Modalities Defined

ACT therapy

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT therapy) is a type of mindful psychotherapy that helps you stay focused on the present moment and accept thoughts and feelings without judgment.

DBT Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT therapy) focuses on skills to help people with these disorders regulate their emotions so that they aren’t constantly experiencing intense emotions.

CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT Therapy) is a talking therapy that can help manage problems by changing the way you think and behave.

Boundaries in recovery

Physical and or emotional limits that people set for themselves as a way to safeguard their overall wellbeing.

Self-love and self- forgiveness

forgiveness is necessary to free ourselves from difficult emotions. Choosing to forgive is an act of self-love.

Distress tolerance

an individual’s ability to manage internal emotional state in response to stress-inducing factors.

Mindfulness

the opposite of rushing or doing too many things at once. A practice that strengthens awareness with a nonjudgmental approach

Transactional Analysis

the study of social interactions being analyzed to determine egos states and the effect that ego states have in one’s interaction with the world around them.

Stress management

tools and strategies and techniques to reduce stress and reduce the negative impacts of stress.

Neuroscience and addiction

education on the nervous system and the impact of a dysregulated nervous system

Processing and community building

safe place to process thoughts and emotions while building trust and a sense of belonging or relatability.

Maladaptive core belief work

understanding how unconditional negative beliefs about oneself, others and the world organize one’s experience and subsequent behaviors.