Our Specialized Approaches
Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all, and neither is the way we support healing. At Overture Therapy, our clinicians draw from various specialized approaches to meet you where you are. These methods, also known as modalities, shape how we understand your experiences, build trust, and guide meaningful change.
Some approaches focus on insight and reflection, while others engage the body, creativity, or nervous system. You don’t need to know which method is “right” — we’ll collaborate to find what feels supportive.
Below, you'll be able to learn more about the frameworks we integrate into care and how they might support your healing process.
Depth Psychology
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Depth psychology explores the unconscious mind, focusing on how hidden patterns, symbols, and early experiences influence emotions and behavior. It often includes dream analysis, archetypes, and the integration of shadow aspects of the self.
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This approach resonates with clients who are introspective, spiritually curious, or feel that there are “deeper” layers to their emotional life. It’s often a good fit for those struggling with identity, meaning, or long-standing patterns that feel hard to change.
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By bringing unconscious material into awareness, depth work promotes self-integration and insight. It helps clients move from reactivity to reflection and develop a more coherent sense of self.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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IFS is a model that sees the mind as composed of multiple “parts,” each with its own perspective and role. Rather than pathologizing these parts (like an inner critic or a people-pleaser), IFS helps build a relationship between them and a core Self that leads with compassion and clarity.
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IFS is especially helpful for people who feel internally conflicted, self-critical, emotionally overwhelmed, or impacted by trauma.
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IFS supports clients in understanding and unburdening protective parts, increasing internal harmony. It’s a gentle, non-pathologizing way to work with trauma, identity, and emotional resilience.
Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)
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MBT is a relational approach that helps people better understand their own thoughts, emotions, and behaviors — and develop curiosity about what might be happening in others’ minds too. It focuses on building mentalization, the ability to make sense of what we and others are feeling, thinking, and needing in the moment.
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MBT can be especially helpful for people who struggle with emotional regulation, impulsivity, or intense relationship dynamics. It’s often used to support individuals with attachment trauma, borderline personality traits, or chronic feelings of emptiness and confusion in relationships.
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By slowing things down and strengthening reflective capacity, MBT helps clients become less reactive and more intentional. It fosters emotional awareness, builds trust in relationships, and supports a stronger sense of identity and stability.
Psychodynamic Therapy
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Psychodynamic therapy explores how unconscious processes and early relational experiences shape current emotional patterns and behaviors. It emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as a place to understand and shift those patterns.
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This approach is ideal for clients interested in long-term self-understanding. It’s often helpful for those with relationship struggles, persistent anxiety or depression, or a sense that “something deeper” is going on.
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Through insight and emotional exploration, psychodynamic therapy helps clients understand the “why” behind their patterns and gradually change them. The work promotes lasting change through increased self-awareness and deeper relationships.
Humanistic Psychology
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Humanistic therapy is grounded in the belief that people have an innate drive toward growth, healing, and authenticity. It emphasizes empathy, presence, and the therapeutic relationship as a foundation for meaningful change.
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This approach supports people who feel disconnected from their values, creativity, or sense of purpose. It’s a good fit for clients who want therapy to feel collaborative, affirming, and strength-based.
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Humanistic therapy helps clients reconnect with their own agency and values. It fosters self-acceptance and emotional openness by creating a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore who they are.
Psychodrama
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Psychodrama is an action-based method that uses role-play, guided movement, and dramatic reenactment to explore emotional truths. It originated in group therapy but can be used one-on-one to access stuck memories, roles, or patterns.
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Psychodrama is effective for people who struggle to express emotions with words, who feel stuck in past experiences, or who are drawn to creative or somatic processing. It’s particularly helpful in trauma work, identity exploration, and adolescence.
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By bringing emotions and relationships into action, psychodrama allows clients to embody change, not just talk about it. It can foster catharsis, insight, and integration through experiential work.
Somatic Work
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Somatic therapy focuses on the connection between the body and emotional experiences. It includes techniques like breathwork, grounding, movement, and body-based awareness to help regulate the nervous system and process trauma stored in the body.
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Somatic work is especially helpful for trauma survivors, highly sensitive people, or those who feel disconnected from their body or overwhelmed by sensations.
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By working through the body, clients learn to notice and respond to internal cues with more awareness and care. Somatic approaches support regulation, resilience, and embodiment in ways that talk therapy alone may not access.
Sex Therapy
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Sex therapy is a specialized form of talk therapy that addresses concerns around sexual health, intimacy, gender identity, and relationship dynamics. It combines clinical insight with a nonjudgmental, inclusive lens.
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Sex therapy can support individuals and couples dealing with low desire, sexual pain, arousal concerns, performance anxiety, identity questions, or changes related to life transitions or trauma.
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It creates a safe space to explore vulnerable topics without shame. By increasing communication, self-understanding, and body trust, sex therapy helps clients feel more connected and confident in their sexual and relational lives.
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy
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Affirming therapy actively supports and validates LGBTQIA+ identities. It goes beyond “acceptance” by incorporating cultural competency, social awareness, and an anti-oppressive lens into care.
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This approach serves LGBTQIA+ individuals, couples, and families seeking mental health care that honors their lived experiences. It is especially important for clients who have experienced identity-based trauma, discrimination, or invalidation.
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Affirming therapy fosters safety, empowerment, and identity integration. It helps clients unlearn internalized stigma, access supportive relationships, and build a life that reflects who they truly are.
Not sure where to start?
You don’t have to know which approach is right for you, that’s something we’ll explore together. Whether you're curious, overwhelmed, or simply ready to feel more like yourself again, we’re here to help.
In the meantime, you can explore our FAQs to continue learning more.
