Psychotherapy tailored to you - not a single approach.
Therapy begins with understanding what you’re experiencing, what you would like to be different, and what may be contributing to the difficulties you’re facing.
From there, we can determine an approach to treatment that fits your needs, goals and circumstance.
How it works
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Understand what you’re experiencing.
Our first session provides an opportunity to talk about what brings you to therapy, relevant experiences and history, and what you would like to be different.
This also gives us an opportunity to begin determining whether working together feels like a good fit.
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Develop an approach together.
Based on what we learn, we’ll identify areas to work on and consider the therapeutic approaches that may be most useful.
Treatment can evolve as we gain a better understanding of what’s happening and what appears to be helping.
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Put insight into practice.
Therapy can involve developing new ways of understanding your experiences, responding to thoughts and emotions, navigating relationships, and approaching difficult situations.
Over time, we’ll continue to evaluate what’s useful and adjust our work when needed.
Our Services
Traditional Therapy
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on developing greater psychological flexibility - the ability to experience difficult thoughts and emotions without allowing them to determine what you do.
ACT can involve mindfulness, acceptance, clarifying what matters to you, and learning to respond differently to thoughts rather than becoming caught up in them. The emphasis is not necessarily on eliminating difficult internal experiences, but on developing more workable ways of responding while moving toward what is important to you.
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Behavioral Therapy focuses on understanding how patterns of behavior develop and what may be reinforcing or maintaining them over time.
Treatment can involve identifying triggers and consequences, developing alternative responses, changing habits, and practicing new behaviors in everyday situations. The emphasis is on making practical changes that can gradually lead to more effective ways of responding.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the relationship between thoughts and behaviors. it can help identify the patterns of thinking and responding that may be contributing to difficulties you’re experiencing.
CBT often involves developing practrcal stategies for examining unhelpful thoughts, responding differently to difficult situations, changing patterns of behavior and practicing skills between session. The goal is to develop more useful and flexible ways of thinking and responding in everyday life.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes developing practical skills for managing difficult emotions, tolerating distress, improving relationships, and responding more effectively to challenging situations.
DBT draws from cognitive-behavioral approaches while incorporating mindfulness and acceptance. Depending on your needs, therapy may incorporate DBT skills involving mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.
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Functional Analytic Therapy (FAT) is a behavioral approach that pays particular attention to patterns that emerge within relationships - including what happens between therapist and client during therapy.
By noticing these patters as they occur, therapy can provide opportunities to better understand how you relate to others, experiment with different ways of responding and practice more effective interpersonal behavior within the therapeutic relationship.
Nontraditional Interventions
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) views the mind as containing different “parts” that can develop distinct emotions, beliefs, roles and ways of responding. some parts may attempt to protect us, while others may carry painful experiences or emotions.
IFS provides a way of becoming aware of these different aspects of experience with curiosity rather than judgment. Therapy can involve understanding the roles these parts have developed, working with internal conflicts, and developing a more integrated and compassionate relationship with yourself.
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Mindfulness involves learning to pay attention present-moment with greater openness, curiosity, and less judgment. it can help you become more aware of thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and habitual reactions without automatically becoming caught up in them.
Mindfulness practices may be incorporated into therapy to help develop greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, and the ability to respond more deliberately to difficult thoughts, feelings, and situations.
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Positive psychology focuses no only on psychological difficulties, but also on the strengths, capacities, relationships, values and sources of meaning that contribute to a satisfying life.
In therapy, principles from Positive Psychology may be sued to help identify existing strengths, develop greater awareness of what is working, clarify meaningful goals, and builld upon personal resources that can support change. The emphasis is not simply on reducing problems, but also on helping you consider wwhat you would like to develop and move toward in your life.
Trauma Informed Treatment
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Polyvagal-Informed Therapy provides a way of understanding how patterns within the autonomic nervous system may influence our experiences of stress, safety, connection, and emotional regulation.
Drawing from the clinical application of Polyvagal Theory developed by Deb Dana , therapy may involve becoming more aware of changes in your physiological and emotional state, recognizing patters of activation or withdrawal, and developing ways of responding when you feel overwhelmed or disconnede. These principles can be integrated with other therapeutic approaches depending upon your individual needs.
Hypnotherapy
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Hypnotherapy uses hypnosis as part of the therapeutic process. Hypnosis involves focused attention and increased absorption that can help create an opportunity to explore thoughts, emotions, experiences, and patterns of responding from a different perspective.
When appropriate, I may integrate hypnosis with other forms of psychotherapy to support therapeutic goals, develop alternative ways of responding, rehearse new behaviors or perspectives, and reinforce changes being developed through therapy. Hypnosis is used collaboratively, and you remain aware and able to choose how you respond throughout the process.
Couples Therapy
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Couples therapy provides an opportunity for partners to better understand the patterns that have developed within their relationship and the difficulties that bring them to therapy.
Our work may involve improving communication, understanding recurring conflicts, exploring differences in needs and expectations, addressing problems involving trust or emotional connection, and developing different ways of responding to one another. The specific focus depends upon the concerns you bring to therapy and what each partner hopes to understand or change.