Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages accepting thoughts and feelings rather than resisting them. It enhances psychological flexibility, helping clients align actions with their values amid difficult emotions. Using mindfulness and behavioral strategies, ACT promotes present awareness, enabling individuals to move forward authentically despite challenges.

CBT helps to identify the connection between thoughts-behaviors-emotions and the influence they may have on each other. Supports with feeling identification, psycho-education, behavioral activation, exposure, and reframing thought process (when appropriate).

Parts Work is a therapeutic approach that focuses on understanding and integrating the different parts of a person’s psyche. The aim of parts work therapy is to identify, understand, and harmonize these parts so that the individual can achieve greater self-awareness, healing, and inner balance. According to Internal Family Systems (IFS), everyone has multiple "parts" or subpersonalities within them, and these parts often take on roles based on past experiences. Each part has its own perspective, emotions, and behavior patterns. *Please note Maggie is not an IFS therapist, and only incorporates Parts Work model in my practice if appropriate.

Person-centered therapy is a humanistic approach that focuses on the client as the expert on their own life. The therapist acts as a supportive guide, helping the client explore their feelings without judgment. It’s built on the belief that people naturally move toward growth and healing when given the right environment. The core of this therapy is a warm, accepting relationship that encourages self-discovery and personal growth.

Somatic Practices emphasizes the mind-body-connection while regulating the nervous system. Often, prolonged stress and trauma can put the body in an elongated sympathetic state (flight/fight/freeze response), and somatic practices aid in supporting the body back to the parasympathetic state (rest and digest state).