Evidence Based Therapeutic Treatments
Depending on the concern that you or your child brings to therapy, I draw from a variety of treatment approaches to develop a plan that will be most effective for your unique situation. In each case, I operate from a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, relational, and attachment-based framework. This means that I recognize the importance of peoples' unique identities, backgrounds, stories and relationships. I support you and/or your child in applying skills in your current relationships such as managing emotions, communicating effectively, expressing gratitude, noticing what is going well, approaching conflict as an opportunity for growth and letting go and forgiving. I draw from the following modalities:
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CBT – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is effective in helping you understand the connection between your thoughts, emotions and behaviors. Interventions involve increasing self-awareness and shifting perspective when needed in order to approach rather than avoid your challenges.
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DBT – Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is used to help regulate emotions and build distress tolerance skills.
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EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an approach to therapy that allows you to re-process traumatic memories in a healthier way, so you can call up the memory without the same level of disturbance. This type of therapy helps you to build up your capacity to tolerate distress using imagery, relaxation, and mindfulness
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Play Therapy - Children express feelings best through the language of play and can build a sense of confidence in their feelings by projecting using art, toys, dolls and games.
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Mindfulness based therapies - encourage us to approach feelings with kindness and curiosity while staying in the present rather than ruminating about the past or worried about the future
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Motivational Interviewing - A counseling approach that helps you to examine and resolve mixed feelings about change