Counselling for low mood
Low mood
Flat, heavy, or just not yourself. For the grey stretch that never quite counts as a crisis but costs you a lot.
- Sessions from
- £65
- Usually
- 10 to 20 sessions
- First session
- within 7 days
Low mood rarely announces itself. It settles in slowly — a bit less energy, a few more evenings on the sofa, fewer replies to messages — until one day you notice you cannot remember the last time you felt properly like yourself.
Therapy for low mood starts with making room for it. You will not be told to cheer up, and you will not be handed a list of self-care tips. We will want to understand what the heaviness is made of: sometimes loss, sometimes exhaustion, sometimes years of putting everyone else first.
Alongside that, small practical steps can help the body lead the mind. Jonah often works with low mood on walk-and-talk sessions, where simply being outside and moving is part of the work.
If at any point you feel unsafe, please do not wait for your next session: call [local emergency number] or [crisis line].
Who you could see for low mood
All of them offer a free 15-minute call first, so you can hear how they work before you decide.
Ella Rourke
Founder, integrative psychotherapist
Fifteen years alongside people through anxiety, loss and the quiet kind of low mood that hides behind a functioning life.
Read about EllaJonah Pell
Person-centred counsellor, walk-and-talk
Gentle, unhurried counselling indoors or outdoors, for people who find sitting face to face too much.
Read about JonahQuestions about low mood
Is this depression?
It might be, and a GP can help you find out. You do not need a diagnosis to come to therapy, and we will not give you one.
I do not know what I would even talk about.
That is one of the most common things people say on the free call. We start with how the last week has been. It is enough.
Other things we help with
Talk it through first
A free 15-minute call with a therapist who works with low mood. No commitment, and nothing to prepare.