Support for Depression
If depression has been affecting your mood, relationships, or sense of direction, you don’t have to manage it alone. Through thoughtful, collaborative therapy, we help you make sense of what’s happening and move toward greater clarity and vitality.
You Don’t Have to Keep Pushing Through — There Is Another Way
Depression can feel like moving through life with the volume turned down. Things that once mattered may lose their pull, energy can feel scarce, and even small tasks can take enormous effort. It’s not simply a passing mood — it’s a state that can quietly reshape how you experience yourself, your relationships, and your sense of the future.
Therapy offers a space to slow down and make sense of what’s happening beneath the surface. Together, we explore the emotional patterns, losses, pressures, and inner conflicts that may be weighing you down. Over time, this work can ease self-criticism, restore emotional movement, and help you reconnect with a sense of meaning and vitality.
Depression Can Look Different for Everyone
While each person’s experience is unique, depression often shows up in familiar ways. You may find yourself dealing with:
Ongoing fatigue, even after rest or sleep
Difficulty focusing, making decisions, or remembering things
Persistent feelings of sadness, emptiness, or emotional flatness
Physical discomfort such as headaches, body aches, or stomach issues without a clear medical cause
Pulling away from others or feeling disconnected, even when you’re not physically alone
Losing interest in activities that once felt meaningful or enjoyable
A steady undercurrent of self-criticism or difficulty imagining that things could improve
How We Help With Depression
Depression can make even small decisions feel heavy, and seeking support shouldn’t add to that weight. Therapy offers a way to begin this work in a steady, supportive environment that fits into your life without unnecessary strain.
Our work starts by creating a sense of safety and trust, giving you space to speak openly about what you’re experiencing. Together, we explore the thoughts, patterns, and experiences that may be contributing to how you feel, helping you develop a clearer understanding of what’s been shaping your inner world.
Along the way, you may learn grounding and mindfulness-based practices to support you during difficult moments. Therapy isn’t about quick fixes — it’s about building awareness, resilience, and tools that can help you feel more connected to yourself and your life over time.
Depression Isn’t Just Feeling Sad
Depression is often shaped by many interconnected factors, including:
• Strained or confusing relationships with family, partners, or friends
• Hormonal or physiological changes, including those related to pregnancy or postpartum experiences
• Ongoing stress, burnout, or pressure to meet competing demands
• Loss of motivation, confidence, or trust in yourself
• Perfectionism and persistent self-criticism that make it hard to feel “good enough”
• Major life transitions such as a breakup, career change, illness, or becoming a caregiver
Understanding what may be contributing to your depression is often an important first step toward healing — and something therapy can help you explore with care and clarity.
meet your counselors
I'm Erica Oppenheimer
I am a licensed clinical social worker offering therapy for adults who are struggling with anxiety, uncertainty, or a sense of disconnection. Many of the people I work with feel stuck in patterns they can’t fully explain. They may find themselves repeating the same emotional responses or caught in relationships that feel unsatisfying or confusing.
My work is grounded in the belief that symptoms are meaningful. Anxiety, perfectionism, emotional paralysis—these are not just problems to be managed but expressions of something deeper, often rooted in earlier experience or unconscious conflict. In therapy, we create the conditions for those patterns to reveal themselves, so they can be understood and worked through, not just pushed aside.
I offer a space where your thoughts, dreams, and frustrations can be explored freely and seriously. This allows for more lasting change. As we begin to uncover what has remained hidden, many people find that life opens up in new and unexpected ways. The goal is not to become someone else, but to make more sense of who you already are and to find new ways of living that feel more authentic.
LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (California, New York, Florida)
I'm Priyanka Parikh
Priyanka Parikh is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience supporting adults navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, insomnia, and major life transitions. Her clinical foundation was shaped within the Veterans Affairs system, where she worked across primary care mental health, PTSD treatment, residential programs, and integrated medical settings.
Her therapeutic style is collaborative, steady, and clear. Dr. Parikh draws from evidence-based approaches including CBT, CPT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and mindfulness-based interventions, offering care that is structured enough to support meaningful change while remaining flexible and responsive to each client.
At Branch Lane, Parikh provides a space where clients feel understood and supported as they work toward greater clarity, resilience, and balance. She is deeply committed to culturally responsive, inclusive care and values the full context of each client’s experiences, identities, and story.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Over 10 years of experience in trauma-informed and integrated care settings
Trilingual in English, Gujarati, and Hindi
I'm Robin Chilton
Robin Chilton is a Licensed Master Social Worker who specializes in supporting women through life transitions, motherhood, and the emotional complexities that often accompany change. She works with individuals experiencing anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, infertility, loss, perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, and the challenges of parenting across stages of life.
Her clinical approach is collaborative, attuned, and grounded in psychodynamic and relational frameworks, while integrating cognitive-behavioral strategies, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing when helpful. Robin views symptoms not simply as problems to fix, but as meaningful signals that invite careful listening and understanding. She strives to create a reflective, safe space where clients can explore their emotional patterns and develop insight.
Robin’s work is informed by extensive experience in early childhood mental health, trauma-informed care, and family systems. She has served as a lead consultant with New York City child welfare services, providing clinical consultation, training, and case guidance. She has also worked in schools and therapeutic programs supporting children, parents, and families navigating grief, behavioral challenges, and stress from developmental and environmental pressures.
Lead consultant for NYC Child Welfare Services
Extensive experience in trauma-informed care and early childhood mental health
Skilled in integrating psychodynamic, relational, and cognitive-behavioral approaches
How to Get Started?
Reach Out for a Consultation
Begin with a brief consultation to share what’s been bringing you to therapy, ask questions, and get a feel for how we work. This conversation is a chance to be heard without judgment and to see whether Branch Lane feels like the right fit for you.
Tell Us More About Your Goals
Once you decide to move forward, you’ll receive a short set of intake forms to help us understand your background, current concerns, and what you’re hoping for from therapy. This information allows us to approach your first session with care and intention.
Begin Therapy
Whether you meet with us online or in person, therapy starts by creating a supportive, collaborative space. Together, we work to understand what’s been contributing to your difficulties and develop an approach that supports clarity, steadiness, and meaningful change over time.
You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone
If you’re ready to better understand what’s been shaping your experience and explore new ways of relating to yourself and your life, we’re here to help. Therapy at Branch Lane offers a thoughtful, collaborative space to begin this work at a pace that feels right for you.
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