Treatment & Therapy Approaches

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based therapeutic approach that helps individuals navigate life’s challenges by fostering psychological flexibility. ACT encourages patients to embrace their thoughts and feelings, rather than fighting or avoiding them, while focusing on living a values-driven, meaningful life. This approach combines mindfulness techniques with behavioral strategies to help individuals accept what is beyond their control and commit to actions that align with their core values. At Aspire Psychology, we offer supportive ACT sessions to empower patients in overcoming obstacles and achieving personal growth with authenticity and resilience.

    Providers:
    Will Fairchild, LCSW
    Hannah Brassell, PsyD
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Patience McGinnis, PsyD
    Ryoka Kim, PhD
    Ryan Varian, PsyD
    Jane Hobart, PsyD

  • Attachment-Based Therapy is a compassionate, evidence-informed approach that focuses on understanding and healing the impact of early attachment experiences on current relationships and emotional well-being. This therapy explores the connection between past relational patterns and present challenges, fostering self-awareness and growth. By addressing issues such as trust, intimacy, and emotional connection, Attachment-Based Therapy helps patients build healthier, more secure relationships with themselves and others. At Aspire Psychology, we provide a supportive space to explore these dynamics and empower individuals to create lasting, meaningful connections.

    Providers:
    Jennifer Clark, PsyD
    Magdalene Kidd Vasconez, LCSW
    Jane Hobart, PsyD

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a widely recognized, evidence-based approach that focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT helps individuals develop practical tools to manage challenges, improve emotional well-being, and create healthier coping strategies. This structured, goal-oriented therapy is effective for treating a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, stress, and more. At Aspire Psychology, our skilled therapists work collaboratively with patients to foster insight, build resilience, and promote lasting positive change.

    Providers:

    Ryan Varian, PsyD
    Will Fairchild, LCSW
    Patience McGinnis, PsyD
    Jennifer Clark, PsyD
    Katherine Noonan, PhD
    Hannah Brassell, PsyD
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Magdalene Kidd Vasconez, LCSW
    Leah Marinakis, LCSW
    Dana McPherson, LCSW
    Ryoka Kim, PhD
    Jane Hobart, PsyD

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) is an evidence-based treatment specifically designed to address chronic sleep difficulties. CBT-I helps individuals identify and change thoughts and behaviors that interfere with sleep while establishing healthier sleep patterns. This structured, short-term therapy focuses on techniques such as sleep education, relaxation strategies, and improving sleep habits to promote restorative rest. At Aspire Psychology, we offer tailored CBT-I sessions to empower patients in overcoming insomnia and achieving better sleep for improved overall well-being.

    Providers:
    Katherine Noonan, PhD
    Ryan Varian, PsyD

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a highly effective, evidence-based approach designed to help individuals recover from trauma, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. CPT focuses on identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts and beliefs related to the trauma, enabling patients to process their experiences and reduce emotional distress. At Aspire Psychology, we offer tailored CPT sessions to support individuals in healing from trauma and building a healthier, more balanced perspective on life.

    Providers: Jason Jones, PhD

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a highly effective, evidence-based therapeutic approach designed to help individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, and build healthier coping skills. Originally developed for individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder, DBT has proven beneficial for a range of mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. DBT combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with mindfulness practices to enhance emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and acceptance. At Aspire Psychology, our compassionate therapists provide tailored DBT sessions to support patients in achieving balance and creating meaningful, fulfilling lives.

    Providers:
    Will Fairchild, LCSW
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Magdalene Kidd Vasconez, LCSW

  • Existential Therapy is a philosophical, insight-oriented approach that helps individuals explore life’s deeper questions, such as meaning, freedom, responsibility, and mortality. This therapy encourages patients to confront uncertainties, embrace personal choice, and create a life aligned with their values and purpose. By fostering self-awareness and personal growth, Existential Therapy is effective for those facing life transitions, anxiety, or a search for deeper meaning. At Aspire Psychology, we offer supportive, individualized sessions to help patients navigate life’s challenges with authenticity, resilience, and a greater sense of fulfillment.

    Providers: Ryoka Kim, PhD

  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a highly effective, evidence-based treatment specifically designed for individuals struggling with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and related conditions. ERP focuses on gradually exposing patients to feared thoughts, situations, or triggers while guiding them to resist engaging in compulsive behaviors or avoidance. Through this process, patients build tolerance to distress, reduce anxiety, and regain control over their lives. At Aspire Psychology, we provide compassionate, tailored ERP therapy to support individuals in breaking free from the cycle of OCD and living with greater confidence and peace of mind.

