Understanding our Services
We are an integrative and holistically-minded psychotherapy practice. We serve individuals across the life span using all of the latest scientific research and evidence-based practices to inform how we provide treatment. We utilize a “whole-person” approach and aim to find the root causes surrounding mental health concerns.
We specialize in various mental health concerns and offer play therapy, cutting-edge trauma treatments (Brainspotting, EMDR, cognitive processing), CBT, DBT, play therapy, drama therapy, and parenting support. Additionally, we have expertise in helping families navigate the divorce process.
Psychotherapy Treatment Modalities
The following treatment approaches can be utilized with people of all ages and is not an exhaustive list of all the therapies we offer:
Sandtray Therapy
Sand tray therapy is a modality that combines play therapy and expressive arts. In a session utilizing the sand tray, the client is provided with a tray or box filled with sand as well as access to a variety of miniature figurines to manipulate and create different scenes and environments within the sand tray. Figurines may include anything from jungle animals and dinosaurs to people in a variety of careers, and other things found in nature. The therapist may provide a prompt in creating a sand tray, but ultimately, it is up to the client to prescribe the meaning and function of each figurine. Many children (and adults!) can struggle to verbalize emotional states, especially when they are actively struggling with trauma and anxiety. The nonverbal and autonomous nature of sand tray therapy allows for a relaxing sensory experience to foster and reinforce feelings of comfort and security while exploring and processing difficult themes and emotions.
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)
CBT is a common type of talk therapy that focuses on negative thought patterns and works to help the client identify and reevaluate the way in which these thought pattens effect their behaviors. Therapists and client work closely to collaborate and develop strategies that ultimately change client behavior.
Brainspotting
Brainspotting (BSP) is an evidenced based therapy that is designed to help people access, process, and overcome a variety of issues including:
- negative emotions
- trauma/PTSD
- pain
- addictions
- chronic stress
According to therapist and creator David Grand, the direction in which people look or gaze can affect the way they feel. Specific eye positions each link to their own “brainspot,” or an area of the subcortical brain that retains thoughts and emotions. The brainspotting therapist acts as a guide and secure base in working with the client to identify these brainspots and to process the emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations related to said issue or brainspot. Its goal is to bypass the conscious, neocortical thinking to access the deeper, subcortical emotional and body-based parts of the brain. Brainspotting functions as a neurobiological healing tool to support clinical healing and foster security within the therapeutic relationship.
Pain Reprocessing Therapy
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is an evidence-based system of psychological techniques that retrains the brain to interpret and respond to signals from the body properly, subsequently breaking the cycle of chronic pain. Pain Reprocessing Therapy has five main components: 1) education about the brain origins and reversibility of pain, 2) gathering and reinforcing personalized evidence for the brain origins and reversibility of pain, 3) attending to and appraising pain sensations through a lens of safety, 4) addressing other emotional threats, and 5) gravitating to positive feelings and sensations.
Couples Counseling / Couples Therapy
Whether you are entering couples therapy to strengthen the foundation of your relationship or seeking support for a specific issue, we can help. We provide compassionate, non-judgmental guidance to help couples develop deeper insight into themselves and their relationship dynamics. As individuals, we have our own needs, values, and perceptions. During therapy, we use both traditional and creative interventions, such as role reversal and reenactment, to improve communication, manage conflict, develop understanding, and increase connection.