at work, in relationships, or in daily life
Have tried to push through on their own and it hasn't been enough
Are ready to get real support instead of just waiting to feel better
Adults throughout the Salt Lake Valley — including South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, West Jordan, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Cottonwood Heights — can access depression therapy at Lionheart Counseling in-person in Murray or via telehealth statewide.
You Can Feel Like Yourself Again
Depression lies to you. It tells you this is just who you are, that it's always been this way, that nothing will help. None of that is true.
People recover from depression. Not overnight, and not without effort, but with the right support, things genuinely do change. You can care about things again. You can feel present in your own life again. You can get your sense of self back.
Ready to start? Book a session directly and let's take the first step together.
Depression Therapy in Murray, Utah — In-Person and Online
Lionheart Counseling LLC is located at 5296 S Commerce Dr, Suite 206, Murray, UT 84107. In-person sessions are available Tuesday through Friday. Telehealth therapy is available to adults throughout the entire state of Utah — including Salt Lake City, South Jordan, Sandy, Draper, Midvale, West Jordan, Taylorsville, Herriman, and Cottonwood Heights.
Phone: (801) 921-7854
Email:dax@lionheartcounselingllc.com
Dax Johnson is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in Murray, Utah, specializing in trauma, self-sabotage, anxiety, and depression. He is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and holds an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Grand Canyon University. Dax uses evidence-based approaches including EMDR, CBT, IFS, and SFBT, as well as Christian counseling for clients who desire a faith-integrated approach.
Dax Johnson, LCMHC (#13937032-6004) | Licensed under Utah Code 58-60-402 and 58-60-407
