PROVO, UTAH · CHILDREN THROUGH OLDER ADULTS
What We Help With
Evidence-based therapy matched to what you are carrying, not a one-size-fits-all approach. Open any item below to see how we work with it and who to ask for.
CONCERNS WE TREAT
What We Treat
Tap a concern to read how we approach it and which of our services fit.
Thoughts of not wanting to be here are more common than most people admit, and they can be talked about safely. We take them seriously without panic, work on what is driving them and build a plan for the hard moments. If you are in immediate danger, call or text 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Children who joined their family through adoption or foster care often carry a history their parents never saw. We use TBRI and play-based work to build felt safety first, and we support the parents doing the holding.
Harsh self-talk, the sense of being a burden, achievement that never feels like enough. We look at where those beliefs were learned and work on the relationship you have with yourself, not just the way you describe it.
Feelings that arrive faster and bigger than the situation, then take a long time to come back down. DBT skills give you something to do in the moment, and underneath that we work on what keeps the system on high alert.
Trouble falling asleep, waking at three in the morning, dreams that send you back. Sleep is often the first thing trauma and anxiety take and one of the first things to return; neurofeedback and clinical hypnosis both work on it directly.
Concussion, brain injury and cognitive or physical disability change what an ordinary day costs you, and grief usually rides along with that. We adapt the pace and the tools to the brain in the room, and we work with families too.
Substance use, and the behaviors that quietly do the same job. We treat what the using is holding at bay rather than the using alone, with relapse prevention alongside trauma work for people further along.
Postpartum and perinatal struggles, fertility, caregiving, body image, and the particular weight of being the one everyone leans on. Room to say the parts that feel unsayable.
When the week has gone sideways: a loss, a hospitalization, a safety concern, a family in acute distress. We can usually make room quickly, steady things first, and decide together what comes next. If you are in immediate danger, call or text 988.
HOW WE WORK
Therapy Styles We Use
Different problems call for different tools. These are the approaches our clinicians are trained in.
EMDR helps the brain finish processing memories that got stuck, so a past event stops feeling like it is still happening. It is one of the most researched treatments for trauma and PTSD, and it is often faster than talk therapy alone. Several of our clinicians are EMDR trained, including EMDRIA-approved training.
Young children do not process in sentences; they process in play. In play therapy a trained child therapist uses toys, sand, art and games as the language, so a child can show what they cannot yet say, work through fear and big feelings, and practice new ways of coping. Parents are part of the plan from the first session.
Trust-Based Relational Intervention was developed for children who have experienced trauma, neglect or disrupted attachment, including many adopted and foster children. It teaches caregivers to meet a child's need for connection and felt safety first, then to correct behavior in ways that keep the relationship intact. We use it with children in session and coach parents in it directly.
Sometimes the thing that needs to change is not one person but the pattern between people. Family therapy brings parents, children, siblings or the whole household into the room to change how you communicate, handle conflict and support each other, so progress at home does not depend on one person carrying it alone.
Stress and trauma live in the body as much as the mind. Somatic approaches help you notice what your body is holding, settle your nervous system and build a sense of safety from the inside out.
MI is a collaborative way of talking about change when part of you wants it and part of you does not. It is especially helpful with habits, substance use and decisions you keep circling back to.
Relapse prevention therapy helps you stay on track after making a change, whether that is with alcohol, substances, pornography or another habit you have worked hard to stop. Together we map the situations, emotions and thoughts that lead toward a slip, build a concrete plan for high-risk moments, and treat a setback as information rather than failure.