Our Psychologists begin therapy by building a compassionate relationship then incorporate evidence based treatment to help you reach your goals.

 

Relational Therapy

Meaningful relationships can be difficult to develop and maintain.  The therapeutic relationship creates a safe space to foster a deeper understanding of how to engage with one’s self and others with more compassion and acceptance.

Family Therapy

The family environment plays a big role in one’s life.  Helping the family discover new ways to relate and communicate often reduces conflict and creates a supportive environment.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

We integrate cognitive behavioral therapy into treatment because our thoughts, behaviors, and emotions impact each other.  Learning how this impact occurs and developing new ways of thinking can positively influence our emotions and behaviors. CBT commonly treats most behavioral and emotional difficulties.

For more information please visit Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies or Society of Clinical & Adolescent Psychology.

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)

Parents learn a set of skills through PCIT that strengthens the parent child interaction resulting in less conflict, reduces disruptive behavior from children, and increases confidence in effectively responding to misbehavior.

For more information please visit PCIT International.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

ERP is the most effective way to reduce obsessive thoughts and compulsive rituals. ERP treats phobias and obsessive compulsive disorder.  We collaborate with the client to create a hierarchy of fears to work through. Starting with the item creating the least amount of fear, the client is exposed to this fear while refraining from engaging the compulsion.  Calming strategies such as deep breathing and muscle relaxation are taught and engaged while refraining.  Through exposure the fear fades and the compulsion becomes unnecessary.

For more information please visit the International OCD Foundation.

Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)

When the body seems to have a mind of its own, twitching, squirming, and grunting in ways that become bothersome and intrusive, CBIT can help gain control over the body and reduce tics. CBIT treats Tourette’s and other Tic disorders.

For more information please visit the Tourette Association of America.

Adlerian Therapy

Adlerian psychology (also referred to as Individual Psychology) is an approach to therapy that connects the importance of our past experiences with current behaviors and symptoms. Adlerians note that each person grows up in a community context, most often our immediate families. Our families teach us unspoken “rules” about who we are, what we can expect from others, and how we should behave in order to be accepted by others. Adlerian therapy recognizes that these unspoken “rules” were helpful to us growing up in our family systems, but that they may have contributed to coping mechanisms, behaviors, and roles that no longer serve us in our lives. Adlerian therapy seeks to help people identify those old “rules,” assess which ones would be useful to keep, and courageously experiment with other ways of being in the world.

AREAS OF SPECIALTY

ANXIETY

Generalized anxiety

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)

Panic

Phobias

Selective Mutism

Separation anxiety

Social anxiety

Trichotillomania