Therapy Modalities

Therapists utilize different approaches and techniques to address mental health concerns. Different modalities are selected based on a client’s presenting issues and symptoms. If you have a request about the type of therapy you’d like to engage in with your therapist, feel free to discuss it with them in more detail.

Learn more about therapy modalities below.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
A type of psychotherapy that helps you move beyond negative thoughts and feelings, by accepting that your thoughts and emotions are an appropriate response to certain situations.
Jon, Kirsten, Diamari, Farheen, Deanna

Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT)
Treatment that involves the use of trained animals to improve the physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being of individuals.
Sarah

Art Therapy
Used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self-esteem and self-awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change.
Jacqueline. Diamari, Nadeen

Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at the connection between a person’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers - and the person’s ability to develop normally and ultimately form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult.
Kirsten, Nikoleta, Kate

Brainspotting
A powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms.
Farheen

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
A structured, goal-oriented type of talk therapy that can help manage mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety, and emotional concerns, such as coping with grief or stress. All of our therapists utilize CBT.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Helps challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to trauma, to reduce the impact of traumatic events and PTSD.
Kristin

Dance Movement Therapy (DMT)
A creative, evidence-based psychotherapy that uses movement to promote emotional, social, cognitive, and physical integration, helping individuals process trauma, reduce anxiety, and improve emotional regulation.
Kathryn

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Talk therapy adapted for people who experience emotions very intensely and have difficulty managing and regulating emotions.
Kristin, Jacqueline, Kylie,Rachel, Jon, Kirsten, Rosangela, Nadeen, Sarah, Farheen, Michelle, Deanna

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
A humanistic, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, drawing primarily from attachment theory to facilitate the creation of secure, vibrant connection with self and others.
Kate, Nikoleta, Diamari

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A psychotherapy treatment designed to alleviate distress associated with traumatic memories.
Kristin, Angie, Breanna, Kylie, Rachel, Jon, Nadeen, Farheen

Exposure Response Prevention Therapy (ERP)
Practices confronting the thoughts, images, objects, and situations that make you anxious and/or provoke obsessions, and making a choice not to do a compulsive behavior once the anxiety or obsessions have been “triggered.”
Rachel, Kirsten, Farheen

Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Frequently used as an evidence-based psychotherapy, helping people heal by accessing and healing their protective and wounded inner parts.
Jon, Rachel, Angie, Breanna, Kirsten, Diamari, Sarah, Michelle, Kathryn

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Evidence-based program designed to reduce stress & enhance wellbeing through mindfulness practices, like meditation, body scans & mindful movement. to encourage present-moment awareness & acceptance.
Kirsten, Nikoleta, Diamari, Leigh, Sarah, Michelle, Deanna, Kathryn

Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Therapy
A blend of traditional talk therapy, mindfulness, and spiritual or meaning-centered exploration.
Leigh

Motivational Interviewing
Helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.
Kirsten, Kristin, Rosangela, Diamari, Deanna

Narrative Therapy
A form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems and destructive behaviors. This allows clients to get some distance from the difficulty they face.
Kirsten, Nikoleta

Play Therapy
Allows children to use play to express their feelings, process experiences, and develop coping skills, using toys and other materials as a tool to help them resolve problems, build self-esteem, and manage emotions like anxiety, anger, or stress. 
Diamari, Nadeen

Somatic Therapy
Body-centered therapy that looks at the connection of mind and body and uses both talk therapy and physical therapies for holistic healing.
Angie, Leigh, Michelle, Kathryn

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Addresses the mental health needs of people suffering from the destructive effects of trauma, PTSD and mood disorders resulting from sexual and physical abuse, violence, or grief. Our therapists are trauma-focused.

Walk & Talk Therapy
Conducted while walking in public, outdoor spaces, rather than a traditional office or virtual setting.
Deanna

Yoga Therapy
Yoga is a mind-body practice using movement, mindfulness, meditation, relaxation and breathing exercises to help you relax, relieve stress and manage underlying conditions or symptoms.
Kristin, Angie, Lesli