Individual Therapy at MindWell

MindWell provides culturally informed, evidence-based, outpatient mental healthcare for children/youth, couples, and adults.

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How Individual Therapy Works

As a first step, every patient receives a comprehensive assessment. This means spending 1-2 sessions discussing how important life events contribute to who you are and how intervention can help. This assessment will help to inform your treatment course.

Once an understanding of your presenting concerns is established, our team works with you to create a plan that incorporates your goals for treatment, outlines a treatment strategy, identifies a timeline, and includes regular re-assessment.

Your research-based psychological treatment plan is present-focused, time-limited, and supported by collaboratively designed goals. MindWell’s measurement-based care model includes frequent re-assessment of progress to ensure your needs are being met.

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Types of Individual Therapies Offered

MindWell clinicians utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as one type of intervention. CBT is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, OCD, trauma, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress, ADHD, and severe mental illness.
Some MindWell clinicians also practice Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT is a type of talk therapy based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but it’s specially adapted for people who experience emotions very intensely. “Dialectical” means allowing opposite ideas to exist together. DBT focuses on helping people accept their limitations and identify strengths. Patients are helped to accept the reality of their lives and behaviors, then learn to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. DBT focuses on improving distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and the practice of mindfulness.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a third wave therapeutic model of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and uses acceptance and mindfulness processes, and commitment and behavior change processes to produce greater psychological flexibility. The desired outcome of ACT is not symptom reduction. Rather, it is about doing what works to get where you want to go. It is an ability to move in a direction guided by one’s values even while being in the midst of unwanted feelings, thoughts, memories, and sensations.