Therapy Styles
You don't need to know what type of therapy style or styles you are looking for; our therapists use a blend (tailored to you), of the following therapy styles; Emotion Focused Individual Therapy or EFIT, Internal Family Systems Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy or MCBT.
Emotion Focused Individual Therapy
Emotion Focused Individual Therapy or EFIT is a type of therapy focused on your emotional needs. EFT is helpful for people who have difficulty feeling their feelings, for deeply feeling people who have trouble containing and modulating their emotions, and for couples who are experiencing negative cycles such as arguing or withdrawing,. Through EFT therapy, clients can learn to express and manage their emotions in a healthy way, resulting in feelings of being more in control, more authentic, clearer communication and peace. Here is a 2 minute EFIT video by its founder.
Internal Family Systems
Internal Family Systems IFS, sees the human psyche as having multiple parts, and underlying them is a person’s core or true self. The belief is that we all have parts to us.  Each part has evolved to protect us from potential emotional pain and suffering, but in doing so can lead us to overcompensate, avoid, and even disconnect from ourselves and others. A key assumption of IFS is that every part has a positive intent, even if its actions are counterproductive and/or cause dysfunction. IFS is a helpful model for any issue, but is particularly known to be effective in treating those who have had adverse childhood experiences, relational/attachment trauma, and significant ruptures in trust. Wikipedia link
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or MBCT is used to focus on practical ways to change thoughts, feelings or behaviours. It's used to tune in, become more observant, and change the thoughts, feelings or behaviours that are not helpful to you. Combined with other therapy approaches, MBCT can increase the speed of change.
Viewpoints, Angles, Lenses
Viewpoints, angles and lenses are terms uses in psychotherapy to describe informed ways of looking at people's difficulties.
For example , we use a "trauma informed lens" and an "attachment lens" to help understand feelings, thoughts and behaviours.
Some therapists incorporate Eastern practices such as Mindfulness.
Social workers are taught to look at all parts of a client's life through a BioPsychoSocial lens.
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