Psychotherapy & Counselling
Approach
At Inna V, we take an integrative approach to psychotherapy and counselling, with the understanding that no single method works for everyone. As your story is unique to you, we thoughtfully draw from a range of evidence-informed modalities and techniques, tailoring our approach to your individual needs, goals, and circumstances.
While we support clients in working through trauma and emotional burdens, we are also passionate about helping people grow and thrive towards their fullest potential. Together, we build practical tools and strategies to help you navigate everyday challenges. These may include skills in stress management, mindfulness, emotional regulation, boundary setting etc. It is also important to practice self-awareness, and learn to adjust mindset and behaviour that don't serve you anymore. We hope to help you gain deeper insights into yourself, take charge, and respond to life with greater clarity and intention. Below are some of the modalities we draw upon in our practice:
EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy method used successfully to treat many emotional and psychological conditions. During an EMDR session, a trained therapist will help the client explore how current psycological distress is conneted to early life events. Specific sets of bilateral stimulation are provided as client reprocess the disturbing thoughts, emotions, and sensations associated with the memory. This process allows for a natural recalibration of disrupted neurological connections, in other word, allowing the natural ability of the mind to heal itself. This leads to client's a new way of seeing themselve, their life, and the world around them. EMDR is best known for its success in reducing symptoms associated with trauma. Still, it can also treat interpersonal difficulties, body image concerns, anxiety, phobia, performance blocks, eating disorders, addictions, and more. With its multifaceted approach centred on addressing underlying emotions and triggers instead of focusing solely on talking about experiences, EMDR has enabled countless individuals to find relief from psychological distress.
IFS
The Internal Family System (IFS) is an approach to psychotherapy that focuses on the individual as a complex system of many subpersonalities or inner “parts”. It centers on accessing and transforming self-beliefs, patterns, and behaviours of parts that make up each person's entire system. IFS provides a compassionate understanding of the inner family or system of parts that can be connected to stories and memories from a person’s history. It encourages acceptance of the various selves with unconditional kindness and understanding rather than trying to ignore or replace them with judgement and criticism. IFS recognises the natural capacity for self-leadership, allowing individuals to interact with their unique parts in an empowering way. It fosters deep insights into their real problems and taps into their inner qualities, such as strength, courage, and wisdom in resolving their challenges. IFS enables clarity within our complex yet unique inner world, clearing inner blocks that stop us from living the life we desire. After IFS therapy, having a clear sense of self first allows for a healthy and peaceful relationship with ourselves, allowing the same in our relationships with others and the world around us.
Strategic Psychotherapy
Strategic psychotherapy is a form of therapy that focuses on helping individuals improve their problem-solving skills to break out of dysfunctional behavior patterns. It is based on the idea that people can become trapped in self-defeating behaviors and need help to identify, understand, and change those patterns in order to make progress. Strategic Psychotherapy is a practical, goal-oriented modality that is structured and focused on finding solutions. It seeks to identify maladaptive patterns of thinking and behavior in an individual and provide valuable tools to break those patterns, freeing them from the cycle of distress. It is a practice that is client-centred but therapist-led, meaning the therapist has the answers to resolutions of the client’s problem and proactively leads the client to that resolution. This is achieved by working closely with the client to identify any “blind spots” in the client’s cognition and develop goals and strategies toward positive changes in mindset and behaviour. When utilised correctly, Strategic Psychotherapy can be a powerful way to find insight and create lasting shifts in well-being. The process encourages self-awareness and supports clients on their journey of self-discovery and transformation.
DBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy that blends Western psychological and Eastern mindfulness practices. It was initially designed to treat people with more severe mental health issues like Borderline Personality Disorder. However, it has since become more widely used to treat various problems such as anxiety, depression, anger etc. DBT focuses on building skills of mindfulness, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. Equipped with these skills help individuals grow personal strengths and abilities to manage life challenges, improve relationships, and find freedom from self-destructive mindset and behaviours. DBT also focuses on developing true acceptance and validation of one's self, feelings and thoughts with mindfulness and compassion; instead of avoiding them and working around them. When skills are learned and practiced consistently, DBT helps individuals to live in the present moment and gives them greater control over their lives, find more peace and balance, and achieve desired outcomes. Typical DBT therapy includes individual and group work attended by multiple clients; however, we at Innate Me adopt only one-to-one DBT work with our clients.
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is an integrative form of psychotherapy that combines talk therapy with mindfulness-based bodywork. This approach provides an opportunity to deeply explore the connection between thoughts, feelings, sensations, and behaviours. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy is an evidenced-based therapy modality with a dynamic interweave of neuroscience, attachment theory and trauma treatment findings. It also has guiding principles derived from Eastern mindfulness practices, Western psychology and interpersonal neurobiology that focus on the relationship between mind and body. By accessing emotional and somatic information, it helps people identify underlying emotional patterns and release stuck sensations in the body. Sensory interventions involve mindfulness exercises, breathwork, posture, and movement. This integrative approach to mental health is highly effective in helping individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, attachment issues, and PTSD. Through Sensorimotor psychotherapy, clients can become aware of their emotions and body sensations and explore their origin. Often they can be traced back to past traumatic events or life experiences. This insight into the mind-body connection can empower individuals to initiate positive changes in thoughts, emotions, and sensations to achieve desired outcomes.
Clinical Hypnotherapy
Clinical hypnotherapy has been used for centuries to treat many psychological disorders. It can also help people cope with physical pain and illness. Hypnotherapy can be used in conjunction with other forms of therapy or as a stand-alone treatment option. It has been utilised to help individuals break unhealthy habits or behaviours such as smoking or excessive drinking. Research has shown that it can be an effective treatment option for various mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, phobias and eating disorders. Hypnotherapy allows the patient to access their subconscious mind while in a state of deep relaxation. Through this connection, they can identify and address negative thought patterns, behaviours and beliefs that are blocking them from achieving their full potential. Ericksonian Hypnotherapy is a solution-oriented form that uses an indirect, non-intrusive approach and helps individuals access their own internal resources to address their problems. It seeks to facilitate change by creating positive suggestions tailored to individual needs and goals. Through this form of therapy, individuals can gain greater insight into themselves, better control over their thoughts and emotions, resolve inner conflicts, increase self-esteem and develop healthier coping strategies for dealing with difficult life circumstances.