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Therapy Modalities
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of therapy that helps people change negative thought patterns and behaviors that can affect their feelings. It works on the idea that our thoughts influence how we feel and act. During sessions, a therapist helps individuals recognize harmful thoughts and teaches them how to replace these thoughts with more positive or realistic ones. The goal is to improve mental health by addressing how thoughts, feelings, and actions are connected. It's often used to treat conditions like anxiety and depression.
CBT also emphasizes the importance of developing healthy habits and routines. We will explore the processes involved in forming and modifying habits. Our discussions will cover your physical coping skills, such as maintaining a nutritious diet, staying hydrated, engaging in regular exercise, adhering to medication schedules, and attending medical appointments. Additionally, we will address mental coping skills, including social interactions, pursuing new hobbies, fostering creativity, monitoring social media use, journaling, and continuing education. Our goal is to stimulate your mind in new and invigorating ways. Furthermore, we will delve into spiritual coping skills, which aim to uplift your spirit. This may involve practices such as religious observance, meditation, yoga, or volunteering. We are dedicated to helping you achieve a sense of radical acceptance.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It’s a type of therapy often used to help people with trauma and other emotional troubles. It uses bilateral stimulation to rapidly reprocess our negative thoughts and the body responses of a traumatic event and helps us get to a place of our choosing. There are Big T traumas and Small T traumas. Big T traumas are moments when our life is in jeopardy: natural disasters, abuse, assault, car accidents, legal action brought against us, etc. Small T traumas are those that our brain decided was a big deal and struggled with adapting the event. The body holds the trauma. Our body will tell us if we suffered a trauma. Do you shake when you hear a loud noise? Do you get irrationally angry when it's windy outside? Do you cry when someone raises their voice? There is no such thing as an overreaction. There are historical reactions. Historical reactions point towards trauma. EMDR can take that trauma and help you through it much faster than traditional talk therapy. It can be done either in-person or virtually.
It's a structured way for someone to face their traumatic experiences and gradually lessen the emotional impact, helping them to heal and feel more in control. This process is believed to help the brain process those memories in a healthier way, making them less painful and more manageable over time.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS stands for Internal Family Systems, a type of therapy that views the mind as made up of different "parts" or sub-personalities, each with its own feelings, thoughts, and roles. Instead of seeing mental health issues as a single problem, IFS suggests that these parts can have conflicts with each other, and that understanding and integrating them can lead to healing. The goal is to help individuals recognize these parts, understand their needs, and create harmony within themselves, leading to better emotional well-being.
Richard Schwartz is the man who developed this idea. Historically mental health work looked at the brain as a mono-mind, a singular way of thinking. Schwartz feels that the mind is a bunch of different voices in our brain that sometimes work efficiently and in an integrative way but sometimes they argue. The existing internal conflict is what causes much of the depression and anxiety that we experience. There are managers in our brain who are focused on tasks. There are firefighters that protect us from harm, whether it's perceived or actual and we have exiles who hold intense emotion. There are other theories like Transactional Analysis that also considers parts work as well. If you want to look at what this looks like, think of the movies Inside Out or Encanto. The former is an incredibly beautiful tale that, if looked at from a parts perspective, shows us how our parts can be harmful (yet never "bad") but when one part begins to heal, it can create a beautiful family that loves one another while allowing each other to be who they really are.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, is a type of therapy that helps people manage their emotions and improve their relationships. It combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with concepts of mindfulness. The goal is to help individuals understand and accept their feelings while also pushing them to change behaviors that are harmful or unhelpful.
DBT focuses on teaching skills in four main areas:
1. Mindfulness: Being aware of the present moment and accepting it without judgment.
2. Distress Tolerance: Learning to handle difficult situations without resorting to unhealthy coping mechanisms.
3. Emotional Regulation: Gaining control over intense emotions and learning how to respond to them more effectively.
4. Interpersonal Effectiveness: Improving communication and relationship skills to get along better with others and assert needs without conflict.
