helps people identify & change thinking and behavior patterns that are harmful or ineffective, replacing them with more accurate thoughts and functional behaviors. It can help a person focus on current problems and how to solve them.

is a specific type of CBT that helps regulate emotions. It teaches new skills to help people take personal responsibility to change unhealthy or disruptive behavior.

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. After successful treatment with EMDR therapy, affective distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, and physiological arousal is reduced.

Narrative Therapy focuses on the understanding of each person’s own story and how the person’s emotions, actions, and problems fit into the context of the story. When the person frames their life in a way that revolves around a traumatic experience, those feelings and stress stay with them. It separates a person from their problem and encourages people to rely on their own skills to minimize problems that exist in their lives. 

FBT also known as the Maudsley Method, is an outpatient form of treatment for medically-stable patients with eating disorders that puts parents in charge of nourishing their child, while a therapist provides coaching and support.  FBT is one of the best-researched treatments for adolescent eating disorders. Parents are tasked with supporting eating and normal behaviors in their teens, without waiting for motivation. FBT is supported by a manual.

ERP is a behavioral therapy that gradually exposes people to situations designed to provoke a person’s obsessions in a safe environment. ERP provides a patient with coping skills for when a triggering situation presents itself, allowing them to then use the skills to prevent their compulsion from taking over.

EFT is a form of short-term therapy that aims to improve couple relationships by rekindling the physical and emotional bond that can get sacrificed to disappointment in a partner and alienation from them, a common dynamic in distressed couples.

CPT is an evidenced-based manualized treatment that has been found effective for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other corollary symptoms following traumatic events.  It focuses on how the traumatic event is construed and coped with by a person who is trying to regain a sense of mastery and control in his or her life.

Somatic-Experiencing is a body-centered approach to treating PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) that, rather than focusing only on thoughts or emotions associated with a traumatic event, expands to include the natural bodily (somatic) responses.

Young adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, or trauma are often caught up with negative thoughts about the past, or worries and fear about the future. A mindfulness approach helps them to come back to the “now.” Techniques used may include: meditation, breathing methods, guided imagery and yoga.