Individual Therapy

Individual Therapy

THERAPY AND COUNSELING

Individual Therapy
Couples and Families
Group Therapy
Counseling

Individual Therapy

(50 – 55 minute session)

Is specifically set for the individual who has a problem that is recognized as theirs. Examples would be depression, anxiety, panic attacks, adjustment issues, etc. It does not mean that other persons are not involved with the individual’s problem but they choose not to help or participate in marital therapy. Examples would be a marital issue when the partner doesn’t see the issue or want to participate, or your child or adolescent refusing to attend family therapy.

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Children and Adolescent Therapy

This group is ongoing, typically for the length of the school year. It focuses on peer interaction, coping with school, substance abuse, problem solving strategies, dealing with parents, anger management, assertiveness. The format is didactic with lecture, video presentations, exercises, role playing and application of the afore mentioned material in daily life.
Anger Management Therapies

Anger Management Therapy

Persons coming for help with anger management either individual or group have displayed loss of temper, have been threatening to others, may be court ordered, been involved in domestic violence, road rage, or have experienced problems with their anger in another area of their life. This group is scheduled for 12 concurrent session of didactic format, with lectures, personal exercises, role playing to help the individual control, defuse, cope with stress without inappropriately displaying anger by using successful problem solving techniques. Click here to learn about our anger management therapists.

Hypnotherapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive therapy is a discussion based approach with you and your therapist. In that you talk about your perceptions, thoughts, actions and why you act the way you do. Now you can decide which areas you want to work on and what it is you need to do.. It requires changing your thoughts and acting in the manner you choose, changing your behavior.

Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy also know as trance work, Essentially a trance is an altered state of consciousness marked by decreased breadth and increased intensity of awareness. What distinguishes hypnotherapy is that it involves a deliberate choice to enter this state of consciousness for a goal. Individuals can not only experience hypnosis from a licensed practitioner, they can also become comfortable practicing and eventually mastering the techniques themselves. While the practitioner serves as a teacher or guide, the only person who can hypnotize you is you, since trance is a latent potential of your own mind. Therefore, all hypnosis is really self-hypnosis.

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

IPT is brief and focused, much like CBT. Patients closely examine their relationships with family, friends, coworkers, and other key people, with the goal of resolving interpersonal conflict by setting healthy emotional & psychological boundaries, improving communication skills, and building a more supportive personal network.

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis, which probes the patient’s psyche and brings unconscious impulses and behavior patterns to the surface. Rational drives are rooted in the unconscious but must bypass psychological resistance in the form of defense mechanisms before one’s drives can be brought into awareness. Typically a long and lengthy exploration of self.

Psycho-Dynamic Therapy

Psycho dynamic therapy is similar to psychoanalysis in theory but sessions are less frequent weekly and the treatment is briefer usually a year or less. Treatment still focuses on the unconscious, personal development, and the relationship between therapist and patient.

Trauma Therapy

Brief treatments with an innovative behavioral treatment known as Accelerated Resolution Therapy substantially reduced symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder including, depression, anxiety, sleep dysfunction and other physical and psychological symptoms.

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Medical Trauma/Adjustment to Illness

Medical Counseling can assist individuals, couples and families who are facing issues related to a new diagnosis, chronic illness, chronic pain or for those who have experienced a medical trauma such as an injury or loss of physical function. Medical Counseling can provide emotional support, resources and improved quality of life by recognizing the impact of the mind/body connection. Medical Counseling may also focus on improved coping skills and empower the individual to address the impact that illness and disability can have on relationships, work/school, life goals and emotional health and wellness.