Therapy Approach and Types of Treatment

Each member of our team strives to provide a confidential, nurturing, and accepting environment for clients to talk about the difficulties they are facing. We work collaboratively with each client to design individualized treatment options and are strong believers in tailoring the psychotherapeutic approach to the client. Our mental health practitioners have training in a number of evidence-based treatments including:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a research based therapeutic intervention for treating a wide range of psychological difficulties. A central idea in this therapy is that your 'perception' of an event powerfully affects your emotional, behavioral, and physiological response to it. CBT encourages exploration of your problem-related thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and the interconnections between them. It focuses on modifying problematic thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. In contrast to other traditional forms of psychotherapy, CBT is short- term, goal-directed, skill-building, structured, active, and oriented in the present.

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Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

DBT is an empirically validated treatment that was developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan and her team of therapists and researchers. DBT is effective in treating individuals with emotional and behavioral dysregulation, self-harm and suicidal behavior, eating disorders, substance use disorders, addictions, personality disorders (including BPD), PTSD, anger management, and impulse control problems.

DBT involves a combination of mindfulness/acceptance, cognitive, behavior, and dialectical strategies. DBT aims to help clients to regulate their emotions, behavior, and relationships so that they can build a better life for themselves based on their values and goals.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

‘Acceptance’ of what is, at the same time as ‘commitment’ to action that improves and enriches every day. Rather than struggling to get rid of unwanted thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations (like pain), ACT teaches us to be mindful and observe our own thoughts and emotions, without judgment and without getting drawn into habitual negative patterns.

ACT gives us the skills to do what matters most while dealing effectively with feelings and thoughts that we may have struggled with in the past. The goal of ACT is to help individuals build meaningful and fulfilling lives.

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

CPT is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy for trauma. It helps clients to challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to the traumatic event. In so doing, the client creates a new understanding of the traumatic event so that it reduces its ongoing negative effects on their current functioning.

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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Mindfulness is a non-judgmental way of paying attention to the present moment. Mindfulness practice helps clients understand the power of the mind-body connection and how to practice mind and body awareness.

Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) helps those who struggle with the shame and self-criticism that can result from early experiences of abuse or neglect. CFT teaches clients to cultivate skills in compassion and self-compassion, which can help regulate mood and lead to feelings of safety, self-acceptance, and comfort.

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Mindfulness and Compassion focused therapies

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Group Therapy

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