Therapeutic Approach
Individual Psychotherapy
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Creating a calm and safe environment
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Compassion and curiosity, no subject off limits
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Name your mental and physical experience
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Feel confident, manage stress and focus on self-care
Relationship and Family Counseling
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Family Systems approach
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Treating the relationship as the client
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Understanding the system in which the unit exists
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Exploring fear cycles and how we get stuck in them
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Reversing the cycle of fear and anxiety
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Focus on stopping the cycle to show love
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Strengths based perspective
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Using strengths of each member to support resiliency
Process Group Therapy
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​Individuals living with Type 1 Diabetes
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Clinical assessment to determine fit for group
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Intimate and virtual, socially supportive setting
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Connect with other people with Type 1
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Counter isolation of living with chronic illness
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Prevent burnout and Diabetes Distress
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Process the stressors of diabetes and mental health
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Coping strategies to help manage illness and emotions
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Discuss tools and lifestyle measures to improve self-care​​
Therapeutic Modalities
​​Mindfulness
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Mind-Body Connectivity
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Finding Realization in the Body
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Sensory Grounding
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Guided Meditation
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Thought Reframing
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Trauma Focused - CBT
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Narrative Therapy
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Value Systems
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Chronic Illness
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Health Psychology
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Internal Family Systems Therapy​​​​
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Couples Counseling
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Family Systems Approach
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Love/Fear Cycles
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Type 1 Diabetes Group Therapy
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Process
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Social support
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Coping
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Managment
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Resilience
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Type 1 Diabetes and Mental Health​
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Managing emotions and illness
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Eating disorders
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Trauma of Type 1 Diagnosis
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Diabetes Distress
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Transition into adulthood​​​
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