Therapy is a tool to help you create the life you want to live. You’re in charge in therapy, and we’re happy to work with you to create the type of experience that is most helpful for you.

Yes! Live Up Therapy accepts insurance as well as self-pay and a sliding scale. Please see insurance/fees for details and most recent updates.

Emotions feel out of control or confusing sometimes?

CBT looks at the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to examine and help you break patterns that are keeping you suffering.

DBT expands upon CBT by adding mindfulness practice, interpersonal effectiveness skills, distress tolerance, and emotion regulation skills.

ACT is a psychological intervention that helps people improve their psychological flexibility (the ability to act in line with your values and goals even when experiencing discomfort or unwanted emotions and events). Research shows psychological flexibility is crucial for mental health.

OCD is commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed because of the many ways the media has portrayed and stereotyped it. Research shows it takes an adult with OCD an average of 14-17 years to get the correct diagnosis and treatment (NOCD). If you are curious about whether you have OCD, please reach out for an assessment.

ERP is evidence-based treatment for OCD that has the client break the OCD cycle through gradual exposure to triggers while avoiding compulsions. If it sounds scary, don’t worry, you’ll work with your therapist to really understand what you’re doing and why. You’ll never be asked to do an exposure you’re not ready for. You’re the driver.

EMDR is an evidence-based treatment for trauma based on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model which explains that during trauma our brain processes and stores memories incorrectly which can lead to past memories feeling very present. It involves recalling memories while engaging in bilateral stimulation, eye movements or others, to help re-process and thus reduce the emotional intensity of memories. 

See https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/ for more info.

Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) is an evidence-based treatment model that helps children ages 0-5 who have experienced trauma or have mental health, behavioral, or attachment problems by strengthening the parent-child relationship and supporting the child's emotional, behavioral, and cognitive recovery.