Our Approach

When you begin treatment at the Resilience Center, you'll undergo a variety of assessments to identify mental health concerns and explore any history of traumatic experiences. We don't want to miss anything. Different problems require different solutions. 

Before a firefighter can extinguish a wildfire, they must first establish a perimeter to contain the flames. Similarly, our top priority is to help make your daily life manageable. We achieve this by helping you to understand how  mental health ortrauma affects your brain, body, emotions, and thought patterns.

After gaining an understanding of how mental health symptoms or trauma affects the brain and body, we focus on teaching self-regulation and co-regulation strategies. This process builds self-awareness and empowers you to regain control over your thoughts, emotions, and mood. Ever try to take a deep breath and it didn't work? Thats because its the wrong solution for your problem.

Our ability to identify emotions can be influenced by the age at which adverse experiences occurred and the type of trauma experienced. Emotional vocabulary is largely shaped by our early attachment relationships. If we were encouraged to recognize and label emotions during childhood, we may find it easier to express how situations make us feel. However, if we were taught that emotions are "bad" or "wrong," we might struggle with identifying or expressing them in healthy ways. In this phase we learn to identify our emotions, and cope with them in positive ways.

When a traumatic event happens, our brain creates beliefs about ourself, others, and the world. Sometimes these beliefs are positive, such as "I can handle anything," but other times, they can be negative, like "I am a failure" or "I am unlovable." Negative beliefs can harm our self-esteem and hinder personal growth. Everyday situations may trigger these beliefs, causing us to become dysregulated and re-experience the effects of the trauma. In this phase we learn to identify negative beliefs and replace them with positive beliefs. 

If we’ve effectively worked through the first five phases of treatment, the anxiety and fear surrounding trauma processing shifts from overwhelming to manageable. There are various approaches to processing trauma, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT),  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, Exposure Therapy, and EMDR. Your provider will review all treatment options with you and offer personalized recommendations. Ultimately, you choose what treatment option feels right for you.

This is the most exciting phase of treatment. In the Post-Traumatic Growth phase, we realize that negative experiences can drive positive transformation. This includes recognizing personal strength, exploring new possibilities, strengthening relationships, developing a deeper appreciation for life, and experiencing spiritual growth. This growth paves the way for forward-thinking, reimagining what life could look like, setting new goals, and reshaping your life trajectory toward a fulfilling and meaningful future.

During our maintenance phase we proactively works to sustain the positive changes that we have made during  treatment, focusing on preventing relapse and integrating new healthy habits and lifestyle changes.