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Therapists at Avenues for Change utilize a broad range of evidenced-based therapeutic techniques. While we work with traditional talk therapy approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), we also utilize these models:

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) focuses heavily on clients discussing solutions to challenges by exploring present and future goals rather than focusing on the challenges themselves. This brief therapeutic model is committed to finding reasonable solutions to life’s struggles without delving into details from other life stages.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from many different treatment approaches. To date, EMDR therapy has helped millions of people of all ages relieve many types of psychological stress. Information from https://www.emdria.org/default.aspx. Check out this site to learn more.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is a short-term (approximately 16 sessions) treatment addressing the unique needs of children ages 5-18 with post-traumatic stress symptoms, depression, behavior problems and other difficulties related to traumatic life experiences. The goal of TF-CBT is to reduce the impact of trauma and teach life-long coping skills. It includes individual therapy for the child, as well as conjoint parent-child sessions. Learn more at https://tfcbt.org/about-tfcbt.

Brainspotting locates points in the client’s visual field that help to access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain. Brainspotting (BSP) was discovered in 2003 by David Grand, Ph.D. Brainspotting is effective for a wide variety of emotional and somatic conditions. Brainspotting gives the therapist access to both brain and body processes. Its goal is to bypass the conscious, neocortical thinking to access the deeper, subcortical emotional and body-based parts of the brain.
Information directly from https://brainspotting.com. Check out this site to learn more.

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy that is used to treat people with a wide variety of difficulties including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and other problems in living. Originally developed in the 1980s by psychologist Dr. Marsha Linehan to help people with chronic suicidal and self-injurious thinking and urges, this approach is now widely used to create real and lasting changes for clients with many different types of mental and chemical health problems. DBT uniquely emphasizes the fluid movement between acceptance and change. In DBT, we believe that people do the best they can and need to learn new behaviors to have more satisfying lives. Information directly from https://www.mhs-dbt.com.

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