Alight & Ascend Services include
Art Therapy
Alight & Ascend Therapy provides art therapy as a primary treatment modality and offers art therapy exercises supplemental to talk therapy. Visual art making and art consumption may be used in session, outside of sessions independently, or both, to increase access to and to deepen the therapeutic process. Drawing, painting, collage, mixed media, and 3-dimensional materials may be used in a way specific to your treatment goals.
Art media is recommended for use in trauma work, emotional processing, stress reduction, mood regulation, addiction recovery, neurodivergence, for those challenged or exhausted by verbal communication, those who are curious about art, and those who already enjoy art making. Use of a the visual language can provide a sense of safety, empowerment, an embodied experience, and provide opportunities for spatial awareness, problem solving, authentic expression, and much more.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)
Alight & Ascend Therapy provides EMDR, a psychotherapy technique recommended for individuals who have survived trauma or other distressing experiences. This process offers hands-on self-stabilization skills followed by focusing on and processing specific memories with bilateral stimulation.
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The EMDR technique helps to alleviate symptoms through updating and integrating the belief systems. EMDR has been shown to be effective in treating PTSD, anxiety disorders, depression, phobias, and substance use disorders.
Guided Meditation
Alight & Ascend offers guided meditation as a powerful tool and supplementary therapeutic exercise. Participants are offered verbal instructions often focusing on breathing, physical sensations, or imagery in order to achieve a focused and relaxed state. Guided meditation is recommended for individuals, families, or groups who are beginners to meditation practice.
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Guided Meditation benefits include stress reduction, improved focus and concentration, enhanced emotional regulation, increased self awareness, reduced pain, improved sleep quality, improved immune system health, and more.
Trauma-Informed Yoga
Alight & Ascend therapy offers trauma-informed yoga as therapeutic exercise in addition to private and group yoga instruction. Yoga is a tens of thousands of years old spiritual ritual practice and comprehensive system for well-being, originating in northern India. Ancient eastern practices like yoga and three thousand year old Buddhist traditions have influenced the development of western psychotherapy and are the origin of what we understand today as 'mindfulness'.
Yoga is not a religion, but a practice of self-inquiry and inner exploration with the goal to discover and fulfill human potential.​
Gentle trauma-informed yoga helps individuals explore their relationship to non-violence, kindness, compassion, and more through spirituality, breathwork, physical postures, gentle movement, and mindfulness. Regular yoga practice has been shown to help us reconnect and re-orient to our physical selves in order to heal from trauma, other root causes of anxiety, substance use disorders, and addiction. Trauma-informed yoga is recommended for those seeking recovery support and an embodied healing practice.