What is Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy?

IFS is an experiential, evidenced-based model of therapy. IFS takes a non-judgmental stance by viewing the thoughts and behaviors that bring clients to therapy as coming from “parts,” or sub-personalities, and assumes that each of these parts is trying to protect the client from suffering in some way. By recognizing that each of us have these internal parts, both protectors (reactive defenses) and exiles (vulnerable feelings), IFS therapy help clients learn to tap into her/his own calm wise Self-led core and show up from that calm and compassionate state (separate from reactive parts) so that the client can respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively.  Furthermore, it aims to soften reactivity through pausing and turning inward-with kindness-to that part of you that needs support.

 

Using a mindfulness-based approach, an IFS therapist guides clients in interacting with their parts so that they can better understand how their parts are trying to help and ultimately heal any unresolved pain that the parts are trying to prevent from overwhelming the client, so that the part does not have to work so diligently. Through this process, clients gain more access to their “Self,” which naturally allows for more clarity, calmness, connectedness, compassion, courage, confidence, curiosity, and creativity.

 

What is Treated with IFS Therapy?

IFS therapy can be used to treat a variety of concerns including but not limited to:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Caregiving Stress

• Child Behavioral Issue

• Co-dependency

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Finding Purpose

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Marital / Partner Conflict

• Moral Injury

• Narcissistic Relationships

• Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)

• Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns

• Phobias & OCD

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges

• Professional Career Conflicts

• Retirement / Aging

• School-Related Difficulties

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• Self Harm; Sexual / Gender Identity

• Sexual / Intimacy Dissatisfaction

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

• Trauma / PTSD

 

Experience Clarity, Calm, and Self-Compassion with IFS

You already have these qualities within you, and we are here to help you access it. With Internal Family Systems Therapy, you can look within, relate to yourself in a more curious and accepting way, and release pain from your past so you can experience your best self. If you are interested in working with an IFS therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is EMDR?

EMDR is a mind-body based therapy that can provide relief from symptoms faster than traditional talk psychotherapy approaches. EMDR works by understanding that under upsetting or traumatic times, the brain cannot process information as it ordinarily does.  One moment can become “frozen in time” and remembering the event may feel as bad as going through it the first time because the images, sounds, smells, and feelings have not changed.  Such memories have a lasting negative effect that interferes with the way a person sees the world and relates to other people. EMDR can change a person’s relationship to the trauma. When the troubling side effects are processed in both the left and right hemispheres of the brain with non-intrusive bilateral stimulation (primarily through the use of hand pulsers), the traumatic experiences will recede into the past where they belong. Though the memory remains, it no longer interferes in current relationships and daily functioning.

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​How Long is EMDR Treatment?

A typical EMDR session is 50 minutes. The length of treatment varies depending on what is being treated, whether you are addressing one specific event or a series of recurring events, the severity of trauma, and other related factors. Of course, we will work together to ongoingly evaluate your progress.

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What is Treated with EMDR Therapy?

EMDR has been proven effective in treating chronic PTS (post-traumatic stress) symptoms that are the result of recent or past traumatic experiences. Such experiences include:

• Abuse (emotional, physical, sexual)

• Assault

• Car accidents

• Childhood trauma

• Medical trauma

• Moral Injury

• Negative relational experiences

• Witnessing near death experiences or violence

 

EMDR Therapy for Other Conditions

EMDR therapy can be used to treat a variety of concerns including but not limited to:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Caregiving Stress

• Child Behavioral Issues

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Finding Purpose

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Marital / Partner Conflict

• Narcissistic Relationships

• Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns

• Phobias & OCD

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges

• Retirement / Aging

• School-Related Difficulties

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• Self Harm

• Sexual / Intimacy Dissatisfaction

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

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Get Unstuck with EMDR

You deserve to experience relief and feel unconstrained by your past. If you are interested in working with an EMDR therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO) Couples Therapy?

IFIO is a couples therapy model built on the Internal Family Systems (IFS) framework. This modality helps couples deepen emotional connection not just through talk, but by healing the inner emotional systems each partner brings to the relationship. Unlike some couples work that focuses only on communication strategies, IFIO guides each partner to un-blend from their protective parts (those reactive defenses like criticism or withdrawal) and to engage from a place of calm, compassion, and clarity (what IFS calls Self-energy). Many individuals carry unresolved childhood or relational wounds rooted in fear of disconnection, shame, or unmet emotional needs that they then bring to their current relationships. IFIO supports partners in building internal attachment stability so they can be present for one another without reactivity or defensiveness.

