Trauma-Focused CBT

Trauma-Focused Therapy is a specific approach to therapy that recognizes and emphasizes understanding how the traumatic experience impacts an individual’s mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. This type of therapy is rooted in understanding the connection between the trauma experience and the individual’s emotional and behavioral responses. The purpose of trauma-focused therapy is to offer skills and strategies to assist you in better understanding, coping with, processing emotions and memories tied to traumatic experiences, with the end goal of enabling you to create a healthier and more adaptive meaning of the experience that took place. Trauma-focused (TF) psychotherapy uses different techniques to help people process traumatic experiences. Some involve visualizing, talking or thinking about the traumatic memory. Others focus on changing unhelpful beliefs about the trauma or use of creative arts, movement, or music therapies. TF therapies usually last about 8-16 sessions but may take longer depending on the client.

Acceptance and commitment (ACT)

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT therapy) is a type of mindful psychotherapy that helps you stay focused on the present moment and accept thoughts and feelings without judgment. It aims to help you move forward through difficult emotions so you can put your energy into healing instead of dwelling on the negative. The six core therapeutic processes in ACT are contacting the present moment, diffusion, acceptance, self-as-context, values, and committed action. ACT highlights the ways that language traps clients into attempts to wage war against their internal lives. Clients learn to re-contextualize and accept these private events, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behavior change. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy typically lasts between 8 and 16 sessions. Sessions are 50 minutes in length, and are usually scheduled once per week. Should more intensive treatment be required, the session length and frequency may be adjusted.

Couples Counseling

Counseling in which guidance and advice focus on issues confronting relationships between partners. Couples counseling is short-term and problem oriented; it may include a variety of approaches to such difficult areas as shared responsibilities, expectations for the future, and loyalties.

Christian Counseling

If requested I will provide a safe space for you to address mental health concerns within the framework of faith, providing a supportive environment to explore their beliefs and apply biblical principles to navigate life challenges, potentially leading to deeper spiritual growth and improved emotional well-being while feeling connected to a higher power. This treatment modality can be helpful if you are dealing with issues like depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, or trauma by offering guidance through scripture and a focus on God's teachings.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

I will provide space for individuals to develop a deeper understanding and acceptance of emotions, allowing them to effectively manage feelings (and the messages encoded within feelings), and ultimately achieve greater psychological well-being by addressing the underlying emotional needs driving behaviors, rather than just surface-level symptoms. Healing can be achieved through techniques that encourage awareness, expression, and processing of emotions, leading to more adaptive coping mechanisms and personal growth.