There is no single therapy approach that is right for everyone. Our therapists draw from a range of evidence-informed approaches, considering your needs, experiences, goals, and what feels most helpful to you.

 

Some therapies work more directly with trauma and the nervous system. Others focus on emotions, relationships, patterns of thinking and behaviour, or different aspects of the self. Often, our work integrates more than one approach.

 

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR)

 

Deep Brain Reorienting is a trauma therapy that works with responses arising deep within the brain and nervous system. Rather than beginning with thoughts or interpretations, DBR works with the orienting, shock, and emotional responses that can remain connected to painful or overwhelming experiences.

 

DBR may be particularly helpful when insight alone has not changed deeply held emotional or trauma-related patterns.

 

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EMDR Therapy

 

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an extensively researched trauma therapy designed to help the brain process experiences that continue to feel disturbing or unresolved.

 

EMDR can be used with traumatic experiences as well as difficulties such as anxiety, painful memories, negative beliefs, and emotional triggers.

 

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Internal Family Systems (IFS)

 

Internal Family Systems is a compassionate approach that understands the mind as containing different “parts,” each of which may carry emotions, beliefs, protective strategies, or painful experiences.

 

IFS can help people approach these parts with greater curiosity and understanding, allowing longstanding internal conflicts and patterns to begin to shift.

 

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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

 

Emotionally Focused Therapy works with emotions, attachment needs, and patterns of connection. It is particularly well known as an approach to couples therapy, helping partners understand the emotional patterns that can leave them feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or caught in recurring conflict.

 

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

 

DBT provides practical skills for navigating intense emotions, distress, relationships, and impulsive reactions.

Elements of DBT may be integrated into therapy when greater emotional regulation or coping capacity is needed alongside deeper therapeutic work.

 

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

 

CBT explores the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. It can help identify patterns that contribute to distress and develop more helpful ways of responding to difficult situations, emotions, and beliefs.

 

Gottman Method Couples Therapy

 

The Gottman Method draws on decades of research into couple relationships. It provides practical strategies for strengthening friendship and connection, navigating conflict more effectively, and developing healthier patterns of communication.

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An Integrative Approach to Therapy

 

Therapy does not need to fit neatly within one model.

 

Our therapists bring substantial clinical experience and training across different approaches. Treatment is individualized rather than determined by a particular technique or diagnosis, and the approaches used may change as therapy progresses.

 

What matters is finding a way of working that fits both what you are experiencing and what may be contributing to it underneath the surface.

 

If you are unsure which approach might be appropriate, you do not need to figure that out before contacting us. We can help you find a therapist whose experience and approach fit what you are looking for.