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Areas of Treatment for our clients

In person and telehealth counseling outside of Vancouver, WA is available to treat a range of mental health concerns. 

Anxiety/Panic

Depression

Trauma/PTSD

OIS Involvement

Line of duty death experiences

Stress and Stress Injury

Substance Misuse (e.g. self medicating through trauma, depression)

We do not have substance abuse counselors at this time to treat substance abuse disorder as the primary issue. 

 Combat/Deployment Trauma and stress

Anger

Separation/Divorce

Grief and Loss

LGBTQ in Uniform

Major Life Adjustment retirement; separation from service, discharge, major family changes

Treatment Modalities:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR)

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Existential Therapy

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Person-centered and emotion focused therapy

What is EMDR?

EMDR is a trauma processing therapy that uses bilateral stimulation to access traumatic memories, desensitize the severity of symptoms, re-process negative thought patterns associated with the memory and hopefully, through various protocols, find a healthier meaning to the event that took place. Meaning such as: "What happened to me was terrifying, but I survived, and I am stronger for it."

What is bilateral stimulation? We use eye movements, from side to side, or audio and tactile stimulation through vibrating hand paddles and audio beeps that stimulate each side of your body. Why are we using these methods? Currently, there is no concrete answer as to why this method of stimulation works so well, but we do have quite a bit of research that hypothesizes that the bilateral stimulation mimics the REM sleep cycle, especially when we use the eye movements, and this brings forward the memory or internal associations for further processing. 

For more information, please visit the EMDR Institute.

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