AN OVERVIEW OF WORKING TOGETHER
Within the first sessions clients describe the issues that brought them to therapy. The use of breath, mindfulness and body oriented therapy help clients clarify the nature and origin of their problem. This provides therapist and client a shared understanding from which all work will follow. Goals are defined and a co-defined treatment plan is in place. At this point, it becomes possible to interrupt old patterns. Mindfulness, guided imagery, and relaxation techniques are particularly effective resources for relaxing the grip of these habits.  As symptoms lose their charge, perceptions change. Simultaneously (and often spontaneously), new, satisfying patterns are learned. Cognitive behavioral therapy is very effective at this stage.  Rehearsal within the office setting and through carefully tailored homework assignments help newly rooting behaviors become lasting change.

GETTING STARTED
The initial phone session helps clients determine whether or not sufficient rapport exists to schedule a first face-to-face session. By the end of the first therapy appointment clients can answer two important questions: Do I feel comfortable, safe and trusting? Is Judy Martin’s approach to therapy effective for me? A therapeutic approach that works for one person may not work for another. You are not charged for the initial appointment unless you are confident that Judy Martin is the right therapist for you.

THE HELP YOU RECEIVE
During the past 30 years Judy Martin has encountered and treated a widely diverse population of individuals, families, couples, and children. She is versed in well-researched and effective methods that accelerate progress and help to create lasting change. They include; EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, systematic desensitization, stress reduction and mindfulness practices. Such resources help to create a total change; physically, emotionally, cognitively and behaviorally

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RESOURCES USED IN THERAPY
Body Centered Therapy
BODY CENTERED THERAPY, developed by Dr Gay and Kathleen Hendricks of the HENDRICKS INSTITUTE, teaches clinicians to become keen observers of non-verbal cues -- body movement, voice intonation, breathing changes, postural shifts. Most people come to therapy having tried their best to resolve the issue at hand. They have not succeeded because they either aren’t seeing the full “picture” or, the emotional charge makes it exceedingly difficult to approach the problem.

Body Centered Therapy can be compared to renovating a house: Beneath the paint, you discover a layer of sheetrock. Behind that sheetrock, you rediscover the original solid oak walls. A client's story usually focuses on the sheetrock. Body centered therapy goes beneath and discovers the oak.

For more information on Body Centered Therapy follow this link:
http://www.experiencefestival.com/body-centered_psychotherapy

EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
During REM sleep the eyes move back and forth? During this stage of sleep, the emotional component of a dream is being processed. EMDR works very much like a dream state. While remembering the thoughts, feelings, images and sensations of a highly charged, often traumatic situation, the movement of the eyes unlocks and releases shock that has been stored in the nervous system.

A state of shock can develop, if, under psychologically or physically threatening circumstances, you can neither fight nor flee. When shock is released, you feel genuinely different. A real change occurs. And most important, you are freed of the limiting effects of the old event and you can truly move into the present moment. This highly researched procedure has helped thousands of victims of natural and man-made disasters heal. Like clearing a log from a river, your energy, free of past obstacles, can flow easefully and joyfully.

For more information on EMDR follow this link:
www.emdr.com/brfdes.htm

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
”Emphasizes the important role of thinking in our emotions and behaviors. Cognitive behavioral therapists teach that, when our brains are healthy, it is our thinking that causes us to feel and act the way we do. Therefore, if we are experiencing unwanted feelings and behaviors, it is important to identify the thinking that is causing the feelings / behaviors and to learn how to replace this thinking with thoughts that lead to more desirable reactions. Cognitive behavioral therapies have the following characteristics:

CBT is based on the Cognitive Model of Emotional Response. It is a collaborative effort between the therapist and the client. Cognitive behavioral therapists learn what their clients want out of life (their goals) and then help clients achieve those goals. CBT is structured and directive and focuses on helping the client achieve the goals they have set. CBT is based on an educational model based on the scientifically supported assumption that most emotional and behavioral reactions are learned. Therefore, the goal of therapy is to help clients unlearn their unwanted reactions and to learn a new way of reacting.

The educational emphasis of CBT has an additional benefit -- it leads to long term results. When people understand how and why they are doing well they can continue doing what they are doing to make themselves well. Homework is a central feature of CBT. Goal achievement (if obtained) could take a very long time if all a person was only to think about the techniques and topics taught for one hour per week. That's why CBT therapists assign reading assignments and encourage their clients to practice the skills learned during the therapy hour.”

Excerpted from an article by NACBT online.

For more information on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy follow this link:
www.cognitivetherapy.com/basics.html

Mindfulness
“ Mindfulness is being present, or having Presence. Presence is that quintessential quality of awareness and being that creates peak experiences in living. Mindfulness practice is based on the premise that only in the experience of the present moment can one accurately perceive what is really happening, when life is fully appreciated without the need to judge it, and when effective action can be taken.

The practice of mindfulness means learning to trust direct experience. It is building trust in small morsels one moment at a time. Mindfulness practice requires patience and willingness to observe and describe what is happening without bias. It is genuine participation without self-consciousness. It is throwing oneself into the moment and gleaning wisdom through the trial-and error of learning by direct experience.

However, the practice of mindfulness is not in competition with living the demands of everyday life. Mindfulness practice is living life now and living it effectively. It is the observing, describing and participating in direct experience non-judgmentally and one-mindfully while simultaneously interacting with daily life activities and relationships.”

Excerpts of an article by Bob Sanfilippo and Diana Brown

For more information on Mindfulness follow this link:
http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/mindandbody
www.tahoeinstitute.com

Stress Reduction
Stress is the sum of the biological reactions to any adverse stimulus, physical, mental or emotional, internal or external, that tends to disturb the organisms homeostasis, should these compensating reactions be inadequate or inappropriate, they may lead to disorders. The term is also used to refer to the stimuli that elicit the reactions.

Judy Martin employs a holistic approach to stress reductions which can include all or any of the following resources: