Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a trauma-informed, evidence-based, brief therapy used to help process traumatic experiences (both acute and complex) and relieve, reduce, or bring into remission trauma/PTSD symptoms. It does this by focusing on negative cognitions, known as stuck points (e.g. "I’m a bad person", "I was responsible", "I'm dirty", "I can't trust anyone", "I'm not safe", "I don't matter", "I don't deserve…" to name a few) and challenging them when they were developed to determine if the cognition is evidence-based and deserves to be believed.
CPT is a 12-session therapy that follows a protocol designed to help process trauma, learn the skills needed to address negative cognitions and trauma on your own once the therapy concludes, and the ways trauma affect major themes like safety, trust, power and control, self-esteem, and intimacy.
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Sound helpful? Larissa Cambel practices CPT!
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a specialized psychotherapy approach designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories. EMDR is grounded in the understanding that traumatic events can overwhelm the brain's natural ability to process experiences, leading to lingering psychological and emotional issues.
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EMDR is unique because it does not require clients to discuss the details of their traumatic experiences extensively. Instead, it focuses on the brain's capacity to heal itself using its natural processing abilities. Many clients experience significant relief from distressing symptoms in a shorter time compared to traditional therapy methods. It is a client-centered, non-invasive approach that can bring profound and lasting healing. If you are struggling with the impacts of trauma or other emotional distress, EMDR might be the path to the relief and recovery you seek.
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EMDR has been extensively researched and proven effective for treating a range of conditions, including:
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Panic Disorders
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Phobias
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Chronic Pain
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Grief and Loss
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Sound helpful? Rachel Weeks, Morgan Freed-Strait, Martha ÄŒanji & Rachel Hayes practice EMDR!
Existential Therapy
Existential Therapy is a talk-therapy that addresses mental health concerns and experiences by focusing on four primary themes of existence that often cause suffering and pain: loneliness, responsibility/choice, meaning, and death. By utilizing therapeutic discussion, Socratic Dialogue, and immediacy, addressing these themes can lead to a reduction in symptoms and a sense of relief and understanding in life and self.
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Sound helpful? Larissa Cambel and Jorge Rubio practice Existential Therapy.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps people identify and change thinking patterns that generate or influence unwanted and/or distressing outcomes or feelings. If you replace inaccurate thoughts with more accurate and adaptive ones a more productive, neutral and/or satisfying result can occur. CBT often involves practicing new skills in the “real world”. It is about changing the way you think and interpret
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Sound helpful? All of our staff are trained in CBT.
Brainspotting
Brainspotting (BSP) is an advanced brain-body therapy that focuses on identifying, processing, and releasing trauma, mental health imbalances and residual emotional stress. Developed by Dr. David Grand in 2003, Brainspotting leverages the brain's natural ability to heal itself by accessing and releasing stored memories and emotions.
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Brainspotting is based on the concept that where you look affects how you feel. Brainspotting looks for a connection to a single spot in the room that brings up the most emotion for you. It is an access point that, while looking in this particular area, accesses the part of your brain that has stored the memories that are tied to the situation, event, or symptoms you are struggling with (anxiety, depression, panic, etc.) in order to fully reprocess those issues.
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Sound helpful? Rachel Hayes practices Brainspotting.
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that helps individuals embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them. Developed Dr. Steven C. Hayes, ACT combines principles of mindfulness and behavioral change to promote psychological flexibility and a richer, more meaningful life.
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ACT is grounded in the philosophy that attempting to avoid or control negative thoughts and emotions can often lead to greater distress. Instead, ACT encourages acceptance of these experiences while committing to actions that align with personal values. The therapy involves six core processes:
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Acceptance: Learning to accept and embrace thoughts and feelings without trying to change or avoid them.
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Cognitive Defusion: Changing the way one interacts with thoughts, reducing their power and impact.
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Being Present: Cultivating mindfulness to remain focused on the present moment.
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Self as Context: Developing a flexible sense of self that transcends specific thoughts and feelings.
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Values Clarification: Identifying and understanding what truly matters to the individual.
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Committed Action: Taking effective action guided by personal values, even in the presence of difficult thoughts and feelings
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Sound helpful? Rachel Weeks, Morgan Freed-Strait, & Martha ÄŒanji practice ACT!
Somatic Experiencing (SE)
(Description from Somatic Experiencing International)
Somatic Experiencing (SE™) aims to resolve symptoms of stress, shock, and trauma that accumulate in our bodies and nervous systems. Trauma, from an SE lens, is focused on how it shows up in the nervous system and how that dysregulation impacts life. When we are stuck in patterns of fight, flight, or freeze, SE helps us release, recover, and become more resilient. It is a body-oriented therapeutic model applied in multiple professions and professional settings—psychotherapy, medicine, coaching, teaching, and physical therapy—for healing trauma and other stress disorders from a nervous system lens within a practitioner’s scope of practice. It is based on a multidisciplinary intersection of physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics and has been clinically applied for more than four decades. It is the life’s work of Dr. Peter A. Levine.
The SE approach releases traumatic shock, which is key to transforming patterns that get stuck and impact people’s daily lives. It can be used to support the resolution of PTSD and developmental attachment trauma. It offers a framework to assess where a person is “stuck” in the fight, flight, or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states. SE provides effective skills appropriate to a variety of healing professions including mental health, medicine, physical and occupational therapies, bodywork, addiction treatment, first response, education, and others. These SE skills support healing professionals holistically apply their work in supporting individuals and groups.
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Sound helpful? Rachel Weeks is in training for SE!