Therapeutic APPROACH

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This therapeutic modality allows our therapists and clients to form a  trusted relationship, in order to address and dissect issues causing  distress. CBT uses a practical approach in which the therapist helps the  client understand the relationship between beliefs, feelings, and  thoughts, and the effect these have on behavior patterns and actions.  

EMDR is an information processing therapy, that uses an eight phase  approach to address the experiential contributors of a wide range of   pathologies. Our therapists assist clients as they attend  to the past  experiences that have set the groundwork for  the current situations  that often trigger dysfunctional emotions, beliefs, and sensations, and  the positive experience needed to enhance future adaptive behaviors and  mental health.   

Our therapists are well versed in attachment theory. Attachment theory  is focused on the relationships and bonds between people, including  those between a parent and child, and between our friends and partners.  Therapists assist clients in understanding how some of their earliest  experiences and bonds, have a tremendous impact that continues  throughout life, and the understanding that this is “normal,” as it  assisted them when young, to improve their chance of survival, but there  may be a need for changes in behavior as it relates to relationships  today.  

When we cultivate a felt sense of compassion for ourselves, we are  resourced to brave the complexities of the mood. Our resourcing  practices are designed to prepare for EMDR Therapy, and to reduce trauma-related symptoms. The fundamental belief of our teachings and  techniques is that, “We are already the wholeness that we seek.” Clients  are supported  to return to the sense that all we desire is already within us. Our resourcing  techniques include: designed for safety and stabilization include; mindfulness exercises, breathing techniques, easy meditations, gentle  movements with body awareness,  and Yoga Nidra.