    Providers:
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Will Fairchild,LCSW

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help individuals process and heal from traumatic memories and experiences. By using guided eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation, EMDR helps to reprocess distressing memories, reducing their emotional intensity and allowing for healthier coping. EMDR is particularly effective for individuals dealing with trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and anxiety, and can lead to significant relief and emotional healing. At Aspire Psychology, we provide compassionate, trauma-informed EMDR sessions to help patients break free from the past, rebuild their emotional resilience, and move forward with greater peace and clarity.

    Providers:
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Magdalene Kidd Vasconez, LCSW

  • Family Systems Therapy is a holistic approach that views the family as an interconnected system, where each member’s behaviors and emotions impact the whole unit. This therapy focuses on understanding family dynamics, improving communication, and resolving conflicts to foster healthier relationships. Effective for addressing issues such as parenting challenges, marital conflicts, and generational patterns, Family Systems Therapy helps families build stronger connections and navigate challenges together. At Aspire Psychology, we provide compassionate, tailored sessions to support families in creating a more balanced, supportive, and harmonious environment.

    Providers: Leah Marinakis, LCSW

  • Hypnotherapy is a therapeutic technique that uses guided relaxation and focused attention to achieve a heightened state of awareness, allowing individuals to access their subconscious mind. Through this process, patients can address a wide range of issues, such as anxiety, stress, pain management, and behavioral changes like smoking cessation or weight loss. Hypnotherapy is a gentle, non-invasive approach that helps individuals reframe negative thought patterns, overcome limiting beliefs, and achieve personal transformation. At Aspire Psychology, we provide tailored hypnotherapy sessions to support patients in unlocking their potential and creating lasting, positive changes in their lives.

    Providers: Katherine Noonan, PhD

  • Integrative Therapy is a flexible, holistic approach that combines techniques and theories from various therapeutic modalities to best meet the individual needs of each patient. By drawing from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and mindfulness practices, Integrative Therapy addresses a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and relational issues. This personalized therapy is effective for individuals, couples, and families, focusing on creating lasting change by understanding the whole person and fostering self-awareness, growth, and healing. At Aspire Psychology, we offer integrative therapy sessions that combine the most effective strategies to support patients in achieving their unique goals and enhancing overall well-being.

    Providers:
    Jennifer Clark, PsyD
    Hannah Brassell, PsyD
    Ryoka Kim, PhD

  • Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) is a time-limited, evidence-based approach that focuses on improving interpersonal relationships and social functioning to enhance emotional well-being. IPT helps patients identify and address relationship issues, role transitions, grief, and social isolation, which can contribute to mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety. By improving communication, resolving conflicts, and building stronger support systems, IPT helps individuals develop healthier relationships and emotional resilience. At Aspire Psychology, we provide compassionate IPT sessions to support patients in navigating relationship challenges and achieving greater emotional balance and connection.

    Providers: Katherine Noonan, PhD

  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy is a therapeutic approach that incorporates mindfulness practices to help individuals manage stress, anxiety, and depression. It involves cultivating present-moment awareness, non-judgmental acceptance of thoughts and emotions, and detachment from negative thinking patterns. Techniques such as meditation, deep breathing, and body scanning are commonly used to enhance self-awareness and emotional regulation.

    Providers:
    Katherine Noonan, PhD
    Ryoka Kim, PhD
    Leah Marinakis, LCSW
    Jane Hobart, PsyD

  • Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a patient-centered, evidence-based approach designed to help individuals explore and resolve ambivalence about making positive changes in their lives. By fostering a collaborative and nonjudgmental environment, MI empowers patients to clarify their values, strengthen motivation, and build confidence in their ability to achieve their goals. This approach is particularly effective for addressing behaviors related to health, addiction, and lifestyle changes. At Aspire Psychology, our skilled therapists use Motivational Interviewing to support individuals in navigating change and taking meaningful steps toward personal growth and well-being.

    Providers:
    Will Fairchild, LCSW
    Hannah Brassell, PsyD
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Dana McPherson, LCSW
    Ryoka Kim, PhD
    Jane Hobart, PsyD

  • Person-Centered Therapy is a compassionate, patient-focused approach that emphasizes empathy, active listening, and unconditional positive regard. This therapy creates a safe and nonjudgmental space where individuals can explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences at their own pace, empowering them to discover their own solutions and growth. By fostering a strong therapeutic relationship, Person-Centered Therapy helps patients build self-awareness, self-acceptance, and a greater sense of personal agency. At Aspire Psychology, we offer supportive, individualized sessions that encourage patients to unlock their full potential and live more authentic, fulfilling lives.

