Specialized Counseling

A psycho-educational intervention therapy geared toward adolescents ages 12-17. Specific cognitive interventions are incorporated with the goal to help children and adolescents strengthen social skills, moral reasoning, anger management, and to reduce aggressive behavior.

Couples counseling focuses on improving relationship satisfaction and conflict resolution between couples.

DBT is an evidenced-based therapy for people who experience emotions very intensely. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change their lives, including unhelpful behaviors.

DBT teaches four main skills:

• Mindfulness: The practice of being fully aware and present in this one moment.
• Distress Tolerance: Helps individuals accept themselves and their current situations, and prepares them for intense emotions and how to cope with them.
• Interpersonal Effectiveness: How an individual can learn what they want and say no while maintaining self respect and relationships with others.
• Emotion Regulation: Helps individuals effectively navigate powerful feelings.

EMDR is an evidence-based psychotherapy technique designed to relieve the distress associated with disturbing memories. EMDR involves recalling a specific troublesome experience while following a side-to-side visual stimulus delivered by the therapist. The resulting lateral eye movements are thought to help reduce the emotional charge of the memory so that the experience can be safely discussed and stripped of the power to trigger anxiety (Psychology Today, 2022). EMDR has been proven to aid in the recovery from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorder.

A family-based therapy that focuses on building skills to improve family relationships, reduce behavioral issues, and improve school performance. FFT is a clinical model that increases a family’s motivation to change and tailors interventions to each family’s unique risk and protective factors.

An evidence-based program that combines education and structured exercises to assist participants in addressing negative thought and behavior patterns. MRT includes 12 steps that focus on issues such as honesty, trust, acceptance, healing, relationships, and goal setting.

Traumatic experiences can have long-lasting effects on a person’s life, causing difficulties in relationships, work, school, and social settings. Trauma therapy can help individuals process their feelings about these events, learn to prioritize self-care, practice patience, and rediscover joy, hope, and trust. While it can be difficult to work through these challenging experiences, with the support of a therapist and psychotherapy, symptoms can improve over time.

Other benefits of trauma therapy include:

• Gaining insight into your thought patterns and learning to control thoughts of fear and distress
• Identifying and managing triggers and symptoms
• Developing healthy coping skills to manage symptoms
• Improving health, well-being, and quality of life
• Enhancing relationships and connections with people
• Reducing irritability, anger, and frustration
• Helping people feel less isolated and restoring hope and trust