Our Practices:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a structured therapy that focuses on identifying and changing negative thought patterns and behaviors. It helps you develop coping strategies and problem-solving skills.
[American Psychological Association (APA) on CBT]
Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)
ERP is a specialized form of CBT used to treat a wide array of distress, from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to general symptoms of anxiety. It involves gradual exposure to feared stimuli while preventing the accompanying compulsive behaviors.
[International OCD Foundation on ERP]
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
ACT encourages you to accept their thoughts and feelings rather than fight against them. It uses mindfulness strategies to help you commit to values-based actions and improve psychological flexibility.
[Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) on ACT]
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
IPT is a therapy that focuses on improving interpersonal relationships and social functioning to alleviate symptoms of distress. It emphasizes communication patterns and role transitions.
[Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP) on IPT]
Positive Psychology
Focusing on your strengths and positive experiences can help clarify what makes your life most worth living. Improving optimism helps increase your resilience and will benefit your overall well-being and promote happiness.
[Harvard Medical School on Positive Psychology]
Deep Breathing and Breath Training for Stress Management
This involves using controlled breathing techniques to reduce stress and promote relaxation. It can enhance emotional regulation and decrease physiological symptoms of stress.
[Mayo Clinic on Stress Management Techniques]
Mindfulness & Diaphragmatic Breathing
Mindfulness focuses on bringing attention to the breath and using it as an anchor to enhance present-moment awareness. Diaphragmatic breathing increases lung capacity and promote relaxation, reducing stress, and anxiety. These practices can reduce anxiety and improve overall well-being.
[Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Resources]; [American Lung Association on Diaphragmatic Breathing]
Behavioral Interventions
Identity informs behavior and your behavior informs your identity. Behavioral Interventions aim to change your behavioral patterns to address mental health and performance issues.
[National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on Behavioral Interventions]
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
MI helps empower you by supporting and developing your sense of self-efficacy. It’s a therapeutic style that helps you discover your reasons to make positive changes in your life by exploring and resolving ambivalence.
[Case Western Reserve University on Motivational Interviewing]
Problem-Solving Therapy(PST)
Reduce the negative impacts of physical and psychological complaints and improve the overall quality of your life by becoming more adaptive and resilient when facing stress. Focusing on the here-and-now to better identify your problems, generate solutions, and develop the tools to implement and sustain those solutions.
[VeryWellMind.com’s “What is Problem-Solving Therapy?”]
Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT)
Rather than just focusing on your problems, constructing solutions can help you facilitate positive change. By eliciting positive emotions, such as hope and motivation, SFT is a future-oriented vehicle for the development, achievement, and sustainment of desired change and improvements.
[Institute for Solution-Focused Therapy]
Biofeedback
Biofeedback involves using electronic monitoring devices to provide real-time feedback on physiological functions (e.g., heart rhythms, brainwaves, breathing and respiration, muscle activity, and skin temperature). It is a process that helps you learn the physiological effects of their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, to control these functions consciously, and become better at recognizing the subtle changes in their physiology. The goal of biofeedback training is to improve health and performance. Variants include resonant frequency training, autogenic training, hand-warming, and HRV training.
[Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback]
Sleep Training
Sleep training refers to techniques aimed at improving sleep patterns, particularly in children, but is also very applicable to adults. It may include behavioral interventions and cognitive strategies to foster better sleep hygiene.