Individual therapy, also known as one-on-one therapy, is a process where a person works directly with a therapist to explore their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. This form of therapy aims to foster personal growth, manage emotional difficulties, and improve mental health. Individual therapy is highly flexible and can address a wide range of issues, from anxiety and depression to life transitions, trauma, and self-esteem challenges.

Key Aspects of Individual Therapy:

1. Personalized Approach: Therapy is tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual. The therapist works collaboratively with the client to set goals and address concerns at a comfortable pace. This personalized focus allows for deep exploration of personal issues.

2. Safe and Confidential Space: Individual therapy provides a confidential, non-judgmental space where clients can openly express their thoughts and emotions. This setting fosters trust, allowing individuals to be honest about their challenges and seek support without fear of judgment.

3. Emotional and Mental Health Support: Therapy helps individuals cope with a variety of emotional and psychological issues, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, stress, or relationship difficulties. It can also help manage mental health conditions like PTSD, bipolar disorder, or personality disorders.

4. Focus on Self-Understanding: Individual therapy often helps clients gain insight into their emotions, thought patterns, and behaviors. By understanding themselves better, individuals can recognize the underlying causes of their challenges and make meaningful changes.

5. Coping and Problem-Solving Skills: Clients learn practical tools and strategies to manage stress, anxiety, or emotional difficulties. These coping mechanisms may include mindfulness, relaxation techniques, cognitive reframing, or behavioral changes that promote healthier responses to life's challenges.

6. Flexible Treatment Modalities: Therapy can incorporate various therapeutic techniques, depending on the individual’s needs. Common approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Psychodynamic Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness-Based Therapy, or Humanistic Therapy. The therapist may adjust techniques over time to suit the client’s progress.

7. Processing Trauma or Grief: For individuals dealing with trauma or loss, therapy provides a structured environment to process these painful experiences. Therapies like EMDR or Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) may be used to work through traumatic memories and reduce distress.

8. Improving Relationships: While the focus is on the individual, therapy can also address relational patterns. By improving communication, boundary-setting, and emotional regulation, clients can enhance their relationships with others, whether in personal, family, or work contexts.

Who Might Benefit:

• Individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, or emotional distress.

• People struggling with self-esteem, identity, or personal growth issues.

• Those dealing with trauma, grief, or unresolved emotional pain.

• Individuals navigating life transitions or stress (e.g., career changes, divorce).

• Anyone seeking personal development or a deeper understanding of themselves.

Individual therapy is a powerful tool for personal transformation, helping clients better understand themselves, overcome emotional difficulties, and develop strategies for a more fulfilling life. By focusing on their unique needs and challenges, individuals can find clarity, emotional healing, and long-lasting change.

Child/Teen therapy focuses on addressing emotional, behavioral, and mental health issues in young individuals. It helps children and adolescents navigate challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, behavioral problems, or family issues. A specialized form of therapy for younger children is play therapy, which uses play as a medium to help children express emotions and resolve psychological difficulties.

Key Aspects of Child/Teen Therapy:

1. Age-Appropriate Techniques: Therapy is tailored to meet the developmental level of the child or teen. For younger children, therapy often includes play-based approaches, while adolescents may benefit from talk therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, or expressive therapies (e.g., art, writing).

2. Play Therapy for Younger Children: Play therapy uses toys, games, and creative activities to help children communicate their thoughts and feelings. Since younger children may not have the verbal skills to express complex emotions, play becomes a safe and natural way for them to explore and work through their issues.

3. Behavioral and Emotional Support: Therapy helps children and teens learn healthy ways to manage emotions, cope with stress, and improve behavior. It may address issues such as anger management, anxiety, depression, trauma, bullying, and social skills.

4. Family Involvement: In many cases, family involvement is key to supporting the child or teen’s progress. Family therapy or sessions with parents are often incorporated to improve communication, set healthy boundaries, and create a supportive home environment.

5. Building Coping Skills: Therapy equips children and teens with coping strategies to handle challenges like peer pressure, academic stress, self-esteem issues, and family changes. This helps them build resilience and develop healthy emotional regulation.

6. Trauma-Focused Approaches: For children and teens who have experienced trauma, specialized interventions like Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) or EMDR may be used. These approaches help process traumatic experiences and reduce symptoms of PTSD or distress.

7. Adolescent-Centered Therapy: For teens, therapy often addresses more complex issues such as identity, self-esteem, peer relationships, and independence. Teens may benefit from a mix of talk therapy, problem-solving strategies, and developing better communication skills.

8. Strengthening Emotional Expression: Children and teens often struggle to articulate their emotions. Therapy helps them express their feelings in a healthy way, whether through conversation, play, or creative activities. This supports emotional development and mental well-being.

