Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT, focuses heavily on being mindful of the present moment and the importance of our values in balancing change with acceptance of life as it is. It is aimed at helping to change our relationship to our thoughts and emotions.

Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP

FAP is also a “contextual CBT” approach, that harnesses the power of the relationship between client and therapist, to help clients identify, work through, and gain skills to master their relationship challenges.

Group Therapy

This group is for those feeling stuck and wanting to improve the quality of their relationships. Group Therapy allows for people to step outside the shadow of quiet desperation, and is an ideal space for working on issues like people pleasing, shame, conflict, depression related to loneliness and self-criticism, exploring intimacy and connection, and anger. It’s also a place to learn how to live with more vitality– expressing our authentic thoughts and feelings, connection, laughter, sharing meaningful moments together. If you’d like to get a general sense of what this kind of group therapy might look like, click this link here to an 7-part mini-series called “Group”.

Group therapy provides a unique opportunity to understand yourself and the impact you have on others. Group offers you a unique way to learn new ways of being with people and to try out new behaviors in the safety of the group. Most importantly, group helps you learn how to deal with the difficult emotions that arise from interpersonal interactions by putting words to what you are feeling inside and towards others.

In group therapy, you learn that you are not alone with your problems and that others can help. Often other group members struggle with similar issues as you and are able to gain insight and support you in your process of growth and development. You’ll interact with other group members while the whole group learns to work on problems together. 

Group offers you an opportunity to talk over problems with others and get their help and support. But just as important is the opportunity to understand and observe how your interaction style affects others and might stand in the way of you getting what you want in your life. While group can be supportive the main purpose of group therapy is to help you understand what keeps you from having gratifying and successful relationships outside the room.

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

ERP is the treatment of choice for people struggling with obsessive compulsive disorder. ERP is a type of behavioral therapy that exposes people to situations that provoke their obsessions and subsequent distress while helping them prevent their compulsive responses. The goal of ERP is to free people from the cycle of obsessions and compulsions so they can live the life that they want.