“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is true enlightenment.”
— Lao Tzu
APPROACHES TO THERAPY
Have you ever wondered if you can be truly happy, feel fulfilled, deeply connected, content, healthy, excited and successful? Therapy is a space where you can learn to live your best life by healing emotional wounds, lifting depression and alleviating anxiety in order to clear space for you to create a meaningful life.
Dr. Season works with you to choose the best therapeutic approaches to help you accomplish your unique goals and suit your therapeutic needs. With Dr. Season’s background and training, she is able to utilize an array of tools and philosophies to tailor treatment to each client’s specific needs. She works with adults, adolescents, families and couples, utilizing traditional talk therapy, meditation and stress management techniques, mindfulness training, Health Psychology and more. Below, you can read more about the different modalities used in therapy.
Individual Therapy
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
CBT aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and thoughts through a goal-oriented method dealing with present issues. There is empirical evidence that CBT is effective for the treatment of a variety of problems, including mood, anxiety and ADHD. This technique is brief, direct and time-limited for specific psychological disorders. CBT is used in individual therapy and the techniques are often adapted for self-help applications. CBT will provide you with tangible tools and worksheets to help you better understand and change behaviors in order to improve your life.
PSYCHODYNAMIC THERAPY & EFT
Psychodynamic therapy is a form of depth psychology. The primary focus is to reveal the unconscious content of one's innermost self in an effort to alleviate psychological tension which often manifests as anxiety, depression and ineffective coping skills. It also relies on the interpersonal relationship between the client and therapist. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an incredibly effective technique that focuses on early attachment experiences. This approach to therapy prioritizes emotions and emotional regulation as the key organizing agents in individual experience and interpersonal relationships.
Couples, Families & Adolescents
COUPLES THERAPY
Couples therapy can be the beginning of the connection you have always yearned for with your partner. It is a chance to feel safe, seen, heard, connected and loved in a way you have always wanted but never imagined was possible. By engaging in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) this is all within reach. EFT is based in Attachment Theory and helps couples gain new perspective on emotional vulnerabilities and needs, creating a deep sense of empathy, understanding and love for your partner.
FAMILY THERAPY
Dr. Season is certified in Functional Family Therapy (FFT) which is a short-term, highly effective intervention program with an average of 12 sessions over a 3-4 month period. FFT is a strength-based model with a focus and assessment of the risk and protective factors that impact the family, with specific attention paid to both intrafamilial and extrafamilial factors, and how they manifest and influence the therapeutic process.
ADOLESCENTS
Adolescence is a unique period of time in life when you may experience conflicting feelings, insecurities, confusion, social and academic pressure, depression, anxiety and many other concerns. Therapy during this highly impressionable time can help create a safe, joyous and meaningful path towards success.
Alternative Practices
MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS & STRESS MANAGEMENT
Meditation is a process where one has the opportunity to learn to quiet their mind and create space for their truths to rise up to conscious awareness enabling people to realize and discover answers and make clear and wise decisions . Often times, people may feel too anxious, depressed or overwhelmed to know what they truly want. Through meditation and mindfulness you will be able to improve your overall well-being, decision making and quality of life. Meditation is also proven to be highly effective for stress, anxiety, ADHD, trauma and pain management.
BIOFEEDBACK
Biofeedback is a treatment technique in which people are trained to improve their physical and mental health using signals from their own bodies by monitoring heart rate and pulse while doing breathing exercises. This allows you to find your body's optimal level of functioning which improves creativity, relaxation, concentration and overall mental health.
YOGA MIND THERAPY
Dr. Season created Yoga Mind Therapy after spending many years doing yoga and realizing that so many emotions and experiences were being stored in the bends and folds and depths of our bodies. She became a Certified Yoga Instructor in addition to being a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in order to combine the two practices to create a space where you are able to process emotional experiences through both the mind and body. Dr. Season is a practitioner who values a holistic approach to healing and discovery. YMT allows you to access your deepest emotional and physical memories. Your body becomes an amazing teacher and sometimes shows you things about yourself that you may not be cognitively aware of. People often have very profound experiences when engaging in YMT.
Health Psychology
GUT HEALTH
“You are what you eat” has more truth and meaning than most people realize. Your gut is home to 95% of the neurotransmitters (Serotonin, Dopamine and GABA) found in your body which play a key role in mood and happiness. Certain foods and supplements can help increase these neurotransmitters having very positive effects on your mind and body while other foods can do the opposite! Learning about gut health is an essential piece to lifelong health and happiness.
FERTILITY
Coping with fertility challenges can be more painful than most people know. Simple daily outings can trigger the pain, longing and sorrow that comes with the difficulty of conceiving, adopting, surrogacy, going through IVF, finding an egg donor and all of the many many steps that go along with each and every process. Numerous women, men and couples on this journey struggle tremendously and feel extremely isolated. Dr. Season provides knowledge and experience to support you on this journey of bringing a baby into your home.
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Dr. Season is a Licensed Clinical Health Psychologist with advanced training in Pain Management. She helps patients understand the causes of their pain and develops a daily pain management routine in order to minimize the average amount of pain experienced in a day. This work is done through pain dairies, non-medicinal coping skills, diet and nutrition, relaxation training and individual therapy. By the end, clients are most often able to significantly reduce their pain medications and increase their happiness and quality of life.