Our Care Approach

At Neighbors Counseling, we understand that challenges, from everyday stress to deep trauma, are part of being human. With nearly 70% of adults experiencing adverse events, the pressures of finances, school, and relationships lead to anxiety, depression, and conflict. These reactions are normal and not signs of personal failure. 

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Our overall approach to therapy is driven by working from the bottom up to understanding the underlying emotions, nervous system reactions and our internal world before finding solutions or "fixing" problemtic thoughts and behaviors. 

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A key theme in our Care is the "problem is sometimes not the real problem" and for this reason we use a bottom up approach to achieve a meaningful and valuable top down outcome. 

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Bottom-Up (Body/Parts Based): Employing Somatic Experiencing (SE), (EMDR), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Poly Vagal Theory, IFS, Psychodynamics and other similar approaches to address the nervous system and personality to establish regulation before cognitive reprocessing.

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Top-Down (Cognitive/Solution): Utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to change the now accurate and deeply impactful thoughts and feelings that lead to negative outcomes. ​​