Treatment Approaches
The following are treatment approaches used at Upward Roots. We also use EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) for individuals and couples, when appropriate and necessary.

Individual Therapy
Individual therapy at Upward Roots offers a nurturing, intentional space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and gently heal what has felt heavy or out of balance. Together, we support the roots of your wellbeing so you can grow in the directions that matter most.
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When inner conflict feels overwhelming, Parts Work helps you build a compassionate, trusting relationship with every part of yourself. By approaching each part with curiosity and care, we will gently explore your emotional patterns, easing self-criticism and anxiety while fostering clarity, compassion, and resilience.
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DARe (Dynamic Attachment Re-Patterning Experience) therapy bridges attachment theory and somatic psychotherapy, helping individuals repair attachment wounds while supporting post-traumatic growth. With simple, attuned skills, we’ll meet your core relational needs as they arise, offering corrective experiences to practice and build secure, nurturing, and resilient relationships.
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Somatic psychotherapy helps you reconnect with your body and the wisdom it holds. Through attuning to and understanding the needs within your physical sensations, breath, and movement, you can release stress and patterns that have been stuck for years, completing fight-flight responses and reclaiming your homeostasis.
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a research-supported approach that helps the brain reprocess distressing memories and long-standing patterns. Rather than reliving the past, EMDR supports integration, allowing emotional intensity to soften and clarity to emerge.

Couples Therapy
Couples therapy at Upward Roots supports partners who want to strengthen their foundation before patterns become entrenched, as well as partners navigating longstanding cycles of hurt who need support untangling the impact of trauma or betrayal.
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The Gottman Method gives couples practical communication tools to strengthen trust and admiration, turn toward each other for support and care, manage conflict, work together to achieve shared life dreams, and clarify the shared meaning of their relationship.
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Attachment Core Pattern Therapy is the couples therapy approach correlated with How We Love. ACPT invites you to understand your relational patterns with curiosity and care, opening space for connection that’s safe, real, and heart-centered.
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PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy) helps couples break reactive cycles and build safe, attuned, and trusting connections where both partners feel seen and understood. Together we’ll explore emotional patterns, nervous system responses and attachment needs, building a secure functioning relationship.