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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) focuses on your present situation and helps you identify ways to move forward quickly by developing achievable, effective goals. It emphasizes finding practical solutions to problems by exploring your existing strengths, resources, and abilities, rather than talking extensively about the problem itself, as is common in more traditional forms of therapy. In examining our current problems, we often see patterns from the past. The origins of a problem and its underlying meaning are not discussed in depth, as this problem is unlikely to re-occur once new habits and behaviours are begun.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is a short-term form of psychotherapy based on the understanding that an individual’s thoughts and emotions influence their behaviours. The primary goal of CBT is to help clients recognize and challenge unhelpful or maladaptive patterns of thinking or behaving and develop healthier ways of responding to difficult situations. It focuses on addressing current concerns through the easiest means instead of trying to force change where it is most unlikely to work.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) integrates mindfulness practices with cognitive behavioural therapy to help individuals become more aware and accepting of their thoughts, emotions, and experiences. By developing this awareness and acceptance, MBCT aims to strengthen resilience and increase life enjoyment.

Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on the client’s lived experience and subjective reality, with the goal of helping individuals use their freedom to create authentic and fulfilling lives. Existentialist traditions emphasize that people are fundamentally free to shape their lives and are responsible for their choices, even when facing difficult circumstances. From this perspective, distress related to existential concerns such as death, isolation, freedom, and the search for meaning is viewed not as pathological, but as a natural part of the human condition that can encourage individuals to live more authentically. Existential therapy therefore prioritizes understanding the client’s subjective world and lived experience rather than imposing authoritative interpretations of their thoughts or feelings. It also places less emphasis on standardized therapeutic techniques, instead favouring a collaborative and dialogical relationship based on authentic presence, openness, and mutual exploration. Additionally, existential therapy challenges reductionist approaches to mental health that attempt to explain psychological suffering solely through symptoms, diagnoses, or biological causes.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an action-focused form of psychotherapy that encourages clients to acknowledge and accept their thoughts and emotions rather than avoiding, suppressing, or fighting against them. ACT emphasizes that difficult emotions are helpful signals to indicate change is required in an area of our lives. By developing greater understanding of their experiences, clients learn to utilize challenges to improve their circumstances and ultimately end up with a more serene, fulfilling existence.