Our therapists utilize varied empirical based approaches and interventions in our clinical work. We work closely with our clients to develop therapeutic goals and interventions to alleviate emotional pain, increase coping skills, promote wellness, establish connections, and guide self-discovery and acceptance. Please ask your therapist about their approaches and interventions to ensure a strong therapeutic alliance.

Person Centered Therapy

Person Centered therapy- Person-centered therapy uses a non-authoritative approach that allows clients to take more of a lead in discussions so that, in the process, they will discover their own solutions. The therapist acts as a compassionate facilitator, listening without judgment and acknowledging the client’s experience without moving the conversation in another direction. The therapist is there to encourage and support the client and to guide the therapeutic process without interrupting or interfering with the client’s process of self-discovery.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a humanistic, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, drawing primarily from attachment theory to facilitate the creation of secure, vibrant connection with self and others. Counselors help individuals and couples get to the core issues that can make or break their relationship. It is an intervention based on scientific study of adult love and bonding processes in couples, is designed to address distress in the relationships of adults. Strategies from emotionally focused therapy can also be used in individual therapy to help clients connect and improve emotional attachment. Couples seeking counseling to improve their relationships may find this method a beneficial approach, as it can help people better understand both their own emotional responses and those of significant people in their lives. 

Gestalt Therapy 

Gestalt therapy is a client-centered approach to psychotherapy that helps clients focus on the present and understand what is really happening in their lives right now, rather than what they may perceive to be happening based on past experience. Instead of simply talking about past situations, clients are encouraged to experience them, perhaps through re-enactment. Through the gestalt process, clients learn to become more aware of how their own negative thought patterns and behaviors are blocking true self-awareness and making them unhappy.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems. This allows clients to get some distance from the issue to see how it might actually be helping them, or protecting them, more than it is hurting them. With this new perspective, individuals feel more empowered to make changes in their thought patterns and behavior and “rewrite” their life story for a future that reflects who they are, what they are capable of, and what their purpose is, separate from their problems.

Acceptance and Commitment therapy

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is an action-oriented approach to psychotherapy that stems from traditional behavior therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Clients learn to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives. With this understanding, clients begin to accept their issues and hardships and commit to making necessary changes in their behavior, regardless of what is going on in their lives, and how they feel about it.

Cultural Humility

Cultural humility is a lifelong dynamic process focusing on self-reflection and personal critique, acknowledging our own influences and biases. It recognizes the shifting nature of intersectionality and encourages openness, curiosity, and courage. Cultural humility in an ongoing learning, understanding, and developing a process-oriented approach to cultural competency and client care. Finally, we believe that we need to maintain an interpersonal stance that is client-centered in relation to aspects of cultural identity that are most important to our clients.