How do we help individuals?

Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented approach to healing trauma and stress-related disorders. This gentle yet powerful method focuses on the body’s innate ability to regulate and heal itself.
 

Key aspects of Somatic Experiencing:

• Emphasizes the mind-body connection in trauma healing

• Helps release stored trauma energy from the body

• Promotes nervous system regulation and resilience

• Uses mindful body awareness and subtle physical sensations

• Encourages gradual exposure to traumatic memories without overwhelm

• Supports the completion of self-protective responses
   

Somatic Experiencing can help you reconnect with your body’s wisdom, promoting lasting healing and a renewed sense of safety and well-being.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful therapeutic approach for healing from trauma and emotional distress. This evidence-based treatment can help you process difficult experiences and find relief from their lasting effects.

Key aspects of EMDR:

• Utilizes bilateral stimulation, often through guided eye movements

• Helps reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact

• Effective for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other trauma-related issues

• Activates the brain’s natural healing processes

• Can provide faster relief compared to traditional talk therapy

• Non-invasive and does not require detailed discussion of traumatic events
   

EMDR offers a path to healing and renewed well-being, allowing you to move forward with greater emotional freedom and resilience.

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is an innovative trauma psychotherapy developed by psychiatrist Dr. Frank Corrigan. It targets emotional shock and attachment wounds stored deep within the brainstem, aiming to resolve trauma by tracking the body's subtle, instinctive physical responses to a perceived threat.

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Unlike conventional talk therapy that engages the thinking brain (the cortex), or exposure therapies that require you to recount and relive distressing memories, DBR is a "bottom-up" approach. It focuses on the primal, pre-verbal layers of the nervous system where survival responses like "fight, flight, or freeze" originate.

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DBR is increasingly used to treat a wide array of mental health struggles, including:

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex trauma

• Early attachment wounding and abandonment issues

• Chronic anxiety, depression, and unresolved grief

• Emotional dysregulation and chronic dissociation

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented approach designed to strengthen personal motivation for positive change. This empathetic method is particularly effective for individuals contemplating behavior changes.
 

Key aspects of Motivational Interviewing:

• Client-centered approach that respects autonomy

• Explores and resolves ambivalence about change

• Emphasizes partnership between therapist and client

• Uses open-ended questions, affirmations, and reflective listening

• Helps identify personal values and goals

• Enhances intrinsic motivation for lasting change
   

Motivational Interviewing can help you tap into your inner resources and find the drive to make meaningful changes in your life.

Solution-Focused Therapy (Solution-Focused Brief Therapy or SFBT)

Solution-Focused Therapy is a goal-directed approach that emphasizes finding solutions rather than dwelling on problems. This efficient method focuses on your strengths and resources to create positive change.
 

Key aspects of Solution-Focused Therapy:

• Concentrates on present and future rather than past issues

• Identifies and builds on existing strengths and successes

• Uses scaling questions to measure progress and set goals

• Employs the “miracle question” to envision desired outcomes

• Typically shorter in duration than traditional therapies

• Emphasizes small, achievable steps towards larger goals
   

Solution-Focused Therapy can help you quickly identify and implement practical solutions to improve your life and achieve your goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is a widely-used, evidence-based approach that focuses on the interconnection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This practical method helps you identify and change negative thought patterns and behaviors.
 

Key aspects of CBT:

• Explores the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and actions

• Teaches skills to challenge and reframe negative thinking

• Uses structured sessions and homework assignments

• Effective for a wide range of mental health issues

• Typically short-term and goal-oriented

• Emphasizes developing coping strategies and problem-solving skills
   

CBT can empower you to take control of your thoughts and behaviors, leading to improved emotional well-being and more effective life management.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented form of behavioral and cognitive therapy. It teaches you to stop struggling with painful thoughts and emotions. Instead of avoiding them, you learn to accept these feelings as normal human experiences while taking concrete actions that align with your core values.

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The Core Goal of ACT: Psychological Flexibility

The ultimate aim of ACT is to build psychological flexibility—the ability to be fully present in the moment and adjust or persist in behaviors that serve your deeply held values, even when faced with difficult internal experiences.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative Therapy is a collaborative approach that views people as the experts in their own lives. It focuses on separating individuals from their problems and reauthoring their personal narratives.
 

Key aspects of Narrative Therapy:

• Externalizes problems, seeing them as separate from the person

• Explores the cultural and social context of people’s stories

• Identifies and builds upon unique outcomes and exceptions to problems

• Uses questioning techniques to uncover hidden strengths and alternative stories

• Emphasizes personal agency and the ability to reshape one’s narrative

• Often incorporates letter-writing and other creative techniques
   

Narrative Therapy can help you rewrite your life story, focusing on your strengths and preferred identities to create positive change.