COUNSELING SERVICES

ACT (Acceptance and commitment therapy)is a therapy approach and where mindfulness, values, commitment to change, accepting feelings, and improvement communication is the foundation of the work. The therapist's role will look like facilitating conversations on values, assisting the couple and family commit to actions that align with their values even with face with difficult emotions or situations, promoting open communication by teaching communication skills that will allow for open dialogue as well as challenging avoidance and mediating conflict to work towards supporting growth and encouraging flexibility.

Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses different art mediums to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, self-esteem and self-awareness, emotional resilience, enhance social skills, and reduce and resolve conflicts and distress.

American Art therapy Association

CBT (Cognitive BehavioralTherapy) is a type of therapy that can help people learn to cope and relieve symptoms by helping individuals identify their cognitive distortions and unhelpful thinking styles and learn tools to combat this through the use of problem solving skills, coping skills, understanding others behaviors and motivations, and gaining confidence in oneself and abilities.

Co-Parenting Services are designed to help divorced or separated parents set aside differences and anger in order to focus on the job of parenting their child in a healthy manner. Coparenting focuses on helping parents improve communication, reduce conflict and utilize parenting strategies.

Expressive Therapy utilizes a variety of modalities such as art, dance, music, writing and much more to explore, process and transform difficult emotional challenges.

Emotionally Focused Therapy a therapy approach that is rooted in attachment history in family and interpersonal relationships, emotional expression, effective communication, and understanding relationship patterns. Emotionally Focused Therapy is a very guided process where the therapist creates a structured in environment to be a process consultant, emotion explorer, alliance builder, and active participant in the therapy process. The focus leans towards identifying each person’s role in the interactions cycles that is causing distress then through increased awareness, the couple and therapist work together to replace the interaction cycle with a new one where there’s open communication, emotional reconnection and space for emotions while repairing the relationship.

EMDR employs a body-based technique called bilateral simulation during which a trained therapist will guide a client through through eye movements, tones, or taps in order to move a memory that has been incorrectly stored to a more functional part of the brain. This allows clients to react to present stimuli without interference from past traumatic events. To learn more about EMDR click here.

Family Therapy helps address challenges that are affecting the overall family such as major life transitions (divorce, death of a loved one or change in financial circumstances), mental health conditions that concern the entire family (depression, eating disorders, substance abuse) or everyday concerns such as problems with communication. Family therapy works to help the family function better and improve relationships by helping members gain skills in addressing challenges, gain understanding of one another, and increase collaboration between family members.

The Gottman Method is a research-based approach to couples therapy that includes an assessment, therapeutic framework, and interventions designed to improve communication, increase intimacy, respect, and affection, while removing barriers that contribute to conflict. To learn more The Gottman Method - About | The Gottman Institute

Group Therapy can be an effective form of treatment for specific mental health concerns and/or life stressors as well as a best fit for individuals. Therapy groups are offered in a comfortable setting and can be general or a specific topic.

Play Therapy is a type of therapy that uses children’s natural medium to "help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development". To learn more click here.

Sand Tray Therapy is a creative therapeutic technique that allows a person to express their understanding of themselves, their world, and their reality through means of figurines and miniatures.

Southern Sand tray Association Vieo

Solution Focused Therapy is a goal-directed approach to psychotherapeutic change that is conducted through direct observation of clients' responses to a series of questions.The focus is on the client's health rather than the problem, on strengths rather than weaknesses or deficits, and on skills, resources and coping abilities that would help in reaching future goals.