The aim of IFIO therapy is to support couples with recognizing that each of us have internal parts, both protectors (reactive defenses) and exiles (vulnerable feelings) and to learn to tap into your own calm wise Self-led core and show up from that calm and compassionate state (separate from reactive parts) so you can respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively towards your partner. Furthermore, it aims to soften reactivity through pausing and turning inward-with kindness-to that part of you that needs support before engaging with your partner, and makes space for vulnerable, heartfelt dialogue grounded in curiosity and care, not blame.

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What is treated with IFIO Therapy?

• Bi-Cultural Relationships

• Blended Families

• Caregiving Stress

• Communication Problems

• Co-dependency

• Conflict Resolution

• Decreasing Attachment

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Grief & Loss

• Infidelity & Other Betrayals of Trust

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Marital / Partner /Family Conflict

• Mental Illness

• Moral Injury

• Narcissistic Relationships

• Negative Interaction Cycles

• Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges

• Professional Relationship Challenges

• Retirement / Aging

• Sexual / Intimacy Struggles

• Relationships Between Adult Child and Parent

• Relationships Between Adult Siblings

• Trauma / PTSD

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Experience deeper connection and meaningful communication with your partner with IFIO

IFIO invites you both to bring your whole internal worlds—not just your words—into the therapy space. Using IFS-based tools, it fosters inner healing and gently unfolds that into greater relational intimacy. By growing in safety and self-access, you and your partner can navigate conflict with curiosity and become each other’s healing presence. If you are interested in working with an  IFIO therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? (CBT)

CBT is a structured, practical form of psychotherapy in which the therapist helps the client overcome symptoms and improve overall functioning by developing skills to cope with the thoughts and behaviors that maintain the problem. A core principle of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is that by changing how you think about a problem, you will experience different feelings about it and be inclined to behave differently. CBT also focuses on helping clients notice and challenge unhelpful thoughts, as well as try new behaviors to disprove thoughts and beliefs.

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Skills Taught in CBT:

Common skills taught by therapists in cognitive behavioral therapy include:

• Mindfulness

• Tracking thoughts

• Thought challenging

• Activity scheduling

• Role playing

• Exposure therapy

• Behavioral experiments

• Relaxation techniques

 

What is Treated with CBT?

CBT therapy can be used to treat a variety of concerns including but not limited to:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Caregiving Stress

• Child Behavioral Issues

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Finding Purpose

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Narcissistic Relationships

• Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)

• Phobias & OCD

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges

• Professional Career Conflicts

• Retirement / Aging

• School-Related Difficulties

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• Self Harm

• Sexual / Intimacy Struggles

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

• Trauma / PTSD

 

Develop Tools to Overcome Challenges with CBT

If you are interested in working with an CBT therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is Psychodynamic Therapy?

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a modality that involves working with clients in a deep and meaningful way and identifying the impact of the past on the present.  There is no one size fits all approach.  However, the modality focuses on exploring long-term patterns of how you live your life in relation to family, friends, work, and community, as well as to yourself.  A big part of the work includes a focus on the dynamic that emerges between therapist and client as a helpful tool for managing dynamics outside the therapy room.  The goal of this modality is supporting clients in getting more out of life by working towards creating greater self-awareness and, thereby, working towards change.

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What is Treated with Psychodynamic Therapy?

Psychodynamic therapy can be used to treat a variety of concerns including but not limited to:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Caregiving Stress

• Child Behavioral Issues

• Co-dependency

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Finding Purpose

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Marital / Partner Conflict

• Mental Illness

• Narcistic Relationships

• Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)

• Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns

• Phobias & OCD

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, & Postnatal Challenges

• Retirement / Aging

• School-Related Difficulties

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• Self Harm

• Sexual / Gender Identity

• Sexual / Intimacy Dissatisfaction

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

• Trauma / PTSD

 

Experience Insight, Understanding and Resiliency with Psychodynamic

Often times, we are stuck using coping mechanisms that worked at one point in our lives, but are now no longer needed or even useful. If you are interested in working with a Psychodynamic therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is Family Systems Therapy?

