The right approach is that which alleviates suffering and increases resilience. It is usually a combination of modalities that best achieves this goal.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Combines somatic therapies, attachment theory, neuroscience understanding, and nervous system management. We know that unprocessed trauma lives in the body and so it is critical to allow for somatic processing. This is why talk therapy alone is often insufficient for trauma survivors to heal.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A specific therapy that accelerates the brain and nervous system’s ability to process traumatic memories and negative beliefs.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
A therapy that teaches how to replace distorted thoughts and beliefs with appropriate coping strategies.
Mindfulness & Meditation
Mindfulness practice includes both intention and attention to the present moment experience allowing what is to just be. Meditation allows the individual to develop the skills to become the non-judgmental Observer of their own thoughts/feelings/sensations. Both mindfulness & meditation reduce stress, promote relaxation, and affect an overall improved sense of wellbeing.
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
A therapeutic approach that focuses on the unconscious processes that manifest in the client's present behavior. The goals is to increase selfawareness and understanding of the influence the past has on present behavior and beliefs.
Parts Work
We are all made up of many parts: age and generation, ethnicity, race, gender, sexual orientation, spirituality, cultural identity, role within a family or at work, and other unique identities. Some of our parts are higher functioning, some are more traumatized, some cope better or worse. Understanding your parts helps you understand yourself, your motivations, and helps you move toward a sense of self that is authentic and integrated.