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Individual Therapy - Minnetonka or Online
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"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
the last of the human freedoms—to choose
one's attitude in any given set of circumstances,
to choose one's own way." - Viktor Frankl

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We Utilize These Trauma Informed Clinical Modalities

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Accelerated Resolution Therapy

Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is an evidence–based novel psychotherapy that fosters rapid recovery by reprogramming how the brain stores traumatic memories and imagery. This modality utilizes a variety of methods that allow a person to move any negative images, sensations and symptoms held in the body.

Brainspotting

Brainspotting is a somatic-based psychotherapy that uses a bottom-up approach. Whereas talk therapies utilize a top-down approach. Brainspotting access the somatic activation and releases the related to trauma that is stuck or frozen survival response that is trapped in the body.

EMDR

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. This is done by using eye movements (or other bilateral stimulation) to process the memory and disturbing feelings.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is a form of psychotherapy that was developed by Dr. Richard C. Schwartz in the 1980s. It is based on the idea that the mind is made up of multiple "parts," each with its own unique characteristics, feelings, and behaviors. These parts are thought to interact with one another within an individual's internal system, much like members of a family. Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is a transformative and holistic approach to psychotherapy that helps individuals understand and heal their internal worlds. By working with different parts of the psyche and fostering a connection with the Self, IFS offers a pathway to deep healing, emotional regulation, and personal growth. Click here to watch a video on this modality.

Clinical Hypnotherapy

Clinical Hypnotherapy teaches patients to use a deep relaxation state to address issues such as smoking cessation, weight loss, pain relief, or self-improvement. Hypnotherapy (sometimes called hypnotic suggestion) is a therapeutic practice that uses guided hypnosis to help a client reach a trance-like state of focus, concentration, diminished peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Cognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that has been effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD that have developed after experiencing a variety of traumatic events including child abuse, combat, rape and natural disasters.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a structured program of psychotherapy with a strong educational component designed to provide skills for managing intense emotions and negotiating social relationships. Developed to curb self-destructive impulses of chronic suicidal patients, and used for borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, and a growing array of psychiatric conditions.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, MBCT, is a modified form of cognitive therapy that incorporates mindfulness practices that include present moment awareness, meditation, and breathing exercises.

Person Centered Therapy

Person-centered therapy, employs a non-authoritative approach that allows clients to take more of a lead in sessions such that, in the process, they discover their own solutions. During person-centered therapy, a therapist acts as a compassionate facilitator, listening without judgment and acknowledging the client’s experience without shifting the conversation in another direction.

Sandplay Therapy

Sandplay therapy is a nonverbal, therapeutic intervention that makes use of a sandbox, toy figures, and sometimes water, to create scenes of miniature worlds that reflect a person’s inner thoughts, struggles, and concerns. This is a form of play therapy; other methods include imaginary play with toys and puppets or bibliotherapy that uses literature to help a patient interpret stories or fiction and how such writings may relate to the patient’s own difficulties.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is one of the world's most widely used therapeutic treatments. Unlike traditional forms of therapy that take time to analyze problems, pathology, and past life events, SFBT concentrates on finding solutions in the present and exploring one’s hope for the future in order to find a quick and pragmatic resolution of one’s problems.

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