Introduction to Therapy
Therapists at Creative Core Therapy, LLC are dedicated to practicing liberation-focused, anti-racist, social justice, and guided healing practices. Therapists here are encouraged to maintain a community for their own personal growth and challenge themselves to continue the lifelong work of actively being anti-racist. It is important for you to know that therapists are not politically neutral and will engage in discussions about white supremacy, discrimination, prejudice, bias, white privilege, distorted thinking, the impacts of culture and society on behavior and responses, and other difficult topics.
Therapeutic Modalities
Strength-based artistic approaches to empower the soul.
When talking about treatment modalities, it is important to know that treatment modalities are held in ways to support clients. Creative Core Therapy, LLC recognizes that there are different methods that work for each person, not one modality works for each person. We strive to practice different modalities mindfully and in collaboration with our clients. For healing to occur, the therapists here feel that it is important to look at the whole person not just individually, but also as part of a community. Our approaches are meant to incorporate mind, body, and soul experiences in addition to understanding the impact culture has on the mind, body, and soul experiences. Therapists make it a point to acknowledge their own personal motivations, power, privilege and are willing to reflect on personal history and its intersection with colonial oppression, trauma and multi-generational discrimination. Cultural awareness, knowledge, and humility are vital components in providing therapeutic services. This section is to provide you insight into some of the common modalities we work with.
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Art Therapy
An integrated, culturally relevant, and ethnocentric healing modality that uses art-making, art materials, and creative expression to support self-discovery and healing journeys.
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Feminist Therapy
An integrative mental health approach that focuses on the voices, experiences, privileges, and power differences between people. It focuses on challenges and stressors that people face as a result of bias, stereotyping, oppression, discrimination, and other factors that impact their sense of self. Takes a look at how culture impacts identity and ways of navigating in the world.
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Humanistic Therapy
A mental health approach that emphasizes the importance of being your true self in order to lead the most fulfilling life. Humanistic therapy looks at the whole person, focusing on the strengths and the person’s ability to use their personal instincts to find wisdom, growth, healing, and fulfillment within themselves.
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Liberation-Focused Therapy
Refers to the use of psychological approaches to understand and address oppression among individuals and groups (Martín-Baró, 1994). Liberation psychology examines contexts of oppression in order to foster critical consciousness, emancipation, and transformative action within individuals.
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Mindfulness/Body-Oriented Therapy
Refers to building a conscious awareness of the present moment and building or strengthening a connection with the body. This modality of therapy brings a focus to the senses and feeling in the moment.
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Restorative Justice Informed Therapy
An approach to justice and process of healing. It seeks to provide opportunities for those affected (directly and indirectly) to promote healing and reintegration through accountability, compassion, respect, and inclusivity.
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Social Justice Informed Therapy
A mental health approach that is framed within a social-historical context of inequality that assists in healing and the liberation of communities. It requires the therapist to understand their own power dynamics and privilege in the therapeutic relationship. This modality affirms the effect oppression has on mental health.
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Strengths-Based Therapy
A client led approach that focuses on a person’s internal strengths, resourcefulness. It guides a person toward retelling their painful stories with an emphasis on strengths. This approach takes a look at honoring the strengths and softness as an individual and in a community.
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Trauma-Informed Therapy
“A strengths-based framework that is grounded in an understanding of and responsiveness to the impact of trauma, that emphasizes physical, psychological, and emotional safety for both providers and survivors, and that creates opportunities for survivors to rebuild a sense of control and empowerment” (Hopper, Bassuk, & Olivet, 2010).