Approaches
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is a therapeutic approach designed to address chronic pain by integrating principles from various modalities such as cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and somatic techniques. The goal is to help individuals recover from and reduce pain by reprocessing the emotional and cognitive components that contribute to their experience of pain. It often involves exploring the emotional roots of pain, identifying and changing negative thought patterns, and utilizing relaxation and mindfulness techniques to alleviate physical symptoms. PRT aims to improve quality of life by empowering individuals to take an active role in unlearning their pain and promoting overall well-being.
Memory Reconsolidation (MR) and Coherence Therapy (CT)
Memory Reconsolidation (MR) is the brain’s natural process for updating emotional memories, allowing deep, lasting change by modifying neural circuits. When a memory is reactivated and paired with new, contradictory experiences, the brain rewires itself, replacing old emotional responses with healthier ones.
Coherence Therapy (CT) harnesses this process by uncovering the unconscious emotional learnings that drive symptoms like anxiety and depression. Once these patterns become conscious, clients experience a contradiction—an emotionally meaningful realization that directly challenges the old pattern. This triggers memory reconsolidation, allowing the brain to update and release the symptom at its core.
Rather than relying on coping skills, Coherence Therapy facilitates rapid, permanent emotional change, helping clients resolve deep wounds and experience lasting transformation.
Restoration Therapy (RT)
Restoration Therapy is a structured, evidence-based approach that helps individuals and couples break unhealthy emotional and relational patterns by identifying their core pain and reactive behaviors. It integrates attachment theory, mindfulness, and neuroscience to create lasting change.
At its core, Restoration Therapy helps clients recognize how early experiences shape their emotional responses and relational cycles. It identifies two key elements: pain cycles—automatic, negative reactions rooted in past wounds—and peace cycles—healthy, intentional responses that promote connection and healing. Through guided self-awareness and practical tools, clients learn to regulate emotions, take responsibility for their actions, and foster secure relationships.
By shifting from reactive patterns to mindful choices, Restoration Therapy empowers individuals and couples to heal emotional wounds, build intimacy, and create lasting relational change.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapeutic technique specifically tailored to alleviate the emotional distress associated with distressing memories. The process entails revisiting a specific traumatic experience while simultaneously following a side-to-side visual stimulus guided by the therapist. These lateral eye movements are believed to play a crucial role in diminishing the emotional intensity of the memory, enabling its safe discussion and allowing individuals to process and overcome the anxiety and avoidance responses associated with it.
Brainspotting (BSP)
Brainspotting (BSP) is a powerful, brain-based therapy developed by Dr. David Grand that helps people access, process, and heal from trauma, emotional pain, and other psychological distress. It is based on the idea that where you look affects how you feel. Brainspotting works by accessing the subcortical brain, where trauma and implicit memories are stored, allowing deeper healing beyond traditional talk therapy. It is often used for trauma, anxiety, depression, PTSD, chronic pain, and performance enhancement.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychotherapeutic approach that identifies the existence of character “shards” or "families" within an individual's mental system. These shards encompass wounded parts, characterized by painful emotions like anger and shame, as well as parts that strive to control and safeguard the individual from the emotional distress associated with the wounded parts.
Behavioral Therapies
Behavioral therapies focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. They are structured, goal-oriented, and backed by extensive research.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients recognize and challenge negative thought patterns, replacing them with healthier perspectives. It’s widely used for anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), originally developed to treat personality disorders, teaches emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. It’s especially helpful for intense emotions and relationship struggles.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) focuses on identifying irrational beliefs, disputing them, and developing a more balanced mindset. It emphasizes how thoughts influence emotions and behavior.
All three therapies empower clients with practical skills to improve emotional well-being, making them highly effective for a wide range of mental health concerns.
Marriage and Family Therapies
Marriage and Family Therapy is a form of psychotherapy that addresses the behaviors of all family members and the way these behaviors affect not only individual family members but also relationships between members and the family unit as a whole.Marriage and Family Therapy, a specialized form of psychotherapy, focuses on analyzing and addressing the dynamic interplay of behaviors within a family system. This therapeutic approach emphasizes understanding how individual behaviors impact not only each member but also the quality of relationships and the overall functioning of the family unit as a whole.
Co-therapy is a specialized approach where individuals in a couple or family work with their own therapist on personal struggles, histories, and trauma while also engaging in joint sessions with their partner or family members and their therapists. This method ensures that personal growth and relational healing happen simultaneously.
One key benefit of co-therapy is having individual space to explore emotions and patterns while maintaining therapeutic alignment within the relationship. Each person can build trust with their therapist, focus on self-growth, and still participate in shared sessions where all therapists collaborate toward common goals.
By ensuring seamless communication between professionals, co-therapy provides a structured, unified approach to healing. It avoids conflicting therapeutic strategies and creates a more effective, integrated path toward lasting relational change.
The Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT) is an innovative therapeutic approach that incorporates attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and arousal regulation. Renowned for its proven effectiveness, PACT has gained recognition for successfully treating even the most complex and challenging couples.
Intimacy Therapy, created by David Ferguson, is a faith-based counseling approach designed to help individuals and couples build deeper emotional, spiritual, and relational connections. Rooted in biblical principles and attachment theory, it focuses on healing past wounds, improving communication, and fostering secure relationships.
This approach views relational struggles as stemming from unmet emotional needs and unresolved pain. By addressing these core issues, individuals learn to identify their deeper emotions, express them safely, and build intimacy through empathy and understanding. Therapists guide clients in recognizing patterns, offering grace, and restoring trust.
Intimacy Therapy is often used in marriage counseling, helping couples move beyond surface-level conflict to experience genuine closeness. It provides practical tools for nurturing lasting, loving relationships grounded in emotional and spiritual connection.