Specialties

We provide fully-adherent dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). What does that mean? Well, it means that we work very hard to provide this therapy exactly as it was designed. DBT therapy focuses on helping you regulate your emotions (changing the way you experience your emotions), tolerating distress (accepting the way you experience emotions), interpersonal effectiveness (having better relationships), and mindfulness (just generally chilling out). DBT is empirically supported (there’s research!) to provide relief and recovery from a number of psychological conditions including but not limited to borderline personality disorder. We also use DBT to help you manage and recover from addictive disorders. (There’s lots of letters for that kind of therapy. It’s called DBT for SUD.)

In addition to meeting weekly, you have the opportunity (and are encouraged) to reach out to your therapist via text throughout the week to get support in implementing the therapy. DBT is different from other types of therapy, and has some additional requirements. Weekly DBT Skills group attendance is required while participating in individual DBT therapy, and a minimum commitment of 6 months is requested to begin.

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that helps people cope with disturbing life experiences by reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress and improving integration of stressful memories. EMDR can be applied immediately following a stressful event or years later. EMDR can be a very potent therapy and can produce intense and lasting results.

In Imago Relationship Therapy, couples learn to understand the root causes of their conflicts and relationship patterns by exploring their childhood experiences and attachment styles. Through structured dialogue techniques, couples practice empathetic listening, validation, and mirroring to promote deeper understanding and connection. With these skills, couples can transform conflict into opportunities for growth, heal past wounds, and foster a more conscious and harmonious relationship.

Trauma-informed yoga uses the connection between breath, body, and mind to assist individuals in increased body awareness and emotion regulation. Trauma Informed Yoga takes into account what we know about the neurobiology of stress and creates a safe environment to explore or return to our physical bodies. For trauma survivors and highly sensitive individuals this journey can be lengthy and difficult. Trauma Informed Yoga should always be conducted by teachers or therapists with special training. At Bright Horse Counseling we can integrate Trauma Informed Yoga into the sessions we provide for clients as well as provide training in trauma informed yoga for students, teachers, therapists and the community at large.

Experiential therapy uses tools, activities, movements, and animals to bring an experience into the therapy session. Experiential therapy can be weaved into traditional talk therapies and even blended with other models such as DBT and CBT. This type of therapy is often used to process emotional events, relationships and conflicts, and internal conflicts. Individuals who “feel stuck” with traditional talk therapy often benefit greatly from the introduction of experiential techniques. This therapy is often used in the treatment of behavioral disorders, grief and loss, addictions, trauma, and interpersonal relationship therapy. People can receive experiential therapy in traditional one on one sessions, in groups, or in day-long intensive sessions.

Using the relationship with the therapist as a model, clients learn about secure attachment, their personal attachment style, and work toward improving the relationships they have with themselves and others. Therapy can help the client reduce dysfunctional emotions that might have been caused by attachment issues early in life like jealousy, rage, rejection, loss, and anxiety. This therapy is very beneficial for those who struggle in relationships, with commitment, or with fear of abandonment.