“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.” – Carl Jung
My integrative, holistic approach to therapy incorporates:
Psychodynamic therapy explores your: unconscious mind, conscious mind, past, early childhood experiences, relationships with parents
- Jungian (individuation, shadow self, archetypes & collective unconscious, personality types)
- Adlerian (Individual Psychology – birth order, inferiority, early recollections, social interest)
- Freudian (psychoanalysis, sexual development)
- Parts-based (ego-state, inner child reparenting)
Humanistic therapy empowers your innate ability to change and find fulfilment
- Person-centered (empathy, listening, collaboration) – this is Vivian ’ s foundational approach which is enhanced by openness about her lived experience
- Existential (values and meaning in life, existential anxiety)
- Gestalt (present-moment awareness, self-regulation, paradoxical theory of change, personal responsibility)
- Motivational Interviewing (behavioral change such as addiction recovery)
Cognitive Therapy reduce anxiety and depression through greater awareness of how your cognitions (thoughts) and core beliefs influence your emotions and behavior
- Cognitive-Behavioral (short-term, structured, logical)
- Dialectical-Behavioral (emotional regulation skills, mindfulness, acceptance, BPD)
- Schema (early maladaptive schemas aka core beliefs)
- Narrative (changing your story)
- Solution-Focused (short-term, problem-solving)
Experiential Therapy is experienced through an activity more than talking. It can be expressive, freeing, uplifting and/or soothing.
- Art
- Music
- Animals (dog & cat)
- Comedy
Transpersonal Therapy explores transcendent experiences and seeks enlightenment from current ways of thinking and living.
- Spirituality or religion
- Meditation
- Psychedelics (psilocybin, LSD)