What type of therapy is best for you?
My toolbox offers a variety of approaches. The following can be and are often integrated with other techniques to meet your needs.
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) is a structured 8 Phase therapy process to identify the source of your problem and to change your reactions. It focuses on the trauma memory (little t or Big T,) using bilateral stimulation to reduce the vision and emotions that have been stored in your brain from a negative experience.
This can include people that suffer from PTSD that continue to hold those thoughts and visions in their body such as: veterans, physical, emotional or sexual abuse, major accidents, natural disasters, childhood humiliation etc.
There is no separation between how events can affect us and there is no clear separation between symptoms. EMDR is also beneficial for those that experience the feelings of anxiety, fear, guilt, thoughts that he can't shake, disturbing dreams, feeling shut out or not good enough etc. EMDR focuses on past, present and future events.
I offer EMDR in person and telehealth and am currently working towards certification.
Additional information about EMDR can be found at:
emdria.org.
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on unhealthy ways of thinking, learned patterns of unhelpful behaviors and involves efforts to change those thinking and behavioral patterns. CBT is evidence based and has been proved to reduce depression, anxiety, marital problems, eating disorders etc to improve overall functioning and quality of life.
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I have had the opportunity to train at The Beck Institute in Philadelphia, PA, three times in my early counseling career. Training included CBT with Adolescents, CBT with Depression and Suicidality and CBT with Anxiety.
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more info about CBT: beckinstitute.org
DBT
I consider Dialectical Behavioral Therapy my go to for skill development. DBT focuses on four different skill sets, that I consider Life Skills. These include: Distress Tolerance Skills, Mindfulness Skills, Emotional Regulation Skills and Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills.
DBT was founded based off of CBT by Dr. Marsha Linehan to help individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder that were suicidal and would self-harm. DBT is a evidence based practice that since has been found to help majority of diagnosis.
DBT teaches the four skills sets to help individuals make healthier decisions instead of making decisions off of just reason or emotion.
If there is any workbook for therapy that I suggest, it is most likely one that I use for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
I have completed trainings from Behavior Tech as well as others.
Please let me know if you'd be interested in being apart of a DBT group.
Additional DBT information can be found at: behaviortech.org