Struggling with anxiety/depression? Do you have goals but feel unable to reach them? Individual counseling can help you become unstuck and move forward to reaching your goals. Our licensed clinicians can help you find solutions, express yourself, improve your relationships, and identify barriers that might be impacting your progress.
Our therapeutic approach is person-centered and tailored to each individual’s needs. We work with a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, anger, stress management, interpersonal struggles, and more.
The Family Center of Maine understands that good health includes caring for the whole person. Mental health is an essential part of your overall wellness, and our licensed practitioners will work with you to resolve the issues that are impacting your mental health.
Specialties:
Eating Disorder Recovery
EMDR
Child Play-Based Therapy
Gender Identity Exploration
Substance Use
Recovery Support
Prenatal/Perinatal Mental Health
Supporting Caregivers
Life Transitions
Modalities Used:
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts by interrogating and uprooting negative or irrational beliefs. Considered a "solutions-oriented" form of talk therapy, CBT rests on the idea that thoughts and perceptions influence behavior.*
*Sussex Publishers. (n.d.). Cognitive behavioral therapy. Psychology Today. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from PsychologyToday.com.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is a type of talking therapy. It's based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it's specially adapted for people who feel emotions very intensely. The aim of DBT is to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to embrace their thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty for them.*
*Courtney E. Ackerman, M. A. (2022, July 25). How does acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) work? PositivePsychology.com. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from PositivePsychology.com.
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
MI is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.*
*Miller, W.R. & Rollnick, S. (2013) Motivational Interviewing: Helping people to change (3rd Edition). Guilford Press.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness, from a therapeutic, secular perspective, is a conscious awareness of our present moment. This includes openness and non-judgment about the experience.*
*Miller, K. D. (2022, September 13). What is mindfulness therapy and how to apply it? Retrieved September 26, 2022, from Positivepsychology.com.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.*
*American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. American Psychological Association. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from APA.org.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy is a form of counseling that views people as separate from their problems. This allows clients to get some distance from the issue to see how it might actually be helping them, or protecting them, more than it is hurting them. With this new perspective, individuals feel more empowered to make changes in their thought patterns and behavior and “rewrite” their life story for a future that reflects who they are, what they are capable of, and what their purpose is, separate from their problems.*
*Sussex Publishers. (n.d.). Narrative therapy. Psychology Today. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from Psychologytoday.com.
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a short-term form of therapy that focuses on adult relationships and attachment/bonding. The therapist and clients look at patterns in the relationship and take steps to create a more secure bond and develop more trust to move the relationship in a healthier, more positive direction.*
*Sussex Publishers. (n.d.). Emotionally focused therapy. Psychology Today. Retrieved September 26, 2022, from PsychologyToday.com.