Psychodynamic looks at the individual's early childhood experiences with a focus on family dynamics, repetitions, repressed experiences, and potential trauma. This depth-oriented approach  helps the client better understand and resolve current conflicts through exploration of self and past.

The client learns to understand and process feelings, sensations, relational patterns, slips of the tongue, and dreams through the relationship with the therapist.

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CBT is is a short-term therapy, focused on the here-and-now. CBT helps clients understand how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected and can impact their overall well-being.

CBT is a problem-focused approach that helps change clients' thought patterns in order to improve their responses to difficult/stressful situations. 

DBT focuses on four aspects of the client's life:

• Mindfulness: Learning to slow things down, and ground ourselves in the present moment.

• Interpersonal effectiveness: Learning new tools to communicate effectively with others.

• Emotion regulation: Recognizing, labeling, and adjusting emotions.

• Distress tolerance: Helping the client learn healthy coping skills to better manage painful emotions.

Originally developed for couples counseling, EFT helps individuals and couples identify emotional patterns,  and take steps to create a more secure bond. The therapist will help the couple identify the negative cycle they might be trapped into. This approach helps partners feel safer and more connected to each other.

Emotionally focused therapy can benefit couples who are struggling with conflict, distress, trust issues, and poor communication.