Our Approach

  • Grounded in Science:

    Our clinicians utilize evidence-based techniques to guide their approaches to their work with each client. In addition, many of our clinicians are scientists and innovators themselves, contributing to the discourse within their fields, developing new programs to help clients grow, and working to help improve their communities. Check out our Research page to find out the latest about our providers’ contributions to science.

  • Guided by Empathy:

    Deeply caring, our therapists go the extra mile for our clients. We believe that a genuine, warm connection is the foundation from which therapeutic growth occurs. Our therapists take time to understand you as an individual— what it feels like to be you, the important experiences that have brought you to this point, and where you hope to go next. Following the science of attachment, we know that humans are bravest, most resilient, and most capable of growth when they have someone caring in their corner.

  • Delivered with Clinical Expertise

    At Compass Therapy, you will find experienced clinicians with the highest quality training. Our team includes therapists who come from diverse clinical and academic backgrounds and who specialize in different populations and treatment modalities. However, what each of our providers has in common is a commitment to excellence within our niche— by implementing the highest quality interventions, producing academic research, continuing our own education, teaching others, or supervising the next generation of mental health providers. We then collaborate with one another so that each client benefits from the collective expertise of our team.

MEET THE TEAM

Attachment is all about connections.

The science of attachment is the foundation of everything we do at Compass Therapy.

Attachment theory is a central component of our clinical practice at Compass Therapy. Originally formulated as a way of understanding the developmental impact of early experiences within the parent-child relationship, attachment theory has now developed to inform psychologists’ understanding of all types of close relationships. Research finds that people have attachment needs, such as connection, support, and reassurance, and while these needs may shift over time, people thrive when they are in close, secure relationships in which these needs are being met. Furthermore, studies have shown that one of the most powerful factors that allows clients to meet their goals in therapy is when this type of secure relationship develops between the client and the therapist.

When secure attachment develops, it provides us with a strong feeling of being grounded and safe with another person. This relational foundation allows us to safely explore our inner thoughts and emotions with another person and the confidence to discover and embrace new aspects of ourselves and our environment (new relationships, new ways of thinking, new work paths). Striking a balance between these two aspects, self-exploration and stretching our limits, is a primary goal in the therapeutic relationship.

The Compass clinicians will draw from their vast background in attachment theory and research to inform your work together and provide the optimal level of emotional grounding and growth. Within this relational orientation, your therapist will utilize evidence-based treatment modalities to tailor the therapy to suit your needs and preferences—drawing from cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), emotion-focused therapy (EFT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), systemic or attachment-based therapy, as well as many others approaches. Not only does this feel right to us, it’s where science, theory, and experience meet, and it ensures you will get the most out of your therapy experience.

OUR RESEARCH

“We need to live in mindful harmony with our feelings,
not attempt to control them.”

Les  Greenberg