Contemplative Creative Therapy (CCT) is an integrative, structured, and collaborative, non-pathologizing, psycho-bio-somatic-spiritual approach that brings together contemporary psychotherapy, contemplative science, Buddhist psychology, mindfulness, compassion training, embodied awareness, and creative practices.

 

Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, CCT supports cultivating awareness, emotional regulation, resilience, insight, meaning, and compassionate action. 

Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) is a system of psychotherapy developed by Paul Gilbert that integrates techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy with concepts from evolutionary psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, Buddhist psychology, and neuroscience. 

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A central therapeutic technique of CFT is compassionate mind training which teaches the skills and attributes of compassion. 

Art therapy, as a creative arts therapy profession, originated in the fields of art and psychotherapy and may vary in definition. Art therapy encourages creative expression through painting, drawing, or modeling. It may work by providing persons with a safe space to express their feelings and allow them to feel more in control over their lives.

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Using art-making, discussions and reflections on the artwork, and relationship building, art therapists support individuals in problem-solving, developing insights and self-awareness, improving self-esteem, managing stress, and enhancing interpersonal skil

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan in the late 1980s, originally to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD) and suicidal behaviors

 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment that combines standard cognitive-behavioral techniques for emotion regulation and reality-testing with concepts of distress tolerance, acceptance, and mindful awareness largely derived from Zen Buddhist meditative practices. DBT combines standard CBT techniques with mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. 

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT, typically pronounced as the word "act") is a form of cognitive behavioral psychotherapy that uses mindfulness to recognize one's psychological responses and be open to one's experiences and accept them, and commitment to one's core values to create a meaningful life.

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ACT was developed in the 1980s by Steven C. Hayes, taking a contextualistic and holistic approach to human behaviour, arguing that human suffering is created by human language (cognition), that is, the way we create and are entangled in our subjective world, and avoid certain unpleasant feelings.

Narrative therapy (or narrative practice) is a form of psychotherapy that seeks to help patients identify their values and the skills associated with them. It provides the patient with knowledge of their ability to embody these values so they can effectively confront current and future problems. 

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The therapist seeks to help the patient co-author a new narrative about themselves by investigating the history of those values. Narrative therapy is a social justice approach to therapeutic conversations.