Thrive With Integrated Treatment Modalities
“The therapeutic modality is taught. The style of the therapist is unique. Together with your sense of purpose, I believe the relationship between therapist and client is the primary instrument of change.”
The Biopsychosocial Model
- Views human health and illness through a hierarchy of natural systems
- Considers biological, psychological, and social factors when evaluating the development and maintenance of mental health issues.
- I refer, consult, and collaborate with multiple disciplines outside of Fort Lauderdale Psychology, when clinically indicated and with client permission, including: Medical, Nutrition, Wellness, Experiential, and Spiritual/Cultural advisors.
Client Centered Therapy
- Brief or longer term
- Emphasis on empathy, genuineness, and positive regard.
- Focuses on the concept of congruency: “when a person’s ideal self is congruent with their self-image.”
Client Centered Therapy
- Brief or longer term
- Emphasis on empathy, genuineness, and positive regard.
- Focuses on the concept of congruency: “when a person’s ideal self is congruent with their self-image.”
Psychodynamic Insight Oriented Therapy
- Brief or longer term
- Increases knowledge and self-awareness
- Highlights associations between past events and your present day conflicts
- Increases connection to feeling states
- Improves emotional processing and expression of emotions.
Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Brief or longer term
- Collaborative Process
- Builds self-efficacy
- Includes a skill building component
- Helps to break obsessive thought patterns
- Helps to reduce and eliminate unwanted behavioral patterns.
Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Brief or longer term
- Collaborative Process
- Builds self-efficacy
- Includes a skill building component
- Helps to break obsessive thought patterns
- Helps to reduce and eliminate unwanted behavioral patterns.
Supportive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
(DBT Informed Treatment)
- Theory is rooted in Eastern Philosophy
- Includes skill training & skill support
- Basic Skill Sets include concepts of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness
