Our Counseling Approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is one of the most well-researched and widely used therapeutic modalities. It focuses on the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. In CBT, you’ll learn to recognize distorted thinking patterns, challenge irrational beliefs, and develop healthier ways of thinking and acting. This approach is especially effective for anxiety, depression, phobias, and stress. With guided exercises and practical tools, CBT helps you break the cycle of negative thought patterns and create lasting change in your day-to-day life.

Behavioral Therapy

Behavioral therapy focuses on modifying specific behaviors that are harmful or unproductive. It’s commonly used with children, teens, and individuals struggling with habits, ADHD, or compulsive behaviors. This approach uses tools such as positive reinforcement, desensitization, and habit-reversal training to create behavior change. It's action-oriented and works well for people who benefit from structure and goal-setting.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR is a powerful trauma treatment that helps the brain reprocess distressing memories. Using bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements, taps, or sounds), EMDR allows painful memories to become less emotionally charged over time. This method is used for PTSD, complex trauma, anxiety, and even phobias or performance anxiety. Clients often report significant symptom reduction in fewer sessions compared to traditional talk therapy.

Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)

The Safe and Sound Protocol is a polyvagal-informed, music-based listening therapy designed to calm the nervous system. SSP uses filtered music to stimulate the vagus nerve, helping individuals feel safe, connected, and regulated. It’s especially helpful for trauma, sensory sensitivities, emotional reactivity, and attention challenges. At Juno, we pair SSP with somatic and play-based interventions to support deep nervous system healing in both children and adults.

Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy helps clients process trauma and emotions through body-based awareness. Instead of only focusing on thoughts and talk, this approach uses breathwork, movement, and physical sensations to uncover and release stored stress and trauma. It’s particularly effective for individuals with chronic stress, dissociation, or physical symptoms linked to emotional pain. Somatic therapy restores the body’s sense of safety and can be deeply transformative.

Family Therapy

Family therapy addresses patterns within the family system. It’s not about placing blame, but about improving communication, resolving conflict, and building stronger, more supportive relationships. Whether your family is navigating a crisis, behavioral issues, divorce, or a transition, this approach helps each member feel seen and heard, while working toward collective healing.

The Gottman Method (Couples Therapy)

Grounded in over 40 years of research, the Gottman Method is a leading approach to couples therapy. It helps partners improve communication, manage conflict more effectively, increase emotional intimacy, and build shared meaning. Therapists use structured exercises and interventions to strengthen the friendship foundation of your relationship while addressing deeper emotional needs.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

IFS sees the mind as made up of distinct "parts"—such as inner critics, protectors, and exiled wounded parts. This non-pathologizing, compassionate therapy helps you understand and heal each of these parts, restoring balance and self-leadership. It’s especially useful for trauma, anxiety, and self-esteem challenges, helping clients connect to their true Self as the healing force within.

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Emotion-Focused Therapy helps individuals and couples access, understand, and transform emotional responses. Instead of avoiding emotions, EFT guides clients into deeper emotional awareness and expression, creating shifts in how they relate to themselves and others. This approach is ideal for those who feel disconnected from their emotions or who want to improve emotional intimacy in relationships.

Adlerian Therapy

Adlerian therapy is a goal- and values-oriented approach that emphasizes social connection, belonging, and the impact of early life experiences. You’ll explore how your “life style” and beliefs were shaped and identify new ways of moving toward your goals. This approach helps increase self-awareness, build confidence, and develop a sense of purpose and social responsibility.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy helps you explore the stories you’ve internalized about yourself—especially those shaped by trauma, culture, or early experiences. With the guidance of your therapist, you’ll deconstruct negative narratives and re-author new ones that align with your values and strengths. This process empowers you to shift out of victimhood and into agency.

Psychodynamic Therapy

This approach delves into unconscious patterns, past experiences, and relational dynamics that influence current behavior. Through deep reflection and the therapeutic relationship, psychodynamic therapy helps bring hidden conflicts to the surface for resolution. It is particularly helpful for long-standing emotional struggles, self-sabotage, and understanding how early relationships impact current ones.

Jungian Therapy

Jungian therapy explores the unconscious through dreams, symbolism, archetypes, and personal myth. It’s ideal for clients drawn to self-exploration, meaning-making, and the integration of shadow parts of the psyche. This therapy seeks to achieve individuation—a sense of wholeness and integration of the true self.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT combines mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Originally developed for borderline personality disorder, DBT is now widely used for self-harm, emotional dysregulation, relationship difficulties, and more. It offers concrete skills to help clients manage intense emotions while staying grounded in the present.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps you accept what’s out of your control and commit to values-based action. Using mindfulness, cognitive defusion, and values clarification, this approach builds psychological flexibility—the ability to be present, adapt, and act according to what matters most. It’s especially helpful for anxiety, chronic pain, and life transitions.

Pastoral Counseling

For clients who wish to incorporate spiritual beliefs into their therapy, pastoral counseling provides a faith-integrated approach to healing. This modality supports individuals navigating grief, existential concerns, purpose, and identity—while drawing on spiritual insight, compassion, and personal values.

Play Therapy

Play therapy allows children to process emotions, trauma, and behavioral issues in a developmentally appropriate way. Through symbolic play, art, and creative expression, children can express what words often cannot. It fosters emotional regulation, self-esteem, and problem-solving skills, and is often used in tandem with parent coaching or family work.

Sandtray Therapy

Sandtray therapy uses miniature figures, objects, and a tray of sand to create scenes that represent inner experiences. It allows clients—children and adults alike—to explore feelings, trauma, and relational dynamics in a nonverbal, symbolic way. The tactile nature of sand engages the senses and facilitates deeper processing and integration, especially when words aren’t enough. Sandtray is especially effective for trauma, grief, and creative problem-solving.

Mindfulness-Based Therapy

Mindfulness-based therapy integrates present-moment awareness into the healing process. Techniques may include guided meditation, breathing exercises, and body scans. Clients learn to observe thoughts and emotions without judgment, reducing reactivity and increasing emotional regulation. This approach enhances well-being and supports recovery from anxiety, depression, and chronic stress.

Integrative Therapy

Our clinicians often use an integrative approach, combining methods from multiple modalities to best meet your needs. This flexible, client-centered method allows us to adapt your treatment to your unique personality, goals, and healing journey—whether that means blending somatic work with CBT, or combining EMDR with IFS and mindfulness.

Your Path to Healing Starts Here

Whether you're looking for trauma therapy, relationship support, emotional regulation tools, or deep inner healing, we're here to walk beside you every step of the way. At Juno Counseling and Wellness, we believe in the power of personalized care. Our therapists will collaborate with you to create a plan that aligns with your goals and honors your whole self.