Therapy for Adults

Founded by a former comprehensive DBT therapist, SPG’s philosophy and approach to therapy is deeply rooted in DBT principles. This means we emphasize skill-building (think: learning how to tolerate distress and communicate more effectively) and specialize in working with those who’ve been chronically invalidated by loved ones or environments. Together, we’ll create a tailored, personalized treatment plan based on the skills you want to learn and your long-term goals.

CBT is a present-focused type of therapy that’s been proven to treat most mental health conditions (in fact, it’s the most studied psychotherapy modality in the world!). Using CBT techniques, we’ll find connections between your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and body sensations. We’ll explore more adaptive ways of coping and set you up to practice in between sessions so that you become your own CBT expert.

Using ACT principles, we’ll help you build insight into patterns of psychological inflexibility getting in the way of living in line with your values. With that, it should come as no surprise that ACT is a modality designed to be flexible. This means that regardless of what we’re talking about or working on, there will be opportunities to weave in ACT themes like being present, accepting and differentiating from your thoughts, committing to action, and values clarification.

ERP is a form of therapy we use with clients experiencing OCD, phobias, health anxiety, panic attacks, and more. We’ll collaborate to create a plan in which you’ll be gradually exposed to something (an experience, sensation, or thought) that you fear, all the while helping you decrease avoidance strategies that have kept your fears alive.

MI is a goal-oriented approach that supports clients build the motivation needed to make healthy changes in their lives. With an emphasis on our collaboration and your agency, we’ll help you identify barriers to motivation and change and even use any resistance that shows up as a tool to move you closer to your end goal.

HRT is a modality we use to help clients reduce or eliminate unwanted habits like skin picking, hair pulling, cheek or nail biting, and more. We’ll explore everything you’ve tried to do to kick the habit before, help you build thorough awareness of the behavior, and then collaborate to create alternative behaviors, change your environment, reinforce progress, and build self-compassion.