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The main goal of DBT is to help you build a life worth living. This means having things that are meaningful and important to you in your life. 

DBT helps you to work with your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors differently from how you may have in the past, and that incorporates your values and what is most meaningful to you.

It is helpful for a wide range of concerns, especially those who haven't responded well to therapy or medication. DBT is most helpful for those who have powerful emotions or take extreme positions. 

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The foundation of CBT is the belief that many (if not most) psychological problems are rooted in a blend of unhelpful ways of thinking and learned patterns of unhelpful behavior. The way we think affects the way we feel, which can impact our behavior.

Cognitive behavioral therapy suggests that anyone struggling with such problems can unlearn these unhelpful patterns.

You can develop new ways to cope with problems, reduce related symptoms, and live a more productive life.

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Substantial scientific research has established EMDR as effective for treating posttraumatic stress (PTSD). It has also been effective in treating anxiety disorders such as phobias or panic disorder, disturbing memories, performance anxiety, trauma, stress reduction, complicated grief, sexual and/or physical abuse.

EMDR therapy heals trauma by teaching you skills to handle emotional distress and using stimulation such as eye movements and taps. EMDR can help release the hold trauma has in your body, relieve symptoms and help you regain your life.

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Somatic therapy is a form of therapy that integrates the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical aspects of each of us in order to work toward greater health and well-being. Somatic therapy allows the client to become aware of his or her body and the sensations experienced through it; improving the mind-body connection and reducing mental health symptoms. 

Somatic Experiencing is an effective body-oriented therapy used to treat the body’s response to trauma and stress. Because it helps individuals target trauma on a fundamental physical level, Somatic Experiencing allows the body to change its relationship to distress. 

Research supports Somatic Experiencing as a highly effective therapy for targeting internalized trauma.

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ACT helps people take action. Action on what matters most to you, how you want to treat yourself and others. how you want to behave and what you want to do.

What we resist, persists.

In ACT, you learn skills to face problems head-on instead of avoiding stressors. You learn psychological skills to handle difficult thoughts and feelings effectively.

By adjusting actions to move in the direction of values—rather than fears—ACT contributes to a fulfilling and purpose-driven life. 

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Play is a natural activity of learning, exploration, and communication for children. Play therapy (for children ages 2-12)  takes advantage of this innate ability to help children explore their feelings and thoughts, express themselves, and understand their life experiences.

In essence, it helps them to play out what they may otherwise find difficult to put into words.

The younger a child is when they begin play therapy, the more malleable their brain structure will be. This makes it easier to build neural pathways that lead to healthy emotional regulation, well-being, and adaptive behavior as they mature into happy, well-adjusted, and functional adults.

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Painful or stressful experiences are recorded unprocessed in the body whenever the brain could not comprehend and store them in explicit/conscious memory at the time of the events.

For that reason, psychological trauma impacts our brains and bodies, affecting our mood, behavior, and physical functioning. It shatters our sense of security and leads us to feeling vulnerable, isolated, and powerless.

Brainspotting uses eye positions as entry points to access information stored in the body (nervous system) and the deep brain (seat of your regulation processes).

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When we experience a particularly threatening situation or loss, especially when feeling helpless or unsafe, the experience can become “frozen” in our brain. Along with the memory are the negative feelings, thoughts, and sensations associated with that experience.

Trauma-Focused Therapy follows a four-stage process for trauma treatment to help release the "frozen" or stuck parts, develop skills and strategies to cope with emotions, beliefs and memories tied to traumatic experiences and decrease symptoms of traumatic stress.

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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a type of CBT developed for child survivors of trauma and their caregivers, TF-CBT helps to adjust thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and self-beliefs in order for survivors to better cope with distressing emotions.