Counseling Styles
Internal Family Systems Model (IFS) has evolved over the past twenty years into a comprehensive approach that includes guidelines for working with individuals, couples, and families. The IFS Model represents a new synthesis of two already-existing paradigms: systems thinking and the multiplicity of the mind. It helps clients discover inner wholeness from inside the Self.
It brings concepts and methods from the structural, strategic, narrative, and Bowenian schools of family therapy to the world of subpersonalities. This synthesis was the natural outcome that evolved after Richard Schwartz, as a young, fervent family therapist, began hearing from his clients about their inner lives. Once he was able to set aside his preconceived notions about therapy and the mind, and began to really listen to what his clients were saying, he heard descriptions of what they often called their “parts” – the conflicted subpersonalities that resided within them. He then developed a comprehensive approach toward transformative healing with clients. www.selfleadership.org
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a form of psychological acupressure based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat physical and emotional ailments and optimize emotional health. There are no needles as in acupuncture. Instead, simple tapping with the fingertips is used to input kinetic energy onto specific meridians on the head and chest while you think about your specific problem – whether it is a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, etc. — and voice positive affirmations. http://eft.mercola.com
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is an effective form of trauma treatment, supported by randomized studies that have demonstrated positive effects of the eye movements. It’s a comprehensive, integrative psychotherapy approach that includes psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, experiential, and body-centered therapies. It uses an 8-phase approach that attends to past experiences, the current situations that trigger dysfunctional emotions, beliefs and sensations, and the positive experience needed to enhance future adaptive behaviors and mental health. http://www.emdr.com
Rubenfeld Synergy, created by Ilana Rubenfeld, is an alternative healing method which combines touch and talk to help you deal with the stresses in life. Symptoms of stress can show up in various ways in the body. Some of the most common symptoms that are familiar are the proverbial “pain in the neck,” shouldering “the weight of the world” or feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and “running on empty.” There’s often a feeling of being shut down with no awareness of your body. http://www.rubenfeldsynergy.com
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® Institute (SPI) is an international continuing education organization dedicated to the study and teaching of a somatic approach to clinical psychotherapy. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy® (SP), founded by Dr. Pat Ogden, is a body-oriented talking therapy that integrates verbal techniques with body-centered interventions in the treatment of trauma, attachment, and developmental issues, incorporating theory and technique from psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, neuroscience, and theories of attachment and dissociation. https://www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org/about.html
Tapas Acupressure Technique was developed by Tapas Fleming to further her interest in physical and energetic healing. She began her practice in 1987 as a Licensed Acupuncturist specializing in the treatment of allergies. Searching for a simple, effective treatment, she developed TAT in 1993. Tapas soon realized that in addition to relieving her patients’ allergic reactions, TAT was clearing the effects of their past stressful or traumatic experiences in an easy, gentle way. Now one of the most celebrated leaders in energy psychology, Tapas has taught TAT to hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic people worldwide and is considered empowering and liberating in supporting people in creating a vibrant, healthy life full of meaning and fulfillment.