Experiential Therapy uses experiences to facilitate growth and change, which assists people with various mental health concerns, such as anxiety, depression, and trauma disorders.
Traditional approaches to counseling usually involve dialogue and communication to work through mental health concerns. Experiential Therapy places people in specific situations where hands-on activities are at the center of the counseling process. This immersive experience can involve art, psychodrama, music, play therapy, or animal-assisted therapy.
Experiential Therapy places you within an experience that brings up thoughts and emotions depending on your specific needs. Your involvement in whatever activity you’re engaging in shows the counselor how you handle situations and issues.
Experiential Therapy can be used simultaneously with other counseling approaches. Your therapist will inquire about thoughts and emotions that arose during the experience. Understanding your perception of what happened during the experience gives your counselor insight into your inner world.
Experiential Therapy’s goal is to explore yourself through your experiences and use this information to inform future choices.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Experiential Therapy
Diamond Recovery offers individualized, group and family therapy to clients struggling with trauma, addictions, and emotional and interpersonal challenges. We provide affirmative care while addressing your individual needs. Through a combination of individual trauma therapy, family and couples therapy work, and skills-based mindfulness and experiential learning group therapy, we provide you wit...
Every single person has something with which they struggle. Whether its anxiety, depression, substance abuse, relationship concerns, food issues, or just feelings of being stuck or wanting more. Most of us need a place where we feel safe and secure enough to be able to delve into these parts of ourselves that we find unpalatable, frustrating or downright scary. I am an addiction and psychiatric...
Are you ready for more vitality and calm in your life? Through our work together, you can access sustaining energy, hope, and joy. I will support you in developing deeper empathy and compassion for yourself, while turning towards and addressing the pain points in your life. I work with adults and couples in healing childhood and other traumas, relationship and sexual concerns, and unhealthy cop...
As the result of my work with a wide array of individuals with a variety of different mental health needs, I believe true healing must be viewed from an all-encompassing therapeutic approach that considers the whole person. This includes aspects such as their identity/sense of self, upbringing, traumas, interpersonal relationships, personality, as well as their presenting environmental...
My name is Amanda Essinger and I am a Marriage and Family Therapist as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor. I work for Family Connection 2, LLC under Dr. Katafiasz, IMFT-S. I specialize in working with families and couples as well as individuals, adolescents, and children. I enjoy practicing experiential types of therapy that encourage prosocial expression of the authentic self. I have...
At Sanctuary Counseling Group, we believe in creating therapeutic relationships with our clients that promote the healing of heart, mind, and soul. Therapy is a Sacred Space. As a systemic therapist I welcome individuals, couples, children, and family systems into the room. I believe in creating a non-judgmental and open context that will often draw from Emotionally Focused Therapy, Acceptance ...
I believe that there is hope and possibility in life for all people. I want to empower individuals and families to expand their capacity, find brave space and write a new story for themselves. Clients I work with struggle with many different things - anxiety, depression and/ or low self esteem or they may have warped relationships with food, money or sex. Yet, through creating a place where the...
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I believe the primary goal of psychotherapy is to help people find purpose and meaning in their lives. I work collaboratively with my patients to help them to navigate life transitions, resolve interpersonal issues, achieve goals, and create the life changes they desire. I utilize different therapeutic approaches and tools to help patients see and experience life situations through multiple...
Cultivating joy, self-worth and safety is an inherent right for all people. Navigating our life’s journey can present us with challenges. By strengthening our own agency, internal and external resources it can allow us to create a life that is thriving. My work with you is rooted in neuroscience and play. I work from a feminist, trauma informed approach. Incorporating experiential modalities to...
Thank you for your interest. In my work, above all, I aim to hear and understand you as wholly as possible as part of creating a path toward healing together. Usually, that involves experiential, relational, mindfulness-based and psychodynamic interventions that I have developed with over eight years of clinical and research experience with a broad range of clinical and human issues. Outside of...
During these current times anxiety and stress build easily in the home and in business. Accepting New patients after 01/03/21. Speaking with me has aided many in bettering relationships at home, work and parenting Online appnts available for Individuals Couples and Families: F2F Zoom or phone. Please allow 24-48 to return your call. I am the Theorist of “The Universal Relationship Pyramd” autho...
(SHORT WAITLIST - FALL 2020) Whether you are new to therapy or wanting to expand upon personal growth and/or healing it is important that my clients connect with me on a fundamental level. It is my goal that my patients develop a sense of confidence with the awareness that I can be trusted with their personal experiences and insights. As a therapist, I provide a safe, trustworthy environment wi...
**NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS*** I am currently a licensed clinical professional counselor and a certified alcohol and drug counselor. I received my BA in psychology from the University of Arizona and then received my MA in counseling psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, where I specialized in treating both mental health and substance abuse concerns. My experie...
Who is Nature Therapy for? - Anyone seeking Mental Health Therapy - Children, Adolescents, Adults and the Elderly - Men, Women, Couples - Recovering Patients and those with Chronic Health Conditions - Nature Lovers and Nature Novices - Those looking for a different Mental Health Therapy experience Nature Therapy uses nature-based approaches to healing and the types of interventions used are var...
