Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a mental health treatment technique. EMDR’s goal is to help you heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences. When you undergo EMDR, which employs eye movements and guided instructions, this structured method helps you neurologically reconfigure the emotional charge of a negative event. Remembering what happened to you will no longer feel like you are reliving it and the related feelings will be much more manageable.

Originally developed as an addition to the preparation phase of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), FT has been demonstrated to be effective on its own in reducing the disturbance level painful memories. Like EMDR, FT utilizes specific eye movements and alternating tapping to resolve painful memories. The memory becomes a recollection with the emotional charge greatly reduced.

Imagery is a technique in which a person visualizes positive images or scenarios in their mind. During imagery therapy, a person uses all their senses in their imagination to help relax the body and develop a sense of well-being. It can also be used to mentally rehearse new behaviors to assist their implementation in real-life situations.

Motivational interviewing is collaborative and goal oriented. A client-centered approach, it allows individuals to explore their ambivalence about changing a specific behavior. People identify their own reasons for change and build confidence in their ability to make those changes.

Mindfulness is the heightened awareness of one’s internal states and surroundings. By practicing how to observe one's thoughts, emotions, and other present-moment experiences without judging, mindfulness can help people avoid unproductive and automatic habits and responses by learning to pause and reflect beforehand.

The focus of positive psychology is to enhance wellbeing by exploring what makes life worth living, emphasizing strengths, virtues and positive experiences. The goal is the creation of a satisfying life f illed with meaning, pleasure, engagement, positive relationships and accomplishment.

CBT emphasizes what is going on in the person’s current life, rather than what has led up to their difficulties. The focus is primarily on moving forward by developing more effective ways of coping. In CBT, you identify and challenge negative or unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and learn strategies to promote more positive and adaptive ones.