This site is being developed as a means of informing the public about different types of psychotherapy and the variety of tools a therapist can use. There are many schools of psychotherapy and ways of being resourceful in working with a client. We hope this site will be informative and helpful in choosing a psychotherapist. Click on the "Find" button to go to list of psychotherapists that work in this area.
Communication skills can be talked about as social skills that everyone has to some degree, which usually can be improved. The benefit to doing so is that we are more easily able to satisfy our needs and desires. As we become more skillful interpersonally, we can also become more empathetic and express what we are saying in ways that invite cooperation, promote harmony and provide constructive criticism that benefits the listener. Communicating more effectively can lead to solving problems and negotiating mutually satisfying results. In addition, good communication skills help develop greater intimacy and appreciation for oneself and others.
EMDR is based on the theory that the eyes offer a direct pathway into the workings of the nervous system and into the patterns it contains. The aim is to break-up restrictive, limiting, or non-supportive patterns of thought and behavior which are imprinted in the nervous system. EMDR uses carefully guided repetitive eyemovements to help create a change in these patterns. This process can help the client experience more choice and empowerment, and can ease previously difficult areas of life.
The Enneagram is a system of human development for understanding your own and others motivations, viewpoints, interactions, and ways of paying attention. It is based on a series of nine personality points. This system places each person in one of the points which describe normal and high functioning styles, rather then pathological trends. Through using this system, you can become more aware of your strengths, weaknesses, potentials, and abilities. You can better understand your relationships and, if desired, work toward changing them.
Family Systems therapy looks at the family as a system of interacting elements with its own rules, beliefs, needs, and roles. Each family member plays a part in this system of relating. Much of the knowledge we have about our family and how it works is not always obvious to us. Family systems therapy involves discovering more about how your family operated, and exploring what effects it has had on you in both positive and negative ways.
MBTI is a instrument developed by Katherine Meyers and Isabel Briggs. The purpose of this tool is to determine personal preference in four areas: extroversion/ introversion, sensation/intuition, thinking/feeling and the judgement function or perceptive function.
Narrative therapy helps you identify and expand your own stories of strength and optimism. The therapist acts as a guide and co-author helping you see and strengthen what works in your life, and to bring out your own ability to create solutions. Through this process, you can gain a sense of hopefulness, creativity, and curiosity. This process can also help you become aware of how social and political forces have influenced your life.
Self-Acceptance Training, developed by Richard Olney, is often described as: experiencing myself as I am in any given moment without the inhibitions of self-criticism, self judgement or self-evaluation.
Somatic work addresses the physical body as a way of moving towards a greater unification of thoughts, emotions, and the physical self. These approaches believe that the physical body remembers and reflects the felt experience of what you have been dealing with on a intellectual and emotional level. An example of this might be a person holding their breath or feeling a lump in their throat when they are under some stress. It is possible to track these sensations in the body and come up with new material to be worked on in therapy. Somatic work can support growth in many ways including sensing and setting physical and emotional limits, releasing the effects of emotional and physical abuse, and becoming more present and not "checking out" when you are scared.
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