Psychodynamic / Analytic Orientation
Observation of emotional patterns and interpersonal reenactments that result from earlier (especially childhood) experiences that are stored on varying levels of consciousness
Relational / Attachment / Intersubjective
As we have never not been in relationship (even in the womb), using the therapeutic relationship with the therapist to shine a light on how interpersonal experience makes us feel, behave, and form our identity
Environmental Psychology
As everything we think and feel and do is a response to environmental influences, looking at how we transact with our environment and considering what environmental adjustments might be made
Mind-Body / Mindfulness Trauma Recovery
Recalibrating the nervous system in order to work through unprocessed trauma that manifests symptomatically in our minds and bodies in the form of mood disorders and maladaptive behaviors
Existential
Ascribing new meaning in order to have our life make sense where there is no inherent meaning, and understanding that the meanings we ascribe make our life look the way it does