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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Combined with Infrared Sauna Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based treatment, meaning it's based on scientific research and clinical expertise. CBT is a type of psychotherapy that helps people identify and challenge negative thought patterns and learn how to respond to challenging situations more effectively.
CBT aims to help people reduce symptoms of mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, and PTSD. It can also help people cope with other conditions, such as insomnia and chronic pain.
How it works: CBT helps you identify and challenge negative thoughts and learn practical strategies to improve your quality of life. It's based on the idea that negative thinking is a habit that can be broken.
- What to expect: You'll work with a therapist in a structured way over a limited number of sessions. During your first session, you'll discuss your symptoms, emotions, and feelings, as well as your goals for therapy.
- How it's different from other therapies: CBT is problem-oriented, focusing on the present and helping you find solutions. It's different from psychoanalysis, which focuses more on the past.
CBT is a useful tool to address emotional challenges. For example, it may help you:
- Manage symptoms of mental illness
- Prevent a relapse of mental illness symptoms
- Treat a mental illness when medications aren't a good option
- Learn techniques for coping with stressful life situations
- Identify ways to manage emotions
- Resolve relationship conflicts and learn better ways to communicate
- Cope with grief or loss
- Overcome emotional trauma related to abuse or violence
- Cope with a medical illness
- Manage chronic physical symptoms
Mental health disorders that may improve with CBT include:
- Depression
- Anxiety disorders
- Phobias
- PTSD
- Sleep disorders
- Eating disorders
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Substance use disorders
- Bipolar disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Sexual disorders
In some cases, CBT is most effective when it's combined with other treatments, such as antidepressants or other medications.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Bilateral Stimulation (BLS)
Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is highly effective, especially for trauma-related issues. Here are the main benefits:
- Rapid Reduction in Trauma Symptoms. EMDR is especially effective for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). It helps reduce flashbacks, nightmares, and distressing memories faster than traditional talk therapy for many people.
- Helps the Brain “Reprocess” Trauma. It allows the brain to reprocess disturbing experiences, changing how they are stored and reducing their emotional charge. Instead of reliving the trauma, clients can recall the memory without being overwhelmed.
- Doesn’t Require Talking in Detail. Unlike many therapies, EMDR doesn’t require you to describe the trauma in-depth. This is great for people who struggle to talk about painful events.
- Helps Regulate Emotional Responses. Over time, EMDR can lead to less intense emotional reactions to current stressors, especially if they’re linked to past unresolved trauma.
- Can Improve Self-Esteem and Reduce Negative Beliefs. Trauma often leads to harmful self-beliefs (e.g., “I’m not safe,” “I’m worthless”). EMDR helps replace these with more positive and accurate beliefs.
- Often Faster Than Other Therapies. Some people experience relief in a few sessions, especially compared to months or years of traditional therapy. This isn't always the case, but it's a significant result for many.
Works with a Wide Range of Issues
Though it’s most known for PTSD, EMDR is also used for:
- Anxiety and panic disorders
- Depression
- Phobias
- Addiction
- Grief and loss
- Chronic pain
- Eating Disorders
- Childhood trauma and attachment issues
Infrared Sauna Therapy
Infrared saunas use electromagnetic wavelengths to heat the body, while traditional saunas heat the air. A typical infrared sauna session is 15 to 30 minutes long at a temperature between 113°F and 140°F (45°C and 60°C).
Saunas may help with mental disorders such as depression and anxiety:
- Depression: Saunas can help improve symptoms of depression. A 2005 study found that sauna sessions helped mildly depressed people feel more relaxed and recover their appetite. A 2016 clinical trial found that infrared hyperthermia, or raising temperatures in an infrared sauna, helped people with major depressive disorder.
- Anxiety: Saunas can help reduce feelings of anxiety.
- Stress: Saunas can help reduce stress—and balance mood, reducing cortisol, the primary stress hormone.
- Dementia and Alzheimer's: Frequent sauna sessions may reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Other health benefits of saunas include:
- Improved sleep, positive mood enhancement, and natural pain relief promote introspection and reflection.
- Improved circulation: gentle heat from an infrared sauna increases blood circulation, which can:
- Speed up muscle recovery after physical activity
- Deliver oxygen and nutrients to fatigued muscles
- Reduce muscle soreness
- Improve heart health
- Reduced stress: The peaceful setting of a sauna can help you relax, unwind, and breathe deeply. Some research suggests that infrared saunas can help alleviate symptoms of depression.
