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
OFFERING VIDEOTHERAPY SESSIONS. I host therapy from a humanistic perspective. That means that I see you and I as equals coming together to focus on your goals. It's a growth mindset rather than a hierarchical one. The first part of this kind of therapy consists of building rapport and establishing trust; essentially just two people getting to know each other. A strong foundation of trust is...
As human beings I believe we all hold the power to heal from within. Be it trauma, grief, identity, or the simple ins and outs of your day to day, I offer a safe space for you to explore and integrate all parts of yourself without judgment. My multicultural upbringing, combined with my education in transpersonal psychology and my background in Yoga has helped me develop a holistic whole-person...
Liz has her master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. She has attended advanced trainings on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and is on the certification track for EFT, an empirically researched, and proven effective model for therapy. Liz utilizes this and other attachment-based approaches with couples, individuals, and families. Liz believes...
"At Northstar Counseling center we understand that everyone has internal and relationship struggles at times. We have a broad range of experience working with children, adolescents dealing with anxiety, depression, self-esteem challenges, life cycle transitions and trauma. We also provide counseling for relationship issues between parents and children, couples, families experiencing divorce, an...
Do you find yourself feeling alone and struggling to feel fulfilled? Do you feel stuck in familiar relationship patterns that are no longer serving you? Have you experienced loss or trauma, and feel groundless in navigating through? Is the stress from work, family, or relationships becoming overwhelming? Do you find yourself caught in a cycle of unhealthy behaviors, unable to untangle? Life...
All services are currently online via secure video. Do you or your child struggle with managing everyday stressors? Repeating unhealthy patterns despite negative consequences? Feeling misunderstood? Relationship(s) overrun by conflict? As an experiential psychotherapist, I offer interactive sessions designed to support greater self-awareness, increased self-regulation, effective communication, ...
I feel honored to share in the growth and healing process of others. I come to the counseling field with a background in health and fitness as a personal trainer, marathon and triathlon coach, and Licensed Massage Therapist. My background provides me with an unique, holistic lens to address the whole person. The services I provide are compassion focused, exploratory, and highly relational. With...
My goal in counseling is to understand my client's worldview and values in order to apply them toward meaningful, experiential treatment. I use an existential approach to pursue goals that are individually developed to meet the client's needs and definition of wellness. I believe that the individual has the power to develop and utilize skills to face the life issues within their grasp and to...
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