Emily Materdo

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

As an experienced therapist, I incorporate CBT methods to help clients overcome overwhelming sense of anxiety and self-doubt that can sometimes feel debilitating. CBT focuses on challenging negative distorted thought patterns about yourself and relationships in your life. Once able to identify these negative thoughts, I help clients learn how to cognitively reframe these thoughts into more a positive self-image and confidence.

Compassion Focused

Self-Compassion therapy is a method that I am most passionate about. Throughout my career as a therapist, I have seen how using this treatment method positively impacts clients in reaching their goals. It’s key to facilitating self-exploration, believing in ourselves, and self-love. Most often clients come to therapy, with feelings of self-doubt and insecurity that stop them from believing in themselves. If you are someone who has experienced invalidating relationships throughout your life and developed a core belief that you aren’t ‘good enough’ then I am the therapist for you. I feel passionate and connected to the benefits and enlightenment that Self-Compassion can give to all of us.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Like Self-Compass therapy, I am passionate about how IFS focuses on helping clients to start noticing younger injured parts of Self and how they appear in today’s relationships. Clients will come to therapy asking questions why did that happen to me? Or is there a part of me that doesn’t know why I did that? With a mindset of curiosity and empathy, I help clients to process their trauma and learn about their Protectors, Managers, and Exiles parts. IFS is a proven method that helps clients achieve a goal of healing from painful memories to understanding and having empathy for all their parts.

Dialectical Behavior (DBT)

When working with clients that struggle with regulating their emotions and having healthy relationships, DBT is a recommended treatment approach to improving these areas. This structured approach helps clients to become more grounded and self-aware of their overly emotional responses to stressors. Teaching clients about “Wise Mind” is a key component of the beginning stages of DBT; therefore, it’s the basis in which we work together in becoming skilled in regulating emotions, applying healthy coping skills, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) has been shown to be a proven method of helping clients to work through with decreasing resistance to change to openness and applying change behaviors. When using this method, it's important to acknowledge where you are at and guiding you through the different stages of change associated with MI. In using MI, I focus on teaching clients the meaning for Locust of Control and how our resistance to change represents us wanting to stay in control which keeps us safe from harm. In my experience as a therapist, a key element to using MI is helping clients learn how to implement change so that they will develop more effective and goal-oriented skills in their decision-making processes.