Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy refers to the helping relationship established between therapist and patient for the purpose of emotional care. Since a core belief of this practice is that separation of mind from body is artificial, emotional care is appropriate anytime any part of the body is under siege by stress, anxiety, depression, or chronic illness. A psychotherapeutic relationship has the potential to support coping strategies, decrease the intensity of illness, speed healing and decrease recovery time.
As practiced at Nova, psychotherapy utilizes a cognitive-behavioral approach. Cognitive therapy is an active, directive, time-limited structured approach based on the notion that distorted, automatic thoughts are the basis for many distressing emotional states. The approach involves learning to monitor automatic thoughts; recognize the connections between thoughts, affect, and behavior; examine the evidence for and against distorted automatic thoughts; substitute more reality based understandings; and finally learn to decrease the automatic nature of distorted thoughts and examine future emotional states based on new learning.
Individually based sessions are covered by many insurance companies, or self-pay. After your first session, other programs may be discussed as alternative approaches to your individual goals like Guided Imagery, Healing Visualization, Breathwork, Biofeedback, or Heartmath.
Psychotherapy refers to the helping relationship established between therapist and patient for the purpose of emotional care. Since a core belief of this practice is that separation of mind from body is artificial, emotional care is appropriate anytime any part of the body is under siege by stress, anxiety, depression, or chronic illness. A psychotherapeutic relationship has the potential to support coping strategies, decrease the intensity of illness, speed healing and decrease recovery time.
As practiced at Nova, psychotherapy utilizes a cognitive-behavioral approach. Cognitive therapy is an active, directive, time-limited structured approach based on the notion that distorted, automatic thoughts are the basis for many distressing emotional states. The approach involves learning to monitor automatic thoughts; recognize the connections between thoughts, affect, and behavior; examine the evidence for and against distorted automatic thoughts; substitute more reality based understandings; and finally learn to decrease the automatic nature of distorted thoughts and examine future emotional states based on new learning.
Individually based sessions are covered by many insurance companies, or self-pay. After your first session, other programs may be discussed as alternative approaches to your individual goals like Guided Imagery, Healing Visualization, Breathwork, Biofeedback, or Heartmath.
Links:
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB)
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT)
Customized Programs and Services:
Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB)
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT)
Customized Programs and Services: