EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a structured therapy that helps you heal from trauma, anxiety, and distressing life experiences. It activates the brain's natural ability to process and resolve emotional pain. EMDR uses bilateral stimulation-such as eye movements, tapping, or sounds-while you briefly focus on a troubling memory or symptom. This helps the brain "re-file" the memory so it feels less intense and managemable. The outcome is increased positive emotions, thoughts about yourself, and body sensations-i.e less tightness, increased feelings of calm.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT) is a structured, evidenced-based approach that helps you identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. By understanding that your thoughts, feelings, and actions are interconnected, you can challenge unhelpful thoughts, replace them with more positive ones, and modify unhelpful behaviors to improve your emotional well-being and overall functioning.

Compassion Focused Therapy

Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) helps you reduce shame and self-criticism by building self-compassion and emotional safety. CFT teaches you to respond to yourself with kindess, especially during difficult moments, and supports healing through mindfulness, guided imagery, and gentle emotional regulation techniques.

Mindfulness Therapy

Mindfulness Therapy helps you become more aware of your thoughts, emotions, and body sensations in the present moment, without judgement, allowing you to respond to stress and discomfort with clarity and calm rather than reactivity. Mindfulness includes breathing exercises, body scans, and guided imagery. This method can be easily woven into other therapy modalities like CBT, EMDR, or CFT

Other approaches I use are Strenghts-based Therapy, Person-centered Therapy, Grief therapy, and Schema Therapy. Through the intake process, I will help you determine the best approach, often weaving together several, to help meet your needs.

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