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Depression Counselling Hobart
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Soul Counselling · Depression Support · Hobart
Finding a way through the flat, heavy days in Hobart
If the mornings feel grey long after the sun is up, whether you are in the CBD, Sandy Bay, Glenorchy or out on the eastern shore near Rosny, you are not weak for struggling. Christina meets you where you are, low mood, numbness or quiet burnout, in gentle sessions held online and by phone.
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In any given year roughly one in thirteen Australian adults, about 7.5 percent, lives with an affective disorder such as depression. In Tasmania the weight is heavier still, with the ABS finding that around 19.8 percent of Tasmanians aged 16 to 85, close to 88,700 people, experienced a mental disorder in a single twelve-month period.
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.”
How depression can quietly settle in
- Waking already tired, dragging yourself through days that used to feel manageable.
- A dull flatness where food, music, friends and the things you loved no longer land.
- Snapping at people you care about, then sinking under the guilt of it.
- Going quiet and pulling back, letting messages sit and plans slide away.
- A deeper sense that something in you needs to be understood, not just managed or pushed through.
In a small city where everyone seems to know everyone, and through winters this long and dark, carrying it silently can feel like the only option. It is not.
How Christina works
How Christina works with depression
There is no cheerful talking you out of it here, and no pretending a bright side fixes anything. Christina listens for what your low mood has been carrying and protecting, the old weight underneath the tiredness. From there, gently and at your pace, real hope has room to return.
Steady presence
A calm, unhurried space where you can say the heavy things out loud without being rushed, judged or fixed.
Understanding the roots
Together you look at what has fed the flatness over time, so change comes from insight rather than force.
Small honest steps
Gentle, doable shifts that fit a low-energy day, building slowly rather than demanding a version of you that is not here yet.
Go deeper
Read a little deeper before you decide
This page is kept short on purpose. If you would like to understand depression more fully, how it settles, why it lingers and what actually helps, the blog goes further. It can be a quiet way to feel out whether this approach fits you before you ever pick up the phone.
Read the depression counselling blogNo booking needed to read, take your time.
What we can work through
Common threads in depression counselling
Depression rarely arrives alone, and these are some of the themes that come up most often.
Grief and loss
Low mood that took hold after a death, a separation, a move away or a life that quietly changed shape.
Loneliness and isolation
Feeling unreachable even among people, more so through Tasmania’s long shut-in winters.
Loss of meaning and direction
A sense that you are going through the motions without knowing what any of it is for anymore.
About Christina
The counsellor behind Soul Counselling.
Christina Feyes began Soul Counselling in 2016 and has spent more than ten years walking alongside people through their hardest stretches. Her background spans psychology, social work and human services, and she works with clients right across Australia, including throughout Tasmania. She is a counsellor, not a psychologist, and she does not diagnose or prescribe.
What clients tend to value is the way she holds two things at once. There is solid clinical understanding and grounded, practical counselling, alongside a gentler intuitive sense of what is stirring underneath. That means the everyday, workable side of getting through a week and the deeper emotional layers both get room in the same conversation.
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 is no price to weigh up before you start. Your first step is a free 15-minute assessment with no card details and no obligation, simply a short chat to see whether Christina feels like the right fit for you. It genuinely costs you nothing to find out, so there is nothing to lose by reaching out and having that first conversation.
Do I need a referral or a mental health plan first?
No. You do not need a GP referral, a diagnosis or a mental health care plan to book. Many people come to Christina before they have spoken to anyone else, and others come alongside their existing support. You are welcome to simply reach out directly, book your free 15-minute assessment and start from wherever you happen to be right now.
Is there a Soul Counselling clinic in Hobart?
There is no physical clinic in Hobart. Christina’s only in-person base is in Southport on the Gold Coast, and all Hobart and Tasmanian sessions are held online by video or over the phone. This means you can be supported from the CBD, Sandy Bay, Kingston, the eastern shore or a farm hours from town, without anyone having to travel or sit on a waitlist for a local room.
Is it really private in a city as small as Hobart?
Yes, and this matters to a lot of Tasmanians. Because sessions happen online or by phone, there is no clinic doorway to be seen at and no waiting room where you might run into someone you know. You meet Christina from your own home, and what you share stays between the two of you. For a small, close-knit city, that quiet privacy can make reaching out feel possible.
I do not even know where to start. Is that okay?
Completely okay, and very common. Depression often blurs everything together so that naming the problem feels impossible. You do not need a tidy explanation or a plan before you begin. You can arrive with just a vague heaviness and no idea what is wrong, and Christina will help you gently make sense of it together, one small piece at a time, with no pressure to have it all worked out first.
How many sessions will I need?
There is no set number, because every person and every low patch is different. Some people feel steadier after a handful of conversations, while others value having ongoing support through a harder stretch, such as a long Tasmanian winter. Christina will never push you to keep booking. You stay in charge of the pace, and you can pause or stop whenever it feels right for you.
What if I feel too flat and tired to talk?
That is one of the most human parts of depression, and you are welcome to bring it into the room exactly as it is. You do not have to perform, be articulate or fill the silences. Some sessions are quiet and slow, and that is completely fine. Christina will meet your energy where it sits and let things unfold gently, rather than expecting you to arrive ready and bright.
Can online counselling really help me from home?
Yes. For many people, being in their own familiar space actually makes it easier to open up, especially when leaving the house feels like too much. Video and phone sessions offer the same warmth, focus and confidentiality as sitting in a room together, and they remove the cold drive, the parking and the winter dark. For regional Tasmanians in particular, it can be the difference between getting support and going without.
What if I am in crisis or not safe right now?
Counselling with Soul Counselling is not a crisis or emergency service. If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, please call 000 now, or ring Lifeline any time on 13 11 14 for free, confidential support around the clock. There is no shame in reaching for urgent help. Once you are safe and steadier, Christina is here for the ongoing work whenever you are ready.
When you are ready, start softly
Book a free 15-minute assessment, no card and no obligation, just a quiet chance to see whether this feels right for you.
Book your free 15-minute assessment →Prefer to talk first? Call 0479 144 561
Depression support across Hobart
Why depression can hit differently in Hobart and Tasmania
Hobart is the country’s coldest, darkest and most southern capital, and the long grey winters with their very short days genuinely press down on mood for a lot of people here. On top of that, statewide mental health services are stretched thin and waits can be long, which leaves many Tasmanians sitting with it far longer than they should. For regional Tasmanians facing a long winding drive just to reach a room, the barrier is even higher.
- You are in the CBD, Battery Point or Sandy Bay and feel yourself fading as the daylight shrinks each winter.
- You live in Glenorchy, Kingston or across the eastern shore around Clarence and want support without the trek and the waitlist.
- You are in regional Tasmania and a long cold drive to a counsellor has felt like too much on top of everything else.
- You want somewhere private to talk in a small city where anonymity can feel hard to come by.
Sessions are held online and by phone across Hobart and all of Australia. You can also explore all Hobart counselling services.
Private support through the dark months
Real privacy, from your own lounge room
In a place as close-knit as Hobart, being seen walking into a clinic can be enough to stop someone reaching out at all. Working online quietly removes that worry. There is no waiting room, no bumping into a neighbour, and no need to explain yourself to anyone but Christina.
You meet a qualified counsellor from wherever you feel safest, warm at home while the weather closes in outside. Sessions move at your pace, and you do not have to arrive full of energy or with the right words ready. Turning up flat, tired and unsure is a perfectly good place to begin.