Considering Therapy?
Teton Behavior Therapy serves people of all ages with individual, group, and family therapy in both Spanish and English.
Teton Behavior Therapy believes that a strong, healthy community begins with individual mental health. Whether you are in a moment of crisis or experiencing chronic struggles, TBT is here to listen and help heal. Our adult, child, and family counselors specialize in treating anxiety, depression, substance abuse, OCD, trauma, and maternal mental health.
As a parent or caregiver, it can sometimes be hard to determine the difference between normal childhood development and a kid in need of extra help. Visit this page for more information about whether your child may benefit from therapy.
If you or a loved one are seeking mental health services, please contact us to set up a phone consultation today. Experienced and confidential professionals serve in both our Jackson and Victor locations.
Therapy Models
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a problem-focused type of intervention. Rather than an in-depth focus on past experience, cognitive behavioral therapy (or CBT) seeks to teach participants to become their own therapist. CBT helps clients recognize their thought patterns and identify where and when those patterns help and where they hurt. Using problem-solving strategies and skill-building techniques the client and therapist work together to change dysfunctional thoughts and replace them with more proactive thoughts and behaviors.
In cognitive therapy, clients and their families learn to:
- Distinguish between thoughts and feelings.
- Become aware of the ways in which thoughts can influence feelings in ways that sometimes are not helpful.
- Learn about thoughts that seem to occur automatically, without even realizing how they may affect emotions.
- Evaluate critically whether these “automatic” thoughts and assumptions are accurate, or perhaps biased.
- Develop the skills to notice, interrupt, and correct these biased thoughts independently.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
Daily stressors and subconscious anxieties can often disrupt our sleeping patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia helps identify maladaptive cognitive processes that could be keeping you from getting the rest you need. CBT-I is an effective approach for many who struggle to fall asleep and stay asleep at night.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences. Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal. EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma.
When you cut your hand, your body works to close the wound. If a foreign object or repeated injury irritates the wound, it festers and causes pain. Once the block is removed, healing resumes. EMDR therapy demonstrates that a similar sequence of events occurs with mental processes. The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health. If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering. Once the block is removed, healing resumes.
Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.
Play Therapy (Child and Family Therapy)
Play Therapy is a form of therapy in which a child plays in a protected and structured environment with games and toys provided by a therapist, who observes the behavior, affect, and conversation of the child to gain insight into thoughts, feelings, and fantasies. As conflicts are discovered, the therapist often helps the child understand and work through them.