Areas of Practice
At The Care Collective, we're trained in various evidence based practices and often pull from these practices or models in order to provide the most useful and individualized therapy for each client. We often use different strategies or a combination of strategies to best support our clients and what they're working on in therapy. Below are some brief descriptions of some of the evidence based practices we use.
Evidence Based Practices
Motivational
Interviewing
Counseling focused on enhancing clients' motivation to change (NIH).
DBT or Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy
Treatment interventions designed to convey acceptance of the patient and to help the patient accept themself, their emotions, thoughts, the world, and others (NIH).
EMDR or Eye Movement
Desensitization and Reprocessing
A structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories (APA)
CBT or Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive therapy is about forming a clear idea of your own thoughts, attitudes and expectations. The goal is to recognize and change false and distressing beliefs (NIH).
TIC or Trauma
Informed Care
Creating a trauma-informed environment across the continuum of care. Key steps include meeting client needs in a safe, collaborative, and compassionate manner; preventing treatment practices that retraumatize people with histories of trauma who are seeking help or receiving services (NIH)
Grief and Loss
Counseling
Counseling focused on guiding people through the various stages of loss.
The above descriptions were pulled from the National Institute of Health and the American Psychological Association