Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment for people who find it difficult to regulate their emotions. Offered individually and in group, DBT teaches skills to help people tolerate distressing situations without making things worse. DBT skills can be used by anyone to improve the quality of their life.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people look at how their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are linked. Many people have patterns of distorted thinking that cause them to overestimate the importance of their thoughts. CBT teaches skills that help people change behaviors by changing ineffective thinking.
Mindfulness in therapy helps people raise their awareness of what is happening both within them and around them in the present moment. We like to say that people can’t tolerate or change thoughts and feelings they don’t know they’re having. Mindfulness is the first step to better mental health.
Play Therapy Instead of expecting children to verbally describe and work on their presenting problems, play therapy achieves the same results by meeting them where they are. Play is the “language of a child” through which they learn and communicate. The trained play therapist helps children express their thoughts and feelings, learn self-control and independence, and work through a wide variety of situations that may be causing them to feel stress. Play therapy is an evidence-based approach that can relieve difficulties in the present as well as set the stage for a healthier future.
Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) is useful in helping people who struggle with OCD, panic disorder, and phobias. Through graduated exposure to the feared situation, people learn they can tolerate their feared situations, thereby reducing their anxiety.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) incorporates mindfulness, compassion, acceptance, and change to help people live their lives more positively. ACT helps people recognize their thoughts and feelings and “act,” as the acronym implies, in ways more in line with their values.
Relational therapy is based on the idea that relationships with others are an essential part of emotional well-being. People with failed past relationships can experience feelings of negative self worth and disconnection from others. Relational therapy uses the therapist-client relationship as a model to help people form healthier and more satisfying relationships.
Attachment Based Therapy can help people address issues from childhood that impact their ability to form meaningful relationships as an adult. Attachment-Based Family Therapy is a trust-based and emotion-focused psychotherapy model that focuses on improving family relationships.
