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Individual Therapy
Group Therapy
1-on-1 therapy is a personalized, confidential space where you work directly with a therapist to explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, while developing coping strategies and insights to address personal challenges and promote mental well-being. Some insurances accepted. Click the link below to schedule a free 15 minute initial consultation to get started!
Group therapy is a supportive setting where individuals come together under the guidance of a therapist to share experiences, gain insights, and learn from one another, fostering connection and healing through collective support. More info here
Please Note at this time I do not accept Medicaid or Medicare. These insurances require participants work with in-network providers.
Safe and Sound Protocol
The Safe and Sound Protocol treatment and subscription service offers flexible, therapist-supported access to the Safe and Sound Protocol—a powerful, evidence-based listening intervention designed to support nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and overall well-being. Whether you're looking for a short-term boost or long-term support, Brighter Minds Therapy offers multiple subscription tiers to meet your unique needs.
Interventions
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a psychotherapy technique, developed by Francine Shapiro, used to help people process and overcome distressing or traumatic experiences. Traumatic memories, and other symptoms can often cause emotional distress which can interfere with daily life. While EMDR was initially, and most commonly, used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), it has evolved to treat many diagnoses and symptoms including anxiety, phobias, eating disorders, dissociation, etc.
EMDR involves bilateral stimulation (BLS) in the form of eye movement, tapping, or sound. The BLS BLS initiates the brains natural healing process called Adaptive Information Processing, which essentially involves taking important information and storing it where it is easy to access in future relevant situations. With trauma, the brain's healing process becomes dysfunctional and information is stored in a way that can result in chronic hypervigilance, difficulty recognizing safety, and many other symptoms. EMDR allows the individual to safely process the distressing material to become "desensitized." EMDR is also used to help the individual develop natural internal resources like confidence, safety, inner harmony, trust in ones self, etc.
For more information visit the EMDR International Association’s Website.
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)
The SSP is a therapeutic listening intervention, developed by Stephen Porges, designed to help calm the nervous system and promote a sense of safety. Using specially filtered music, SSP stimulates the vagus nerve to enhance emotional regulation, reduce stress, and improve social engagement. It’s particularly beneficial for those with trauma, anxiety, or sensory sensitivities, helping to shift the nervous system from a defensive state (fight, flight, or freeze) to a state of safety and connection. SSP can support healing by fostering greater emotional resilience and enhancing your ability to navigate stress with ease.
Please note that this service is not covered by insurance at this time and is offered on a subscription-based structure with a set fee.
For the client brochure, pricing, and information on how to start SSP at Brighter Minds Therapy, click here.
For more information on the SSP in general, visit the Safe and Sound Protocol Website.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS is a therapy intervention, developed by Richard Schwartz, that involves harmonizing parts of self. The IFS model describes an “internal family” that consists of subconscious parts that we recognize by analyzing our inner dialogue. Our parts develop in reaction to various life experiences and may serve different purposes for our overall functioning. We might have parts that constantly criticize us wanting to protect us from messing up or looking foolish, we may have parts that try to distract us or numb us, we may have the inner child that wants to play and have fun but doesn’t feel safe enough, and we all have the “true self,” the inner leader that is able to manage the internal system of parts and guide with confidence, compassion, and peace. Throughout IFS we strengthen the relationship to the true self and “reparent” the wounded parts. Reparenting is a process of validating and soothing the wounded parts, and giving them the support and care they may have been lacking when they developed.
For more information visit the IFS Institute’s Website.
