“Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility (ACBS)”

Put simply, ACT is about helping you be adaptable to whatever life brings by helping you change your thinking & behaviors, increasing mindfulness, and helping you move towards what matters most to you. If you don’t know what that is yet, ACT can help with that too. 

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“Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an extensively researched, proven therapy designed to help people recover from trauma and PTSD (EMDRIA).”

EMDR is a structured therapy process that includes 8 steps or phases:

• Phase 1: Collect history

• Phase 2: Preparation

• Phase 3: Identifying the target memory

• Phases 4-7: Processing the memory to adaptive resolution

• Phase 8: Evaluating treatment results

Phases 4-7 can be summarized as recalling the memory while engaging in bilateral stimulation (e.g. eye movement, tapping) to reduce distress and connect to healthier ways of thinking.

EMDR is different from talk therapy as talking about the distressing memory in detail is not required, only holding your attention on the memory and noticing whatever thoughts, feelings, or sensations come up while engaging in bilateral stimulation.

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DBT is “a form of cognitive behavioral treatment originally developed to help chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD)…over time, research has also shown DBT to be highly effective in treating a broad range of other conditions, including substance use disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and eating disorders. (Linehan Insitute).”

DBT is helpful for people who want more tools to cope with distressing thoughts and feelings and find healthier ways of coping.

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Coherence therapy is based on the the belief that our ‘problems’ are our brain’s best attempt at avoiding a bigger, more overwhelming issue.

“The focus of Coherence Therapy is to:

• Help discover what makes these ‘problems’ emotionally necessary,

• Identify the unconscious cost of not having these ‘problems,’ and

• Find contradictory knowledge that can eliminate the need for such suffering. (Sam Robinson, LCSW-S)“

Coherence therapy doesn’t force you to “think better thoughts,” quit maladaptive behaviors, or stop feeling a certain way but instead gets curious about the why and addresses the root cause!

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“Family systems theory views the family as an interconnected unit rather than a collection of individuals. Each person’s behavior, emotions, and choices affect the functioning of the whole system. (IDW, 2025).”

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Depending on what the focus of therapy is, it may or may not be covered by insurance. Reach out by email or send a message to learn more.