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Therapy Modalities
Therapy can be used for the treatment of emotional distress that is generated by life stressors including traumatic loss and events. By using evidenced based methods, the suffering that resides in both mind and body that is produced by adverse events will be alleviated. Recovery and healing of one’s mind and body is the goal of treatment.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that began to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts. DBT can be useful in learning how to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, communicate effectively and learn coping tools to replace behavioral patterns such as self-harm and substance use.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: (CBT) aims to reduce symptoms of various mental health conditions, primarily depression and anxiety disorders. CBT aims to alleviate symptoms of distress and understand their current ways of thinking and behaving, and by equipping them with the tools to change their current cognitive and behavioral patterns.
Somatic Therapy: Somatic Therapy facilitates healing through body centered therapies that concentrate on the connection of the mind and body. This redirects counter-productive energy produced by traumatic events and stress into healthy directions.
EMDR: Eye movement and reprocessing therapy involves moving you eyes in a specific way while you process traumatic memories. EMDR’s goal is to help you heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences.
Mindfulness Therapy: Mindfulness therapy is a type of talk therapy that focuses on learning how to be more aware of thoughts, feelings, emotions, surroundings and situations, and to reduce automatic responses.
Energy Work
Energy work is a form of healing based on the belief that a vital energy flows through the human body. The goal of energy work is to balance the energy flow in the person receiving services. It is used to reduce stress, anxiety and promote mental and physical well-being.
“Energy psychologists believe physical interventions [such as meditation] to regulate electrical signals or energy fields can be combined with evidence-based exposure therapy to retrain the brain and help individuals overcome physical and emotional reactions affecting health and well-being” - goodtherapy.org Mindfulness Practice: Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which one focuses on being intensely aware of what you’re sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgement. Practicing Mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, guided meditation and other practices to relax the bodying mind to help reduce stress.
Reiki: Reiki is a Japanese form of energy healing, a type of alternative medicine. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which a “universal energy” is said to be transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to encourage emotional or physical healing. Reiki is meant to help resolve emotional distress by allowing healing energy to flow freely throughout the body, which results in relaxation and reduced pain and tension throughout the body. Reiki can also help reduce stress and anxiety, which can decrease pain perception as well. Reiki can be successful in all types of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.
Guided Meditation: In guided meditation, the practice is shaped by another person’s voice. Because the mind has a tendency to wander outside of the present moment, many find it helpful to be guided through a meditation session. Typically a guide will instruct to relax specific muscles, find comfort and stillness, and then lead through mental images and visualizations, often focused around helping and the dissipation of past negative events. Meditation can provide a sense of calm, peace, and restored balance that is beneficial to emotional well-being and overall health. Meditation can strengthen areas of the brain responsible for memory, learning, attention and self-awareness.
Yoga Nidra: Yoga Nidra, or yogic sleep is attaining a state of consciousness between waking and sleeping, typically induced by a specific practice of guided meditation. Yoga Nidra is based on entry into a state where the body is consciously asleep but awareness is present. Studies show that 1 hour of Yoga Nidra has the same physical restoration as 4 hours of sleep. Yoga Nidra improves mental and physical wellness through the following: releasing serotonin, relaxing thought patterns, enhancing cognitive performance and memory, improving self-esteem and confidence, alleviating symptoms of anxiety and depression, achieving better sleep, reducing symptoms of PTSD, strengthening immune system, strengthening immune and endocrine system, and reducing the need for pain medication.
End of Life Doula: An End of Life Doula is a person who assists in the dying process through emotional support, much like a midwife or doula does during the birthing process. One does not have to be actively dying or diagnosed with illness to work with a doula, often times it is having a guide to process one’s feelings around death and/or have direction with logistics such Advanced Care Directives, Legacy Projects and state laws. It is often a community based role, aiming to help families cope with death through recognizing it as a natural and important role of life. Doulas don’t provide medical support, as often times they work in conjunction with Hospice. Doulas offer respite to caregivers, logistical assistance, emotional and spiritual support to the dying person and/or loved ones, aid in the grieving process, help in writing stories or legacy projects, writing letters, helping plan memorial services, and guidance and understanding on the emotional and physical process of dying.