EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing):
This psychotherapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress. It enables you to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that have resulted from disturbing life experiences. For more information on EMDR and study results indicating its effectiveness read the full description in Psychotherapy News & Articles section.
Experiential Play Therapy:
The official definition is a systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process allowing trained play therapists the opportunity to use their therapeutic skills and powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development. For additional information on how Experiential Play Therapy works visit the Psychotherapy News & Information section or visit the Arizona Branch of the Association of Play Therapy.
Somatic Experiencing (SE™):
As a beginning level practitioner, this potent psychobiological treatment method is used to resolve trauma symptoms and relieve chronic stress according to the SE approach designed by Dr. Peter A. Levine. Somatic Experiencing is a result of his multidisciplinary study of: stress physiology, medical biophysics, biology, ethology, psychology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices and almost 50 years of successful clinical application. Somatic Experiencing or SE releases traumatic shock. This is key in transforming post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as the wounds of emotional and early developmental attachment trauma. Levine’s SE provides a framework through which we can assess just where a person is stuck in the fight, flight, freeze or collapse responses and then takes it to the next step by providing the clinical tools to resolve the fixated physiological states. For additional information on how Somatic Experiencing (SE™) works visit the Psychotherapy News & Information section.
DBT Skills Group:
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy used to treat individuals who have difficulty regulating their emotions and subsequent behaviors. Our DBT skills group focuses on taking action and actively changing one’s thoughts through the use of specific coping techniques and psycho-education. It has been proven to help people make positive and long-term behavior changes. Specific goals for individuals taking part in the group are to replace problem behaviors with more adaptive methods of coping with distress in order to maximize their potential for creating a life they’ll love living! To read more about the New Adaptations DBT Skills Group please see additional details in the Psychotherapy News & Information section.
This is a joint child/parent approach to psychotherapy for children and teens who are experiencing significant emotional and behavioral difficulties in relation to traumatic life events. Children and their parents learn new skills that help process thoughts and feelings related to the traumatic events in order to more capably manage and resolve the distressing thoughts, feelings and behaviors they are experiencing and/or exhibiting as a result of the event/s. This treatment can enhance safety, growth, parenting skills as improving family communication. For more information please see the Psychotherapy News & Information section.