Individual Therapy
Individual therapy is also known as psychotherapy, talk therapy, or counseling. People seek individual therapy for problems that are difficult to deal with alone. It helps a person overcome obstacles to one’s wellbeing, helps increase positive feelings, and teaches skills for handling difficult situations, making healthy decisions, or reaching goals. Common reasons for seeking individual counseling include anxiety, depression, stress management, anger problems, trauma related problems, grief/loss, stage or life transitions, substance abuse recovery, and many others.
Couples Therapy
Couples therapy can help you and your partner improve your relationship. It can be used to address a wide range of relationship issues including recurring conflict, communication difficulties, feelings of disconnection, recovery from an affair, or difficulties related to external problems such as raising children or dealing with family of origin differences. Couples therapy also includes premarital therapy for those wanting to start their marriage strong and ensure compatibility.
Group Therapy
Group therapy involves at least one therapist and two or more people in therapy. The group dynamic can help a person feel more supported as they move forward. It can also improve social skills. Group therapy may be beneficial for addiction recovery, parenting, food or eating issues, anger management, grief and loss, or other topics.
EMDR Intensives
EMDR Intensives are prolonged EMDR sessions aimed at increasing the efficiency of memory processing. Treatment takes place in a shorter period of time, with multiple EMDR sessions per day. Clients can make progress more quickly than in standard weekly sessions. It can remove weeks or months of living with trauma symptoms.
Types of therapy
Practice Modalities
Our therapists utilize a variety of modalities to address presenting problems of clients. Your therapist may recommend one or more of the following treatment options to address your concerns.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts by interrogating and uprooting negative or irrational beliefs. Considered a “solutions-oriented” form of talk therapy, CBT rests on the idea that thoughts and perceptions influence behavior.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR uses a set of procedures to organize your negative and positive feelings, emotions, and thoughts, and then uses bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or alternating tapping, as the way to help you effectively work through those disturbing memories.
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that has been effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD that have developed after experiencing a variety of traumatic events including child abuse, combat, rape and natural disasters.
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a structured program of psychotherapy with a strong educational component designed to provide skills for managing intense emotions and negotiating social relationships. Originally developed to curb the self-destructive impulses of chronic suicidal patients, it is also the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, and a growing array of psychiatric conditions.
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is the most common form of CBT used to treat OCD and anxiety. The exposure component of ERP refers to practicing confronting the thoughts, images, objects, and situations that make you anxious and/or provoke your obsessions. The response prevention part of ERP refers to making a choice not to do a compulsive behavior once the anxiety or obsessions have been “triggered.”
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an approach to psychotherapy that identifies and addresses multiple sub-personalities or families within each person’s mental system. These sub-personalities consist of wounded parts and painful emotions such as anger and shame, and parts that try to control and protect the person from the pain of the wounded parts. The sub-personalities are often in conflict with each other and with one’s core Self, a concept that describes the confident, compassionate, whole person that is at the core of every individual. IFS focuses on healing the wounded parts and restoring mental balance and harmony by changing the dynamics that create discord among the sub-personalities and the Self.