Therapies

Ruth is trained and experienced in the following evidence based modalities:

• Interpersonal Therapy
  A form of therapy that focuses on relieving symptoms by improving interpersonal functioning.

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  A type of therapy that helps you to change unhelpful or unhealthy ways of thinking, feeling or behaving. 

• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
  An evidence based psychotherapy where the therapist and the client work with acceptance and change oriented strategies to reach a point of healthy emotional equilibrium working with concepts such as distress tolerance, acceptance and mindful awareness.

• EMDR-A
  Structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements) which results in a reduction in the emotion associated with the trauma memories. Can be used for single event or multiple traumas.

  Click on the following link to learn more about this intervention: https://emdraa.org/

• Mindfulness
  The practice of mindfulness allows you to focus your awareness in the present moment, and to acknowledge and accept your thoughts, feelings and behaviours as they occur.