Why (Re)Connect?
Choosing a therapist can be difficult. Here are a few things that make (Re)Connect different.
We believe our relationships shape us, including our relationships with partners, family, friends, and the relationship we have with ourselves.
Our work with trauma and addiction is grounded in that understanding. Trauma can affect how we experience safety, trust, closeness, and our own emotions. We also view addiction through a relational and attachment lens, recognizing that addictive behaviors can become ways of coping with painful experiences, regulating emotions, or finding a sense of connection.
And because relationships don't exist in isolation, sometimes therapy shouldn't either.
It isn't unusual for multiple members of the same family to work with different therapists at (Re)Connect. When appropriate and with the necessary permissions, this allows us to support the relationship system as a whole while each person has their own space for individual, couples, and family work.
The relationship you have with your therapist matters, too. We pay attention to what happens in that relationship because it can offer an opportunity to experience connection, trust, boundaries, and vulnerability in a different way.
Relationships aren't just something we talk about in therapy. They are part of the work.
We Focus On Relationships
We believe therapy should be experienced, not just discussed.
Talking about what happened can be important. So can understanding where your patterns come from. But sometimes talking about something over and over doesn't actually change the way you experience it.
Our therapists use experiential approaches to help you slow down and notice what is happening in the moment, rather than simply describing it afterward.
That might mean paying attention to what happens in your body, exploring different parts of yourself, working with an emotion as it emerges, experimenting with a new way of relating, or using a more active therapeutic exercise.
We aren't interested in giving everyone the same set of techniques.
The goal is to create opportunities for you to experience yourself, your relationships, and your choices differently.
Many people come to us after they've already tried therapy. They may understand themselves fairly well but still feel stuck. Or they may be dealing with several things at once: trauma and anxiety, addiction and relationship difficulties, grief and depression, or longstanding patterns that have become harder to manage.
We don't expect you to arrive with everything figured out or neatly separated into one diagnosis.
Our therapists have experience working with the places where concerns overlap and where the deeper story may be more complicated than the symptom that brought you in.
You don't have to simplify your experience for us to understand it.
We are comfortable with complexity.
Modalities That Help You Heal
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Creative approaches that help you connect with your emotions in real time
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Repairing relational wounds that often begin in early life and impact current relationships
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Understanding how past pain influences present struggles
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Supporting individuals and families impacted by substance use