Burnout and quiet exhaustion
Years of holding it all together, at work and at home, until the tank simply runs dry and nothing feels rewarding anymore.
Depression Counselling Adelaide
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Soul Counselling · Depression Support · Adelaide
When the days in Adelaide have gone grey and flat, you do not have to carry that heaviness on your own.
If you are in North Adelaide, Glenelg, Elizabeth, the Hills or anywhere across SA and life has narrowed down to low mood, numbness or plain exhaustion, there is room to breathe here. Christina meets you online by secure video or phone, wherever you feel safest at home.
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Around one in thirteen Australian adults, close to 7.5 percent, lives with an affective disorder such as depression in any given year, so this quiet struggle is far more common than it looks from the outside. In South Australia the reach is wider still, with the ABS finding that 21.6 percent of people aged 16 to 85, roughly one in five, experienced a mental disorder in the twelve months before the 2020 to 2022 survey.
Source: ABS National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing, 2020 to 2022.
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People keep saying the same thing.
One conversation in, most clients say they’ve finally been understood.
“I truly felt heard for the first time in all my life and deeply understood.”
“When I came to Christina I was drowning in darkness… now I’m finally thriving again.”
“Due to her mediumship I was able to see core issues that I wasn’t able to recognise before.”
Depression rarely announces itself. More often it just slowly dims the colour out of things.
- Mornings feel like lifting a weight before your feet even touch the floor, and getting going takes everything you have.
- The things you once looked forward to, a walk along the Torrens or coffee with a friend, now feel like effort rather than pleasure.
- You are functioning on the outside, showing up to work and family, while feeling strangely hollow underneath.
- Sleep has turned against you, either too much of it or lying awake while the same tired thoughts circle.
- Part of you wants to understand why this settled in, what your body and heart have been quietly carrying for so long.
In a place like Adelaide, where life can feel steady on the surface, it is easy to keep pushing through and tell yourself it will pass. It does not have to stay this heavy.
How Christina works
How Christina works with depression
There is no cheerleading here and no pressure to think positive on command. Christina works to understand what your whole system has been holding, sometimes for years, and why the shutting down made sense at some point. From that honest starting place, real hope has somewhere to take root.
Understanding, not fixing
Rather than treating your low mood as a fault to correct, she listens for what it is protecting or expressing. Depression often carries a message worth hearing gently.
Small, steady steps
When energy is scarce, big change feels impossible, so the work stays paced to what you can actually manage. Tiny shifts, repeated kindly, add up over time.
Room for hope
Alongside the honest talk, she holds a steady belief that things can lighten. You do not have to feel that hope yet for it to be true.
Go deeper
Want to understand depression more deeply before you reach out?
This page is deliberately short, because when you are flat the last thing you need is a wall of text. If you would like more, Christina has written a fuller piece on how depression takes hold and how counselling can gently loosen its grip. It may help you feel a little more prepared before booking.
Read the depression counselling blogRead it in your own time, with no pressure to act.
What we can work through
Common threads in the depression Christina hears in Adelaide
Depression looks different for everyone, yet a handful of themes come up again and again with the SA clients she supports.
Loss and grief that lingers
Low mood that took root after a bereavement, a relationship ending or a move away from people you love, and never quite lifted.
Feeling stuck and unseen
A sense that life has narrowed and no one really knows how flat you feel behind the everyday smile.
Isolation and distance
Loneliness that grows when friends and family are interstate, or when the effort of connecting feels like more than you can give.
About Christina
The counsellor behind Soul Counselling.
Christina Feyes founded Soul Counselling in 2016 and brings training across psychology, social work and human services, along with more than ten years of hands-on experience. She is a counsellor, not a psychologist, and she works with people right across Australia, including many who never set foot in a clinic.
What clients often value is the blend she brings. Grounded, practical counselling sits alongside genuine clinical knowledge and a warm intuitive sense of what is happening beneath the words. That means the sessions can hold the everyday, the strategies and to-do lists, as well as the deeper emotional layers that low mood so often points toward.
Common questions
Before you book.
If your question is not here, the free 15-minute assessment is the easiest way to ask it.
Is depression counselling expensive?
There are no fees or prices listed on this page, because the honest first step costs you nothing. Christina offers a free 15-minute assessment where you can share a little of what is going on, ask anything you like, and get a feel for whether working together feels right. There is no card required and no obligation to continue. It is simply a chance to talk with someone who listens, so you genuinely have nothing to lose by reaching out and seeing how it sits.
