Treatment Approaches

Client centered therapy, or person centered therapy, is a non-directive approach to talk therapy that requires the client to actively take the reins during each therapy session, while the therapist acts mainly as a guide or a source of support for the client

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on modifying irrational thoughts, feelings and behaviors by interrogating and uprooting negative or distorted beliefs. Considered a "solutions-oriented" form of talk therapy, CBT rests on the idea that thoughts and perceptions influence behavior.

Solution-Focused Therapy is a short-term goal-focused evidence-based therapeutic approach, which incorporates positive psychology principles and practices, and which helps clients change by constructing solutions rather than focusing on problems.

Trauma Focused Therapy is a specific approach to therapy that recognizes and emphasizes understanding how the traumatic experience impacts one's mental, behavioral, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. This type of therapy is rooted in understanding the connection between the traumatic experience and emotional and behavioral responses. 

Psychodynamic Counseling is probably the most well-known counseling approach.

Rooted in Freudian theory, this type of counseling involves building strong therapist–client alliances.

The goal is to aid clients in developing the psychological tools needed to deal with complicated feelings and situations. 

Existential therapists operate from the client’s perspective to explore what it means to be alive. They work with the client to examine unfulfilled needs and potential, and how to make rational choices. 

Mindfulness-Based Counseling is grounded in mindfulness philosophy, which “refers to a process that leads to a mental state characterized by nonjudgmental awareness of the present moment experience, including one’s sensations, thoughts, bodily states, consciousness, and the environment while encouraging openness, curiosity, and acceptance” (Hofmann, Sawyer, Witt, & Oh, 2010, p. 169).

Systemic therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on how an individual's personal relationships, behavior patterns, and life choices are interconnected with the issues they face in their life.  Systemic therapy provides many benefits. It helps individuals understand the ways their emotional life affects how they interact with others.