Therapy approaches

 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment that works to help individuals identify and challenge unhelpful thinking and behavioural patterns to bring about positive and swift changes to one’s quality of life. CBT has been found to be particularly helpful in treating anxiety disorders, depression, substance use issues, problem gambling, and eating disorders. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based approach that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies with behaviour-change interventions to increase psychological flexibility. ACT helps individuals live and behave in ways consistent with personal values and is helpful with a wide range of psychological disorders and general life problems .

Schema therapy is an innovative psychotherapy that integrates the active, structured elements of cognitive behavior therapy with the more depth-oriented and emotion-focused strategies of psychoanalytical and gestalt therapies, into one unified, systematic approach to treatment. This therapy has been found to be particularly effective with psychological presentations that are not readily resolved with short-term psychological interventions, such as personality disorders, chronic depression, complex trauma, eating disorders, and other difficult individual and couples’ problems.

 Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of talk therapy (psychotherapy). It’s based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) but it’s specially adapted for people who experience emotions very intensely.  “Dialectical” means combining opposite ideas. DBT focuses on helping people accept the reality of their lives and their behaviors, as well as helping them learn to change their lives, including their unhelpful behaviors.

 Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is especially effective for people who have difficulty managing and regulating their emotions. DBT has proven to be effective for treating and managing a wide range of mental health conditions, including Borderline Personality Disorder, self-harming behaviors, substance use disorders, depression and anxiety related issues.