Modalities

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT+)

This intervention is brief and time limited to address sexualized behaviors, teach boundaries and establish sexual behavior rules for kids up to the age of 10. An important component in this intervention is working with caregivers on appropriate ways to respond to sexualized behaviors, including instructions for monitoring interactions with other children.

 The sessions include practice and out of session work.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) 

This intervention is brief and time limited to address ways to lower anxious feelings, promote helpful thoughts and face up to fears and worries so they diminish. You and your therapist will identify the specific types of anxiety, the unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and come up with new ones to practice and try. If the treatment does not include facing up to worries and fears it is not likely to work.

The sessions include practice and out of session work. 

Emotional Processing Theory (EPT)

The purpose of this treatment is to help people fully process a traumatic loss in order to reach a level of calm where they are able to cope with emotional intensity. This can be used as a stand alone intervention or in conjunction with CPT.

Cognitive Processing Therapy 

(CPT)

This treatment focuses mainly on unrealistic and unhelpful thoughts a person has about themselves, other people or the world after experiencing a death of a loved one due to a traumatic event.

 The sessions include practice and out of session work.

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

I offer two main versions of trauma-focused CBT that are effective treatments for racialized trauma. These therapies have been proven in scientific studies to be effective for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The therapy can also help with depression and anxiety that goes along with PTSD. 

 The two treatments (CPT and CETA) are based on the theory that negative emotions connected to the memories of the traumatic event and how the person thinks about the traumatic event lead to PTSD symptoms. The two therapies take different approaches to reducing PTSD symptoms, and both work equally well.

The sessions include practice and  out of session work.

Common Elements Treatment Approach(CETA)  is a targeted treatment for post traumatic stress, anxiety and/or depression in people who are affected by their traumatic experiences. CETA contains different treatment elements: Safety (if applicable), relaxation, cognitive coping, exposure (live or trauma memories), cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and problem solving.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) focuses mainly on unrealistic and/or unhelpful thoughts a person has about their traumatic experiences and/or how the event has affected their belief about themselves, others or the world.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a time limited, problem focused intervention that teaches how to engage more meaningfully and enjoyable activities and promote helpful thoughts to change depressed feelings. 

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) is a therapy that focuses on patterns of interactions with other people and teaches more positive ways to have relationships and friendships. This therapy is used in conjunction with CBT.

Behavioral Activation Therapy (BA) is an empirically tested approach for helping clients overcome depression by becoming active and engaged in their own lives. This can be used as a stand alone treatment as well as in conjunction with CBT.

Treatment for depression always involves getting out into the world and doing activities. If the treatment does not involve help to be more active and involved it is not likely to work.

The sessions include practice and out of session work.

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) 

I offer three main versions of trauma-focused CBT that have been proven in scientific studies to be effective for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The therapy can also help with depression and anxiety that goes along with PTSD. 

The three treatments (CPT, CETA and PE) are based on the theory that negative emotions connected to the memories of the traumatic event and how the person thinks about the traumatic event lead to PTSD symptoms. The three therapies take different approaches to reducing PTSD symptoms, and all three work equally well. 

The sessions include practice and  out of session work.

Common Elements Treatment Approach(CETA) is a targeted treatment for post traumatic stress, anxiety and/or depression in people who are affected by their traumatic experiences. CETA contains different treatment elements: Safety (if applicable), relaxation, cognitive coping, exposure (live or trauma memories), cognitive restructuring, behavioral activation and problem solving.

Cognitive Processing Therapy(CPT) 

focuses mainly on unrealistic and/or unhelpful thoughts a person has about their traumatic experiences and/or how the event has affected their beliefs about themselves, others or the world.

Prolonged Exposure (PE) focuses on reducing the intense negative emotions that are caused by memories of the trauma. The idea is that facing up to the trauma memories or reminders in a planned way eventually wear down the negative emotions connected to the memories.

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) for children and youth helps children, youth and their families who have  been affected by traumatic events. This treatment is mainly for traumatic stress but it works for depression, other anxieties and some behavioral problems. There are five components: psychoeducation, emotion regulation, correcting maladaptive beliefs, trauma narrative and positive parenting.