Therapeutic approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT involves efforts to change thinking patterns. These strategies might include: Learning to recognize one’s distortions in thinking that are creating problems, and then to reevaluate them in light of reality. Gaining a better understanding of the behavior and motivation of others. Using problem-solving skills to cope with difficult situations. Learning to develop a greater sense of confidence in one’s own abilities.
DBT informed
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) focuses on four ways to enhance life skills: Distress tolerance: Feeling intense emotions like anger without reacting impulsively or using self-injury or substance abuse to dampen distress. Emotion regulation: Recognizing, labeling, and adjusting emotions. Mindfulness: Becoming more aware of self and others and attentive to the present moment. Interpersonal effectiveness: Navigating conflict and interacting assertively.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories. EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing and processing of traumatic memories and other adverse life experience to bring these to an adaptive resolution.
Family/Marital Therapy
Family therapy consist of working with families and couples in intimate relationships to nurture change and development. It tends to view change in terms of the systems of interaction between family members.
Group therapy
Group therapy is a form of psychotherapy that involves one or more therapists working with several people at the same time.
MBSR (Mindfulness-based stress reduction)
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a therapeutic technique in which participants are guided in weekly practices like meditation and yoga in order to reduce stress levels.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation refers to the process of providing education and information to those seeking or receiving mental health services.
Solution focused
Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a future-oriented, goal-directed approach to solving human problems of living. The focus is on the client's health rather than the problem, on strengths rather than weaknesses or deficits, and on skills, resources and coping abilities that would help in reaching future goals