- Improved skin: The increased blood flow from an infrared sauna can increase collagen production, improving skin elasticity and overall youthful appearance.
- Improved immune system: The increased core temperature from an infrared sauna can help rally your body's natural immune defenses and boost white blood cell production.
- Improved brain health: Some research suggests that sauna bathing could impact brain health.
- Other benefits infrared saunas may also help with:
- Weight loss
- Normalized blood pressure
- Lowered cholesterol
- Reduced pain
- Reduced fatigue
- Fibromyalgia relief
Red Light Therapy
Red light therapy is thought to work by acting on the “power plant” in your body’s cells called mitochondria. With more energy, other cells can do their work more efficiently, like repairing skin, boosting new cell growth, and enhancing skin rejuvenation. More specifically, certain cells absorb light wavelengths and are stimulated to work.
Red light therapy has many potential health benefits, including:
- Mental health: Red light therapy may have positive effects on mental health by:
- Reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety
- Improving sleep
- Reducing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Skin health: Red light therapy can improve the appearance of skin by:
- Reducing wrinkles, fine lines, and age spots
- Improving skin tone and texture
- Reducing the appearance of stretch marks
- Improving psoriasis, rosacea, and eczema
- Improving scars
- Improving sun-damaged skin
- Pain: Light therapy can help with pain by:
- Reducing inflammation
- Modulating pain signaling pathways
- Easing muscle pain, including healing muscle injuries and reducing soreness after exercise
- Controlling pain for those who have neuropathy (nerve pain)
- Wound healing: Red light therapy can help wounds and injuries heal faster by:
- Promoting tissue repair
- Improved circulation: Red light therapy can increase blood flow and enhance microcirculation, which can help with healing and recovery
- Hair growth: Red light therapy can stimulate hair follicles and promote hair growth in certain types of hair loss
Adolescent Support Group
Adolescent group therapy can be a meaningful form of therapy on its own or in conjunction with individual therapy. A meta-analysis of various efficacy studies found that group therapy was shown to be more effective than any other form of therapy for children and teens.
Adolescent support groups can have many benefits, including:
- Reducing isolation: Teens can feel less alone and isolated when they see others experiencing similar struggles.
- Building a sense of community: Teens can develop a positive social support system and feel connected to others.
- Improving interpersonal skills: Teens can practice social skills in a safe environment, which can help boost confidence and communication skills.
- Learning to problem solve: Teens can learn to problem solve from peer support and feedback.
- Developing coping strategies: Teens can learn healthy coping strategies to manage stress, anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues.
- Rebuilding trust: Teens can rebuild trust after trauma.
- Reducing stigma: Teens can see that it's socially acceptable to seek help for mental health struggles.
- Creating lifelong friendships: Teens can build lasting friendships with peers who share their interests.
Adolescent Parent Support Group
Adolescent Parent support group therapy empowers parents to better support their teens' emotional and social development, and support groups enable parents to understand and respond to their teens’ feelings. They empower parents with tools and strategies to support their teens’ emotional and social growth, creating a more harmonious family dynamic.
Parent support groups can help parents in many ways, including:
- Improving communication: Parents can learn techniques to build trust and openness, leading to more effective conflict resolution.
- Reducing stress and anxiety: Parents can receive support and guidance from others and learn techniques for managing stress and anxiety.
- Feeling less alone: Parents can learn from the experiences of other families and feel less alone.
- Gaining hope and ideas: Parents can gain hope, ideas, and information to help them meet their children's needs more efficiently.
Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Combined with Sauna Therapy
- Initial assessment session: 60 minutes ($120.00).
- Subsequent sessions: 30 minutes of cognitive behavioral therapy and a 20-minute sauna session ($70)
EMDR
- Initial assessment session: 60 minutes ($120.00).
- Subsequent sessions: 60 minutes ($110)
Infrared and Red Light Therapy Sessions
- 20-minute sessions: $20
- 5-8 20-minute sessions per month: $18
- 9 or more 20-minute sessions per month: $17
Adolescent Support Group
- $20 per session
Adolescent Parent Support Group
- $20 per session
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