Jungian therapy is the type of talk therapy that is designed to facilitate wholeness through an expanded understanding of one's self. It does this through combining parts of the individual conscious with the individual and collective unconscious to create a balance. Jungian therapy typically invites clients to go deep and examine how aspects of their personality form their whole. Often we are conditioned by families and societies to take certain roles and identities that are not a true reflection of our authentic selves. Stuck in these patterns, depression and other maladaptive conditions can arise when our natural selves are stuck in patterns that do not fit who we are at our core.

Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) facilitates the reprocessing of disturbing memories, leading to improved information processing. This treatment approach targets past experience, current triggers and future potential challenges and leads to the reduction of symptoms, a decrease in disturbing memories, improved view of the self, relief from bodily disturbance, and resolution of present and future triggers.

I am currently in the second year of the three year Somatic Experiencing (SE) program. SE is a body-oriented therapeutic model that is used for healing and stress by gently guiding clients to develop increasing tolerance for difficult body sensations and suppressed emotions. Fixed patterns of flight, fight, freeze or appease can become stuck in the nervous system due to a variety of experiences such as accidents, invasive medical procedures, emotional abuse, war, sexual or physical assault, neglect, loss, birth trauma, natural disasters or the cumulative stressors of continuous conflict and fear. When a person is "stuck" in a survival response, the charge of that experience is trapped and from the body's perspective, there is still a threat present. SE works to discharge the stored energy and turn off the threat alarm that causes dysregulation.

This therapeutic approach diverges from the traditional model of the therapist as expert and instead empowers and motivates the client in the therapeutic process using a non-directive, empathic approach. The therapy is based on Carl Rogers's understanding that every human being strives for and has the capacity to fulfill his or her own potential. Person-centered therapy, also known as Rogerian therapy, has had a tremendous impact on the field of psychotherapy. Rather than viewing people as inherently flawed, person-centred therapy identifies that under the right circumstances each person has the capacity for personal growth and change.

The person-centered therapist learns to recognize and trust human potential, providing clients with empathy and positive regard to help facilitate change. When appropriate, the therapist avoids directing the course of therapy by following the client's lead whenever possible. The therapist offers support, guidance, and structure so that the client can discover personalized solutions within themselves that were previously unknown or forgotten.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) helps people to develop skills and strategies for becoming and staying healthy. It is a practical, short-term form of psychotherapy. CBT focuses on the here-and-now - on the problems that come up in day-to-day life. It does not emphasize past events as much as other forms of psychotherapy. CBT helps people to examine how they make sense of what is happening around them and how these perceptions affect the way they feel.

The CBT model is built on a two-way relationship between thoughts ("cognitions") and behaviours. Each can influence the other. Clients learn how to identify their thinking, which may be conscious (rational thoughts and choices made with awareness) or automatic (thoughts that flow rapidly and are not checked for accuracy or relevance). Clients gain understanding of how their thought patterns impact their behaviours and mood and how to change their patterns of thought to increase wellbeing.