Do I need a referral to start?
No referral is needed. You do not have to visit a GP first, gather paperwork or be placed on a waiting list before you can begin. You can reach out directly and book your free 15-minute chat whenever you feel ready. Many people find this a relief, because the usual hoops can feel like one more mountain to climb when your energy is already low. Christina keeps the way in as simple and gentle as possible, so the first step is just a conversation.
Are sessions online, or is there an Adelaide clinic I visit?
There is no clinic to visit in Adelaide. Christina works entirely online, by secure video or phone, and her only physical base is in Southport on the Gold Coast. That means she supports people right across the Adelaide metro area and beyond, from the CBD and North Adelaide to Elizabeth, Noarlunga, Glenelg and out into the Hills and regional SA. You take part from wherever you feel most comfortable and private at home, with no travel and no parking to worry about.
I do not even know where to start. Is that okay?
That is completely okay, and it is one of the most common things people say. Depression can make everything feel foggy and shapeless, so arriving without a neat explanation is normal, not a problem. You do not need to have your story sorted out before your first chat. Christina is used to sitting with the not knowing and helping you find the first thread gently, at your pace. Sometimes simply saying out loud that you feel lost is the beginning of things easing.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no fixed number, because everyone arrives with a different history and a different pace. Some people feel steadier after a handful of conversations, while others value ongoing support over a longer stretch. Christina will never push you to book more than feels right, and there is no lock-in. The free 15-minute assessment is a good place to talk about what you are hoping for, and together you can shape something that fits your life and your energy rather than a set programme.
What if I feel too flat and low to talk?
You do not have to arrive with energy or the right words. Some of the most meaningful sessions happen on the quiet days, when saying very little is all you can manage. Christina is comfortable with silence and with slow starts, and she will never rush you or fill the space with pressure. If talking feels like too much, you can say so, and the session can move at whatever speed your body allows. Showing up, even flat, is already a brave and worthwhile thing to do.
Can online depression counselling really help from home?
Yes. For many people, being in their own space makes it easier to open up, not harder. There is comfort in staying on your own couch with a cup of tea, no commute afterwards and no crowded waiting room. Video and phone sessions let you build a genuine, trusting connection with Christina over time, and research over recent years shows this kind of support works well. For depression in particular, removing the effort of getting out the door can be exactly what makes reaching out possible.
What if I am really struggling right now or do not feel safe?
Counselling is a supportive space, but it is not a crisis or emergency service, and it should not replace immediate help when you need it. If you are in danger or feel you might act on thoughts of harming yourself, please call 000 straight away. If you are struggling and need to talk to someone now, Lifeline is available 24 hours a day on 13 11 14. There is no shame in reaching for urgent help, and doing so is a sign of strength. Once you are safe, Christina is here for the ongoing, gentler work of healing.
There is no cost to simply start the conversation.
Book a free 15-minute assessment, no card and no obligation, and see how it feels to have someone listen. You truly have nothing to lose.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Depression support across Adelaide
Online counselling that reaches the whole of South Australia
South Australia carries a real access gap when it comes to mental health support. Across the state, waits for specialist care have stretched from a couple of weeks to close to seven, and if you are outside the metro area the nearest help can be a long drive away. Working online closes some of that distance, so your postcode no longer decides whether support is within reach.
- People in the northern suburbs around Elizabeth, Salisbury and Gawler who do not want to travel into the city for support.
- Southern and bayside residents from Noarlunga, Morphett Vale and Glenelg fitting sessions around work and family.
- Anyone in the Adelaide Hills, the Barossa or regional SA where local appointments are scarce or booked out for months.
- City and inner-suburb professionals in the CBD, Norwood or Prospect who would rather talk from the privacy of home.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Adelaide and all of Australia. You can also explore all Adelaide counselling services.
Private and unhurried
Adelaide can feel like a small town, and privacy matters
Adelaide has a way of feeling like everyone is only a friend of a friend apart, which is part of its charm and, when you are struggling, part of what keeps people quiet. Booking into a local waiting room can feel exposing when you might bump into someone you know. Working online sidesteps all of that.
You meet with a qualified counsellor from your own lounge room, kitchen table or car, wherever feels private. There is no need to arrive polished or with the perfect words to explain yourself. The pace stays gentle, and on the days you feel too flat to say much, that is welcome too.