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With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.

Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.

Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.

Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.

This brief and structured therapy addresses present relationships and improves overall communication at work, home, and other social settings.

Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.

MBCT combines mindfulness practices—like meditation—with cognitive therapy techniques to help patients work through negative thought patterns.

Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.

This approach is based on idea that motivation to change comes from within. Providers use a conversational framework that may help you commit to recovery.

Singing, performing, and even listening to music can be therapeutic. Music therapy sessions are facilitated by certified counselors.

Through narrative therapy, patients rewrite past events with a positive focus. They separate themselves from the problem to see their purpose and capabilities.

Patients act out real or imagined scenarios under a therapist's guidance. These exercises foster creative thought, sponteneity, and problem-solving skills.

This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.

In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.

This method treats emotional trauma stored in the body. A therapist helps patients work through the physical feelings associated with emotional pain.

Sound therapy incorporates music, sound waves, and vibrations to promote emotional and spiritual healing.

Patients learn specific stress management techniques, like breathing exercises and how to safely anticipate triggers.

This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.

Two or more people meet with a therapist together. Patients get valuable peer support, strengthen interpersonal skills, and improve self-awareness.

Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.