Schwarz reflection principle and bounded derivatives

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Suppose $f$ is a holomorphic function on $\Omega^+$ (an open subset of the upper complex plane) that extends continuously to $I$ (a subset of $\mathbb{R}$). Let $\Omega^-$ be the reflection of $\Omega^+$ across the real axis. We can extend $f$ to be defined on $\Omega^+ \cup I \cup \Omega^-$ with $f(z) = \overline{f(\overline{z})}$ if $z \in \Omega^-$. And $f$ will be analytic on $I$. This is frequently proved using Morera's Theorem.

But is there a proof that $f$ has a derivative on $I$ based on showing that the derivative is bounded and hence must exist. First showing that the derivative is bounded around $c$. In other words $f'$ is bounded on the set $\{z | \operatorname{Im}(z)>0, |z-c| < \epsilon\}$. And then somehow showing that $f$ has a linear approximation at $c$, restricted to $\operatorname{Im}(z) \ge 0$).