Dr. Phillips offers comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to help individuals manage intense emotions, improve relationships, reduce harmful behaviors, and build a meaningful life aligned with their values and goals.

DBT is a structured, intensive treatment that includes weekly individual therapy, phone coaching, and skills training in four areas: mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills.

Dr. Phillips provides CBT for a variety of mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, and OCD.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a collaborative, goal-oriented treatment that can help reduce distress and bring healing for children, adolescents, and adults.

Dr. Phillips focuses on finding approaches that are strengths-based, affirming of identity, and responsive to each client’s culture and experiences in the world.

Dr. Phillips specializes in evidence-based interventions for the treatment of PTSD including psychological first aid (PFA), prolonged exposure therapy (PE), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), and trauma-focused CBT.

Dr. Phillips partners with the Office of Victim Services (OVS) so that individuals who have been the victim of a crime can receive reimbursement for mental health services.

She also provides specialized trainings for organizations, schools, and non-profits on effectively supporting individuals who have experienced trauma.

Healthy, supportive relationships are essential to our well-being. Yet many families and couples have difficulties with communication, handling conflicts, overcoming a stressful event, or navigating life transitions.

Dr. Phillips takes an active approach to couples and family therapy, starting with collaborative goal-setting and an assessment of current strengths and challenges. Therapy includes a balance of identifying and honoring emotional experiences, while also enhancing skills for communication, validation, collaborative problem-solving, and navigating conflict.

Dr. Phillips is trained in Gottman’s Couples Therapy (Level 2), including advanced training in treating trauma and infidelity.

Being a parent or caregiver is difficult and can be particularly stressful if you are caring for a child, adolescent, or young adult who has behavioral or mental health challenges.

Dr. Phillips collaborates with caregivers to identify current needs and goals, and tailor interventions accordingly. She draws from evidence-based approaches including parent management training to improve the caregiver-youth relationship and increase caregivers’ ability to respond effectively in challenging situations. Throughout, Dr. Phillips focuses on parents’ own life experiences, culture, and current context to support well-being and align interventions with values and goals.

She also provides a structured intervention to teach parents skills and strategies for effective collaboration with schools.

Executive functioning skills help you stay organized, focused, and in control to get things done. They include managing time, staying on task, adapting to changes, and following through with goals. For individuals with ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and/or mental health challenges, executive functioning skills can be a struggle.

Dr. Phillips provides EF coaching to adolescents and adults, with a focus on concrete skill-building to enhance functioning in daily life. This type of intervention tends to be short-term, structured, and focused on the client’s specific goals.

Dr. Phillips provides consultation and training to school districts, mental health organizations, and non-profit organizations on topics related to mental health, social emotional learning, educator/provider well-being, and trauma-informed practice.

Please reach out for more information about currently available trainings and topics of consultation.