    Providers:
    Will Fairchild, LCSW
    Leah Marinakis, LCSW
    Ryoka Kim, PhD

  • Polyvagal-Informed Therapy is a therapeutic approach based on Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges. This theory focuses on how the autonomic nervous system—especially the vagus nerve—shapes emotional regulation, social connection, and responses to stress or trauma. In therapy, this model emphasizes increasing clients’ awareness of their physiological states and how these states influence their feelings and behaviors. The approach often incorporates body-based interventions such as breath work, movement, or vocal exercises to engage the nervous system and promote emotional healing. Polyvagal-Informed therapy is particularly effective in trauma work and is frequently integrated with other modalities with the goal of helping clients move from survival-based states toward more regulated, resilient functioning.

    Providers:Ryan Varian, PsyD

  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) is an evidence-based treatment designed to help individuals process and heal from trauma, particularly Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This structured approach gradually exposes patients to trauma-related memories, thoughts, and situations in a safe and supportive environment, helping to reduce fear and avoidance over time. By confronting distressing experiences in a controlled manner, PE helps individuals regain a sense of control, lessen emotional distress, and build resilience. At our practice, we offer compassionate, tailored PE sessions to support patients in overcoming trauma and reclaiming their lives with confidence and strength.

    Providers: Jason Jones, PhD

  • Psychodynamic Therapy is a depth-oriented approach that helps individuals explore unconscious patterns rooted in early life experiences. By fostering insight into emotions, thoughts, and relational dynamics, this therapy supports lasting personal growth and emotional healing. It’s especially helpful for those seeking to understand recurring relationship patterns, manage inner conflicts, and build a more cohesive sense of self.

    Providers:
    Jennifer Clark, PsyD
    Jane Hobart, PsyD

  • Relational Therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on understanding and improving the dynamics of relationships, whether between individuals, couples, or within families. This therapy emphasizes the role of interpersonal interactions and how they shape emotions, behaviors, and personal growth. By exploring communication patterns, emotional responses, and attachment styles, relational therapy helps patients build healthier, more meaningful connections. Effective for addressing issues such as conflict, trust, and emotional intimacy, relational therapy fosters deeper understanding and improved relational skills. At Aspire Psychology, we offer compassionate relational therapy sessions to help patients create stronger, more supportive relationships and navigate life’s challenges with greater ease and connection.

    Providers:
    Jennifer Clark, PsyD
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Leah Marinakis, LCSW

  • Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) is a goal-oriented, strengths-based approach that helps individuals create positive change by focusing on solutions rather than problems. This therapy encourages patients to identify their strengths, resources, and past successes to develop practical strategies for achieving their goals. SFT is effective for a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a specific, structured form of SFT that is short-term and designed to create rapid change by focusing on what is already working and identifying small, achievable steps toward a solution. At Aspire Psychology, we offer supportive, solution-focused sessions to empower patients in making meaningful progress and creating lasting, positive change in their lives.

    Providers:
    Will Fairchild, LCSW
    Katherine Noonan, PhD
    Hannah Brassell, PsyD
    Dana McPherson, LCSW
    Ryan Varian, PsyD
    Jason Jones, PhD

  • Somatic therapy is a body-centered approach to psychotherapy that emphasizes the connection between the mind and body in the healing process. It is based on the understanding that trauma, stress, and emotional experiences are often stored not just in the mind, but also in the body. This therapeutic approach helps clients increase awareness of physical sensations, posture, movement, and other bodily experiences as a way to access and process emotional content. It is particularly effective for trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, and dissociation, and can be used on its own or integrated with other psychotherapeutic modalities.

    Providers:Ryan Varian, PsyD

  • Strength-Based Therapy is a positive, empowering approach that focuses on identifying and building upon an individual’s strengths, resources, and resilience. Rather than concentrating on weaknesses or deficits, this therapy emphasizes personal capabilities and encourages patients to leverage their inherent strengths to overcome challenges and achieve their goals. Strength-Based Therapy is effective for a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, and life transitions. At Aspire Psychology, we provide a supportive space where individuals can gain confidence, build resilience, and create lasting, meaningful change by harnessing their unique strengths.

    Providers:
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Leah Marinakis, LCSW
    Dana McPherson, LCSW
    Ryoka Kim, PhD

  • Trauma-Focused Therapy is an evidence-based approach designed to help individuals process and heal from the effects of trauma. This therapy provides a safe, supportive environment for patients to explore their traumatic experiences, understand their emotional responses, and develop healthier coping strategies. By focusing on both the impact of trauma and the individual’s resilience, Trauma-Focused Therapy helps patients regain a sense of control, rebuild self-worth, and foster emotional healing. At Aspire Psychology, we offer compassionate, trauma-informed care to support individuals in their journey toward recovery and empowerment.

    Providers:
    Jennifer Clark, PsyD
    Hannah Brassell, PsyD
    Jason Jones, PhD
    Magdalene Kidd Vasconez, LCSW
    Leah Marinakis, LCSW
    Dana McPherson, LCSW
    Will Fairchild, LCSW

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