Our Approach

Therapy Terms Can Be Confusing.

Here I Break Down Each of the Approaches I Use, and How They Can Help You

  • Art Therapy

    Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses both psychological theory and the creative process of making art to improve a person's mental, physical, and emotional well-being. It is better defined as psychotherapy that also utilizes the arts.

  • Somatic Parts Work Therapy

    Somatic Parts Work is a somatic awareness based therapy integrating aspects of Internal Family System models. It focuses on the relationship between our bodily sensations and memories and our inner “parts”. Through the use of somatic experiencing, and body mindfulness based exploration, the goal is the integrating the “parts” of self and increasing embodied self and somatic resonance.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from behavioral therapies. In ACT clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and instead accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives.

  • Gestalt Therapy

    Gestalt Therapy is a humanistic, holistic, person-centered form of psychotherapy that is focused on the current context of your life. In this approach, the emphasis is placed on perception and how we place meaning and make sense of our unique world and experiences. The goal of Gestalt Therapy is to reach the authenticity of self.

  • Narrative Therapy

    Narrative Therapy is a style of therapy that helps people become and embrace being an expert in their own lives. In narrative therapy, there is an emphasis on the stories that you develop and carry with you through your life.

  • Internal Family Systems Therapy

    Internal Family Systems is a powerfully transformative, evidence-based model of psychotherapy. It is commonly reffered to as “Parts Work” or “Parts Psychology”. It focuses on inner “parts” or aspects of ourselves that contain valuable qualities, experiences and knowledge. It works to integrate all “parts” of self through healing and becoming more whole.

  • Trauma-Concious Embodied Healing Therapy

    Trauma-Conscious Embodied Healing is about cultivating a sense of safety and security in your mind and body. With a sesnitivity to trauma experiences and how it impacts you mind and body, this form of therapy focuses on developing inner trust with your body and its responses. There is a focus on acknowleding your bodily expereinces of emotion.

  • Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Trauma Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on changing patterns of behaviors, thoughts and feelings that lead to difficulties in daily life. It also addresses the specific emotional and mental health needs of individuals who are struggling to overcome the destructive effects of traumatic experiences.

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

    Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or MBCT is a type of psychotherapy that involves a combination of cognitive therapy, meditation, and the cultivation of a “mindfulness” attitude.

    Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing and supportive lens.

…..& That Means What?

 

  • Trauma-Informed means to understand and consider the full spectrum of how trauma infiltrates all areas of life. It promises to promote an environment of healing and recovery, rather than using practices that may retraumatize.

  • Anti-Opressive means to explore the psychological implications of experiencing problematic systematic of power that create opression through curiosity, and understanding. It encourages the the exploration of feelings and stories that you may have a lived experience of, and providing the platform for its expression in a safe supportive environment.

    This includes conversations around topics such as, privlege, race, injustice and trauma, abuse and internalized oppression. (Such as internalized homophobia, racism, etc.)

  • LGBTQIA+ is a term that is used to inclusively represent lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other communities and identities under the queer umbrella, such as pansexual and two-spirit.

    To be LGBTQIA+ Affirming is more than just accepting gender identity, It is care that strives to be competent in recongizing and validating the imapct of stigma and discrimination on the community, to focus on strength, resilence and pride, and to strive to understand a persons identity within the intersection of identities.

    It embraces all LGBTQIA+ identities and addresses how heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia can affect our daily lives.

  • Sex Positive means to promote positive attitudes about sex and comfortability with one's own sexual identity and with the sexual behaviors of others. It encourages the space for a person to embody, explore, and learn about their gender and sexuality without judgement or shame. It involves being respectful regarding the diversity of sexuality and gender expression.

    Sex Positivity values consent, communication, education that allows people to make informed choices about their bodies, and pleasure.

  • Multicultural sensitivity is being aware that cultural differences and similarities between people exist without assigning them a value – positive or negative, better or worse, right or wrong.

  • Intersectionality maintains that the various social stratifications that exist (race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, age, socioeconomic status, etc.) do not exist separately from one another, but are interwoven together.

  • Economic justice is defined as “a set of moral principles for building economic institutions, the ultimate goal of which is to create an opportunity for each person to create a sufficient material foundation upon which to have a dignified, productive, and creative life beyond economics.”

    In Therapy, this includes providing ethical and reasonable, affordable, and accessible care to all.

  • Embodiment is the idea that we use our own bodily experience and processes to understand our own emotional experience.

    It promotes the conscious engagement, and awareness with our body's states and its various feeling states.

  • Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing and supportive lens.

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New to Therapy? Start Here.