Top Four Psychotherapy Techniques

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This is a model of psychotherapy that believes our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are interrelated. Unfortunately, we can have unhelpful patterns of thinking (e.g. black and white, jumping to conclusions) and behaviors (e.g. procrastination, avoidance) that cause and perpetuate unpleasant emotions. CBT teaches you tools to identify, analyze and modify those patterns, which can improve a variety of disorders such as depression, anxiety, stress, PTSD, substance use and insomnia.

Mindfulness Based Therapy

We often have difficulty being able to name our feelings. Mindfulness Based Therapy builds off of CBT to train you to observe your emotions and senses with curiosity in a nonjudgemental way. Mastering this will allow relief from heightened anxiety, elevated stress levels, and mood changes. It is often used in conjunction with meditation and other models of therapy.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Often said to be the modern version of Freud’s “psychoanalysis” , Psychodynamic Therapy differs by putting you in the drivers seat. Instead of lying on the couch freely associating your thoughts, you will have an active and engaged session where your clinician will help you find pervasive patterns in your personality, unhealthy attachment styles, and problematic areas in your relationships, then will tie in past experiences from childhood to shed light into how you came to be the person you are.

Insight Oriented Therapy

Sometimes we can’t see everything from all perspectives. This model allows the clinician to gently guide you to build insight. The goal is to better process and understand what happened in the past and present that affects you today.