Saalvio therapy approaches
There is no single right answer. The same person can benefit from different approaches at different points in their life. Two principles help most people:
We currently have 8 evidence-based approaches written up on the site. Most of our therapists are trained in more than one, and many sessions draw on two or three depending on what fits the moment.
A practical, well-studied therapy that helps you notice the link between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours so you can change patterns that hurt you.
A skills-based therapy for big, hard-to-regulate emotions, self-harm, and suicidal thoughts. Built on the idea that two opposite things can be true at the same time.
A therapy for people who have tried to think their way out of hard feelings and got tired. ACT helps you stop fighting your thoughts and start moving toward what matters.
An eight-week programme that combines mindfulness practice with cognitive therapy skills. Best known for keeping depression from coming back.
A structured therapy for processing distressing memories. Uses guided eye movements (or other side-to-side input) to help your brain finish the work it could not finish at the time.
A therapy that treats your inner world as a system of "parts," each with its own role. Helps you understand the parts of you that conflict, protect, or hurt, and lead them from a calmer place.
A gradual, in-your-control therapy that lowers fear by approaching what you have been avoiding. Done in small steps, at a pace you set, with skills to manage the discomfort.
The gold-standard treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Practices facing the trigger AND choosing not to do the compulsion, until the loop loses its grip.
Saalvio's clinical team will help you decide together which approach makes the most sense for what you are working on. The first session is free under CANADAHEALS; there is no pressure to commit before you have had a conversation.
