Individual Therapy

A good relationship is built on trust and honesty.

Individual therapy, or talk therapy, is a tried and true way to make changes in your life and improve your mental health.

When patient and provider are in sync, therapy can work wonders.

This means when you take a chance on opening up about your problems, we’ll work to understand this deeply and give you a realistic view on what are the best options available to help you get back on track.

After building a foundation of trust and mutual understanding, therapy can begin.

The best research supported treatment options today are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and newer offshoots: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

Our individual therapy approach integrates elements from these three approaches to help tailor treatment to your individual needs and style so you can have the tools you need to succeed.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is all about identifying how your thoughts influence your behavior. In session, we seek to explore mistaken beliefs you may hold that keep you feeling stressed, anxious and depressed.

Thinking more realistically can help you attack challenges head-on and put things back in perspective to get you unstuck.

Specific exercises also help reprogram your behavior to encourage progress toward your goals instead of the avoidance and self-sabotage that disorder has created.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

DBT integrates elements of CBT with Eastern Mindfulness practice to teach you tools to survive a crisis, take control of your emotions, improve your focus and increase your satisfaction and power in relationships.

This isn’t all about meditation, but about increasing insight into the opposing forces (dialectics) that compete within us and confuse us.

By learning the tools of mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, clients can stop self-sabotage and start moving life in the direction they want.

Patients who have success in DBT individually may seek additional support in a DBT skill training group to take their therapy to the next level.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT is therapy that is focused on action. It grew out of traditional behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.

In therapy, you learn to stop the avoidance, denial, and inner struggle with emotions. Instead, acceptance surrounds these deeper feelings, and you learn more appropriate responses to problem situations to keep you moving forward in your life.

With this insight, you can begin to accept your issues and hardships and fully commit to making important changes in your behavior, no matter what hardships you face, and how you may feel about it.

ACT can effectively treat workplace stress, test anxiety, social anxiety disorder, depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It can also help alleviate medical conditions like chronic pain, substance abuse and improve health outcomes for chronic conditions like diabetes.

So, what are you waiting for?

Let us help you start a new chapter in your life using the proven tools individual therapy has to offer.

Call or text (917) 740-9547 to set up a free consultation today.