It’s often used for people with intense emotional struggles, like those with borderline personality disorder, but it can be helpful for anyone looking to enhance their emotional health and relationships.
Family Systems
Family systems refer to the way families operate as a unit, where each member influences and is influenced by others. It looks at relationships, communication patterns, and dynamics within the family. The idea is that problems or behaviors of one member can affect the entire family, and understanding these connections can help resolve issues. It's about seeing the family as a whole rather than focusing on individuals alone. A mother often takes on the role of the caregiver in a family, ensuring everyone is fed and has what they need, while the father may be the one who brings in money and makes big decisions. The children learn to either support each other or compete for attention, influencing future relationships and roles outside the family. For instance, if the eldest sibling often mediates conflicts, they might carry that role into their friendships as adults, fostering a pattern of resolving issues instead of confronting them directly.
We accept clients ages 12 - 65. She enjoys working with major life transitions, new parents, postpartum concerns, fertility struggles, trauma and those who struggle with life long issues that surround mental health. New clinicians will be brought on who specialize in other areas, including ASD, personality disorders, children, end of life or chronic pain. If you have specific needs and wish to talk more about your concerns, please feel free to reach out.
Most insurances are accepted. All rates are based on a sliding scale from $90-$150. The scale is based on income and offers numerous discounts for child care, medical debt and student loan debt.
Relationships are hard. Society places a major burden on a partner to be everything for the other person. How can we be both a best friend while still having passion and excitement in the relationship? It's an impossible task. Many couples find themselves engaging in toxic patterns of behavior and start to lose appreciation for one another. Resentment ultimately builds. Stonewalling and defensiveness follow. My job is to help you break the cycle. We start by building appreciation. I will call you out for problematic behavior and we will get to the roots of these issues. When I feel like you have a solid foundation of appreciation, then we work towards processing old resentments once and for all! Then we will need to rebuild again. It will not be easy. I challenge partners and I'm not easy on you both. You will be asked to change a lot and admit to your mistakes. If you choose your partner, you will get through it and be better on the other side. But you have to choose each other first.
If you are navigating a divorce, you may be concerned about the impact it has on your friends and family. It's normal to feel a sense of loneliness during this time. This group offers a warm and safe environment where you can be open with others who are going through similar difficulties, foster emotional connections and gain insights from one another. You will find invaluable connections that you feel like you lost through the dissolution of your marriage. You will find trust and faith in others, which undoubtedly you may have thought no longer possible.
Primarily we will talk about our experiences, however I will keep the group focused on action and less on negativity. We will have opportunities for movement and learn anger management. We will also learn healthier ways of communicating. We will all work towards reimagining who we are outside or our primary relationship together.
Cost is $40 by credit card and $35 cash
Think about a bicycle. There is a left and right handlebar, a seat post, a front and back wheel and a left pedal, right pedal and a chain. What happens when the left handlebar brakes? The left pedal pushes harder, the seat adjusts to the right and the right handlebar has more responsibility to keep the direction of the bike moving forward. It may not be pretty but it's still going. You bring the bike to the shop and they fix the right handlebar. What do you do? Do you keep riding the way you did before? Absolutely not! You'll fall. But what if you forget how to ride without those adjustments?
All families go through tough times. It's no one person's fault. A system has been created to help all members in the family move in one particular direction and sometimes that system is fragile. Think about that broken bicycle. What if you're the right handlebar, or the seat or chain? How does your role change as the family's needs change?
I'm not going to fix the bike. That is up to the individual to find a mechanic. My primary job is to stop the bike and help everyone ride more efficiently once you're ready to start riding again.
For those seeking clinical supervision, please contact me to discuss your needs and resources. I will keep a log of your hours, what we discuss and will complete the paperwork when you finish your supervised hours. I am flexible with scheduling and modality of supervision and offer group sessions for 3 - 5 clinicians. My rates are based on income and I offer other forms of adjusted rates. Please contact me to discuss your supervision needs.
Group rates: $40
Individual hour: $60 - $100.