Who Might Benefit:

• Children struggling with anxiety, depression, or behavioral issues.

• Those who have experienced trauma, grief, or loss.

• Children with social or developmental challenges.

• Teens facing issues related to identity, peer pressure, or self-esteem.

• Families dealing with divorce, transitions, or relational conflict.

Family therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on improving communication, resolving conflicts, and strengthening relationships within a family system. It is based on the understanding that the family is a unique social system with its own structure and patterns of communication. Family therapy can help families work through complex issues together, supporting each member in understanding their roles and improving the family dynamic.

Key Aspects of Family Therapy:

1. Systemic Approach: Family therapy views problems as part of the larger family dynamic, not just the responsibility of one person. It aims to improve how family members interact and communicate, recognizing that a change in one person can impact the entire family system.

2. Focus on Relationships: The primary goal is to strengthen relationships within the family by addressing patterns of communication, problem-solving, and emotional support. Therapy may focus on improving empathy, understanding, and cooperation among family members.

3. Collaborative Process: The therapist works with the entire family, often seeing them together in sessions. This allows for real-time observation of interactions and helps address conflicts directly. At times, the therapist may also work with individual family members as part of the broader treatment plan.

4. Short-Term and Goal-Oriented: Family therapy is typically brief and focused on specific goals, such as improving communication, resolving conflicts, or addressing behavioral issues. Sessions can range from 6 to 20, depending on the complexity of the issue.

5. Flexible Treatment Focus: The therapist may focus on various issues, such as parenting, sibling conflict, divorce, grief, substance abuse, or mental health challenges affecting one or more members. Therapy can be adjusted to meet the unique needs of the family.

6. Improves Coping Strategies: Family therapy equips members with tools and techniques to handle future challenges more effectively. Families learn new ways of responding to stress, conflict, or other disruptions that affect their well-being.

7. Involves All Members: Therapy may include all or some family members, depending on the situation. For instance, it might involve just parents and children, or extended family if needed. Everyone’s role in the family is considered, and participation is encouraged for the best outcomes.

Who Might Benefit:

• Families experiencing ongoing conflict or breakdowns in communication.

• Those dealing with a major life transition, such as divorce, illness, or loss.

• Families coping with a member's mental health or behavioral issues (e.g., anxiety, addiction).

• Families seeking to improve their overall relationship dynamics and emotional connection.

Family therapy aims to promote a healthier, more supportive environment by addressing not only the individual issues but also the ways in which family members influence and relate to one another. Through this approach, families can develop stronger bonds and better resilience for the future.

EMDR Intensives (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) are a condensed, focused form of traditional EMDR therapy. They are designed to accelerate the healing process by providing more concentrated treatment over a shorter period of time, often in multi-hour sessions conducted over a few days rather than spread out weekly over months. This approach can be especially beneficial for people dealing with complex trauma, PTSD, or other distressing memories, as it allows them to process more material in a shorter timeframe.

Key Aspects of EMDR Intensives:

1. Extended Sessions: Traditional EMDR therapy is typically done in 60-90 minute sessions. In an intensive, sessions might last for several hours, with multiple sessions scheduled over a short period (like 2-5 consecutive days).

2. Personalized Treatment Plan: The therapist tailors the intensive based on the client’s needs and readiness.

3. Fewer Disruptions: Instead of the typical weekly session format, intensives minimize the interruptions between sessions. This continuity allows clients to stay deeply immersed in the therapeutic process, leading to faster progress in processing distressing memories.

4. Reduced Overall Treatment Time: EMDR intensives can significantly reduce the number of sessions required to address traumatic memories, making it appealing for clients who want faster results or have limited time for therapy due to scheduling or geographic constraints.

5. Targeted Memory Reprocessing: EMDR intensives help individuals process specific traumatic memories or themes efficiently. This can help in reducing symptoms like flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, or emotional distress.

Who Might Benefit:

• Individuals with a history of complex trauma or PTSD.

• Those looking for quicker symptom relief.

• Clients who cannot commit to weekly therapy sessions due to time or location restrictions.

• People who feel "stuck" in their traditional therapy and need a more focused approach.

EMDR intensives require careful preparation and follow-up to ensure the client is emotionally ready and has the appropriate support systems in place post-treatment.

EPPP Self-Care Program for Provisionals is a four-session therapeutic program that offers experiential exercises, activities, and discussions to promote and aid self-care. This group is tailored for provisional psychologists starting, continuing, or nearing the end of studying for the EPPP. 

This program is therapeutic and not a study or supervision service.

At this time we do not offer any group therapy programs.