Trauma-Informed Therapy is an approach to mental health care that recognizes and responds to the widespread impact of trauma on a person’s emotions, behavior, relationships, and worldview. It emphasizes safety, empowerment, and trust, and it guides how therapy is delivered—not just what techniques are used.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a short-term, evidence-based form of psychotherapy that helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts (cognitions) and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. It is one of the most widely used and researched forms of therapy.
Play therapy is a specialized form of counseling that uses play—a child’s natural language—to help them express thoughts, emotions, and experiences that may be difficult to put into words. It is most commonly used with children ages 3–12, but it can also benefit teens and even adults in adapted forms.
Emotion-Focused Therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy that helps individuals, couples, or families explore, understand, and transform emotions. It’s rooted in the belief that emotions are key to identity, meaning, and change—and that healing comes not by avoiding emotions, but by processing them in healthy, supportive ways.
Family therapy is a form of counseling that helps family members improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen relationships by understanding each other’s experiences and needs, healing emotional wounds or trauma, developing healthier ways to relate to one another, navigating life changes such as divorce, illness, blended families, etc, and supporting family members with mental health or behavioral issues.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It’s a type of psychotherapy designed to help people heal from traumatic or distressing experiences. EMDR is especially well-known for treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), but it’s also used for anxiety, phobias, grief, and other issues rooted in unresolved past experiences.