It's been a tough last few years and we could all certainly use a check in with ourselves. Do you feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or lost? Life has been tough with technology often overpowering everyday life, leaving people and families disconnected. I have over 20 years of experience providing therapeutic services to families, and adults in multiple settings. This journey is about telling your story and to reconnect with your life. It's time to have healthier, stable relationships and feel good about who you are.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
I have over 20 years of experience providing therapeutic services to families, and adults in multiple settings. I excel at partnering with teens, young adults, and individuals who are struggling with anxiety, depression, divorce, ADHD, and mood disorders. I have a strong background using Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.
About Sarah Matus
Address
435 Buckland Road, South Windsor, CT, USA, Brandywine Building 2nd floorAppointments
Fully booked
My treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) is a type of talk therapy. It has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of mental health issues from anxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, and relationship issues. CBT teaches you coping skills for dealing with different problems. It focuses on how your thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes affect your feelings and actions.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of talking therapy, based on cognitive behavior therapy. It is specially adapted for people who feel emotions very intensely. The aim of DBT is to understand and accept your difficult feelings and learn skills to manage them effectively, as well as to become able to make positive changes in your life. "Dialectical" means trying to understand how two things that seem opposite could both be true. For example, accepting yourself and changing your behavior might feel contradictory, but DBT teaches that it's possible for you to achieve both of these goals together.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), focuses on the individual's present concerns. The EMDR approach believes past emotionally-charged experiences are overly influencing your present emotions, sensations, and thoughts about yourself. EMDR processing helps you break through the emotional blocks that are keeping you from living an adaptive, emotionally healthy life. EMDR uses rapid sets of eye movements to help you update disturbing experiences, much like what occurs when we sleep. EMDR replicates the REM sleep patterns by alternating between sets of eye movements and brief reports about what you are noticing. This alternating process helps you re-process your memories to a healthier present perspective. EMDR therapy is an effective means of processing trauma and PTSD, used with both children and adults.
Mindfulness-Based Therapy
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy builds upon the principles of cognitive therapy by using techniques such as mindfulness meditation to teach people to consciously pay attention to their thoughts and feelings without placing any judgement on them.
