Psychotherapy is an art and a science. Effective treatment requires both. 

Modern psychotherapy research has provided tools to effectively treat mental health disorders and bring relief and healing. Brain imaging and neuroscience have increased our understanding of how this happens. Newer treatment modalities give therapy a more direct focus on the underlying belief systems, problematic behavior patterns, and the traumatic reactions that are at the core of mental health disorders and difficulty with coping.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) will help you identify problematic patterns of thinking and their impact on your feelings and behavior. These patterns affect your expectations of yourself and others and block growth and change. The goal is to break the negative cycle that causes self-defeating behaviors, anxiety and depression.

Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) is a model that helps you to heal trauma. A most important contribution of modern research is confirmation that unresolved trauma is at the heart of chronic and severe problems like social anxiety, panic disorder, dysthymia, and chronic pain. Healing trauma frees you to experience happiness, creativity and authenticity.