On Certain Therapy Modalities

IFS or "parts work" is a type of therapy that sees the 'self' as the ultimate healer of a system's wounded parts. IFS seeks to help you gain a kind understanding of your inner world, work with the parts that carry distress and pain and to help them unburden. It is the theory's belief that by unburdening the parts that carry significant wounds, your system can function with less challenges. Reference the following video links for a thorough explanation:

 "Intro to Internal Family Systems"

CPT or Cognitive Processing Therapy is an evidenced based form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) utilized to help persons recover from acute stress disorder and PTSD. CPT functions in a systematic and structured way over the course of 12-15 sessions. Sessions center on helping persons identify "stuck" thinking patterns attached to traumatic events and restructuring these thought patterns to allow for a different understanding of the trauma and reduce the overall impact of the trauma in the present. This type of therapy requires the person to participate in daily written thought exercises. 

You can reference more information about CPT here:

https://cptforptsd.com/

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From the EMDR Institute, "Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidencied based detailed protocol utilized to help persons struggling to find healing from a highly distressful or traumatic event."

You can reference more information about EMDR here: 

www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr

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