Counseling Modality

Hope in Boulder practices Humanistic Existential therapy which is a kind of psychotherapy that promotes self-awareness and personal growth by stressing current reality and by analyzing and altering specific patterns of response to help a person realize his or her potential.

In addition Hope in Boulder employs a number of evidence based practices like  Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT),  Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) using one or more that are best suited to the individual client and their treatment plan. Almost all of the treatment plans start with Motivational Interviewing, a therapeutic approach designed to help people identify their readiness, willingness, and ability to change and to make use of their own change-talk. MI is a collaborative, therapeutic conversation with clients that addresses the common problem of ambivalence for change. As defined by William Miller, the creator of MI, its purpose is to strengthen the client’s own motivation for and commitment to change in a manner that is consistent with said client’s values. Therefore, rather than imposing or forcing particular changes, we “meet the client where the client is” and help her/him move toward his/her goals by drawing out and building his/her’s readiness to change.