Anxiety and depression are often nervous system responses.
Anxiety and depression are frequently described as conditions of the mind. In practice, they are also conditions of the body — shaped by the autonomic nervous system, by physiological patterns, and often by experiences that left their mark long before a diagnosis was ever given.
Treating anxiety and depression as exclusively psychological — through medication or talk therapy alone — often brings partial relief. When the body and the nervous system are included in treatment, a different kind of recovery becomes possible.
What We Work With
Different presentations. The same underlying approach.
Persistent Anxiety
A nervous system that will not settle — characterised by chronic worry, physical tension, hypervigilance, or panic. Often rooted in past experiences that trained the body to remain on alert.
Depression & Low Mood
A sense of flatness, hopelessness, or disconnection from life. Depression can manifest as withdrawal, fatigue, loss of meaning, or an inability to feel pleasure in things that once mattered.
Anxiety and Depression Together
Many people experience both — cycling between states of agitation and shutdown. This pattern is common in people with underlying trauma or chronic stress histories.
Treatment-Resistant Presentations
Those who have tried medication or therapy without lasting relief. Our integrated approach — working with the body and nervous system alongside the mind — often reaches what previous treatments could not.
How Holina Approaches This
Working with the whole system, not just the symptoms.
Treatment at Holina for anxiety and depression involves daily individual psychotherapy, somatic and polyvagal-informed practices to address nervous system patterns, medical assessment, and — where relevant — psychiatric review. Each element supports the others.
We focus on understanding the roots of the presenting symptoms — not only managing them. This takes time and a safe environment. Holina provides both.
