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Somatic Experiencing
Therapy aimed at relieving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client's perceived body sensations.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment that is designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories.
Sandtray Therapy
A powerful therapeutic technique thatuses “free and protected” space for a client to creates a manifestation of the client's imaginal world using sand, water, and miniature objects.
Experiential Therapy / Psychodrama
Therapy encourages patients to identify and address hidden or subconscious issues through activities such as role playing, guided imagery, the use of props, and a range of other active experiences.
Expressive Arts
The use of the creative arts as a form of therapy. Unlike traditional art expression, the process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product.
Trauma Focused CBT
A conjoint child and parent psychotherapy approach for children and adolescents who are experiencing significant emotional and behavioral difficulties related to traumatic life events.
Mindfulness Based Therapy
Mindfulness Based Therapy refers to being aware of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences in the present moment, and accepting them without judgment.
DBT
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy helps you to change unhelpful behaviors, while focuses on accepting who you are at the same time.
Post Induction Therapy
Therapy designed to treat the effects of childhood trauma and resulting issues of developmental immaturity through inner child work.
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing addresses core nervous system functioning. It resolves stuck symptoms of past stressful events that remain in non-cognitive regions of the brain, such as; relational or shock trauma. A somatic approach allows us to get more and more settling with every session around the felt-sense of our physical restrictions and emotional contractions.
Somatic Experiencing therapy addresses the stress of trauma, such as; abuse, assault, car accidents, war, surgeries, or impact falls. Balancing attention of internal experience with external orientation, in the presence of safe and reliable support, we can free up the subtle tension forces in the body. With Somatic Experiencing (SE) we are left feeling calm, safe, and supported in the world.
Individual Sessions May Focus On:
• Resolving depression and/or anxiety
• Exploring and healing underlying shame
• Healing from trauma and the symptoms of traumatic stress
• Learning to manage stress
• Clarifying personal boundaries
• Clarifying and acting on wants and needs
• Strengthening communication skills
• Addressing addiction issues
• Developing meaningful relationships
• Strengthening self-esteem, confidence, and
self-assertiveness
Clients report feeling more ease, less irritable, frustration, anger and emotional triggers usually within 3 to 12 sessions.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporate elements from many different treatment approaches.
EMDR seems to have a direct effect on the way that the brain processes information. Normal information processing is resumed, so following a successful EMDR session, a person no longer relives the images, sounds, and feelings when the event is brought to mind. You still remember what happened, but it is less upsetting. Many types of therapy have similar goals. However, EMDR appears to be similar to what occurs naturally during dreaming or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Therefore, EMDR can be thought of as a physiologically based therapy that helps a person see disturbing material in a new and less distressing way.
Individual Sessions May Focus On:
• Panic Attacks
• Dissociative Disorders
• Disturbing Memories
• Complicated Grief
• Phobias
• Pain Disorders
• Anxiety
• Stress Reduction
• Addictions
• Physical and/or sexual abuse
One or more sessions are required for the therapist to understand the nature of the problem and to decide whether EMDR is an appropriate treatment.
Typical EMDR session lasts from 60 to 90 minutes. The type of problem, life circumstances, and the amount of previous trauma will determine how many treatment sessions are necessary.
Sandtray Therapy
Sand tray play is a powerful and effective intervention tool for children, teens, adults, and families in a variety of therapeutic settings. Sand tray play utilizes a wide range of miniature figurines with which clients “build a world” in a tray of sand. With the support and witness of a sand tray therapist, this process of story telling through images promotes a deepened expression, experience, and understanding of the client's inner world, and thus provides the opportunity for healing on a variety of levels.
This is a way to express yourself in a protected way without too much threat to the regulation system. Sandtray facilitates the psyches natural way of healing in a "free and protected space". The client creates a concrete manifestation from his/her imagination using sand, water and miniatures.
Individual Sessions May Focus On:
• Abuse
• Trauma
• Grief
• Insight into day-to-day struggles
• Emotional responses and dialogue with others
• Sensory experiences
• Anxiety
• Stress Reduction
• Neglect
