Treating emotional or health problems in the family unit can have a positive impact that leads to an improved quality of life for the entire family.

We specialize in CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, and severe mental illness. Numerous research studies suggest that CBT leads to significant improvement in functioning and quality of life and has demonstrated to be as effective as, or more effective than, other forms of psychological therapy or psychiatric medications.

CBT treatment also usually involves efforts to change behavioral patterns. These strategies might include:

Facing one’s fears instead of avoiding them. Using role playing to prepare for potentially problematic interactions with others.

Learning to calm one’s mind and relax one’s body. Treating emotional or health problems in the family unit can have a positive impact that leads to an improved quality of life for the entire family.

Lighthouse offers a broad range of Social Work services for individuals, groups, and families designed to meet the needs and expectations of each client including the following;

Impulse control

Conscious parenting

Behavior modification

Anger management

Mood regulation

ADD/ADHD

Depression

Anxiety

Stress

Child and adolescent development

Couples therapy

Parenting issues

Family dynamics

Life skills

Divorce

Divorce for children

Individual and group sessions

Situational and chronic mental health disorders

EMDR is an individual therapy. Unlike other treatments that focus on directly altering the emotions, thoughts and responses resulting from traumatic experiences, EMDR therapy focuses directly on the memory, and is intended to change the way that the memory is stored in the brain, thus reducing and eliminating the problematic symptoms.

During EMDR therapy, accelerated relearning process is stimulated by EMDR’s standardized procedures, which incorporate the use of eye movements and other forms of rhythmic left-right (bilateral) stimulation (e.g., tones or taps). While clients briefly focus on the trauma memory and simultaneously experience bilateral stimulation the vividness and emotion of the trauma is reduced. EMDR is evidence based for trauma, anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, phobias, pain, and addictions.

You have taken a positive first step toward achieving a life more satisfying for yourself, your spouse, and those whom you love. Whether you are seeking help for a behavioral change, a life issue, or to simply gain more from your life experiences, we can work together to design real life solutions that accomplish positive, lasting change.