Family systems therapy draws on systems thinking to view the family as an emotional unit.  Systems thinking evaluates the parts of a system in relation to the whole. When applied to families, systems thinking suggests that an individual’s behavior is informed by and inseparable from the functioning of her/his family of origin. Therefore, individual growth occurs by addressing the structure and behavior patterns of the family. Similarly, by changing the behavior of one family member, you influence the way that the family functions over time.

 

How Does Family Systems Therapy Work?

In Family Systems Therapy, the therapist will work to explore each family member’s perspective of the issue(s) bringing them to therapy. In doing so, the therapist will help family members understand how their behaviors are interconnected, and encourage them to try new ways of interacting in order to break patterns of interaction. The ultimate goal is to relieve tension in the family system and shift towards a more balanced, healthy way of interacting.

 

What is Family Systems Therapy Used to Treat?

Family Systems therapy can be used to treat a variety of concerns including but not limited to:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Bi-Cultural Relationships

• Blended Families

• Caregiving Stress

• Child Behavioral Issues

• Co-dependency

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Marital / Partner/ Family Conflict

• Mental Illness

• Narcissistic Relationships

• Negative Interaction Cycles

• Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)

• Parenting / Co-Parenting Concerns

• Phobias & OCD

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• School-Related Difficulties

• Self Harm

• Sexual / Gender Identity

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

 

Resolve Issues Together with Family Systems Therapy

If you are interested in working with a Family Systems therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is Play Therapy?

Play is an integral part of a child's growth, development, and emotional health. Through play, children learn about themselves and their world. They also discover healthier ways to cope and process difficulties. In Play Therapy, children are encouraged to act out or create their fantasies, frustrations, or fears and thereby express their feelings through play or art.  Play therapy uses children's natural language to give them the opportunity to communicate what's troubling them in an environment of fun exploration. It also helps build coping skills, resiliency, empathy, and better social skills.

 

Children’s Issues Treated with Play Therapy:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Child Behavioral Issues

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Family Conflict

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues

• Mental Illness

• Neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)

• Phobias & OCD

• School-Related Difficulties

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• Self Harm

• Sexual / Gender Identity

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

• Trauma / PTSD

 

Help Your Child’s Growth and Development Through Play Therapy 

If you are interested in your child working with a Play Therapy therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.

What is Brainspotting?

Brainspotting is a brain-body based therapy that can access and process traumatic memories that are difficult to reach through talk therapy. Traumatic memories may be stored or “stuck” in the subcortical portions of the brain, thus disrupting the brain’s ability to process the traumatic event. This unprocessed trauma can show up in the body as GI distress, pain, or other somatic symptoms. Brainspotting theorizes that certain eye positions are connected to places in your brain where unprocessed stress or trauma is stored. Fixing your gaze on a “brainspot” while a therapist provides focused, attuned support, allows the nervous system to process the stored traumatic memory. The memory remains, but its emotional charge and effects on the body decrease. Brainspotting relies on sustained focus rather than verbal analysis of the traumatic material, so brainspotting can be helpful for people who find it overwhelming to talk through an experience.

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How long is Brainspotting Treatment?

A typical Brainspotting session is 50 to 90 minutes in length. The length of treatment varies depending on what is being addressed, whether it is a single incident or a longer pattern of accumulated stress, the severity of the trauma, and other related factors. Of course, we will work together to ongoingly evaluate your progress.

 

What is Treated with Brainspotting Therapy?

Brainspotting has shown effectiveness in treating post-traumatic stress symptoms resulting from recent or past traumatic experiences. Such experiences include:

• Abuse (emotional, physical, sexual)

• Assault

• Car Accidents

• Childhood Trauma

• Medical Trauma

• Negative Relational Experiences

• Witnessing Near Death Experiences or Violence (Vicarious Trauma)

 

Brainspotting Therapy for Other Conditions

Brainspotting therapy can be used to treat a variety of concerns including but not limited to:

• Anxiety / Worry / Panic Attacks

• Caregiving Stress

• Chronic Stress

• Depression / Suicidal Thoughts

• Drug and Alcohol Concerns

• Grief & Loss

• Life Transitions

• Managing Difficult Health Issues & Chronic Pain

• Performance Blocks (athletic, creative, professional)

• Phobias

• Self-Defeating Behaviors

• Sleep Issues

• Social Challenges

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Get Unstuck with Brainspotting

You deserve to experience relief and feel unconstrained by your past. If you are interested in working with a Brainspotting therapist or have any questions, please contact us today for a free consultation.