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Donna Milton Psychotherapy
Home
My Specialties
Belleville
Kingston
Therapy Styles
Therapies Offered
  • Teen Therapy
  • Individual Therapy
  • Couples Counselling
  • Family Therapy
  • Law Enforcement
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Gaming Addiction
  • Grief Counseling
  • Health Care Workers
  • IPV
  • NIHB Coverage
  • Paramedics
  • Substance Use & Recovery
  • 2SLGBTQIA+ Therapy
  • Human Trafficking
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    • Grief Counseling
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Therapy Styles Used

Narrative Therapy

A respectful, non-blaming approach to counseling that separates you from your problems. It views you as the ultimate expert on your own life and treats your challenges as external influences rather than defining traits. By exploring your history, you work to deconstruct unhelpful patterns and uncover hidden strengths, values, and competencies. Ultimately, this framework empowers you to rewrite your personal story and reclaim your future on your own terms.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

(CBT) is a structured, goal-oriented talk therapy focused on how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It helps you identify negative or distorted thinking patterns so you can reframe them and respond to challenges more effectively. By focusing on practical, actionable solutions, CBT gives you the tools to manage your current mental health and daily stress.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

(DBT) is a structured form of talk therapy designed to help you manage intense emotions and improve your relationships. It balances acceptance of your current reality with the practical push to change harmful behaviors. Through DBT, you learn actionable skills for mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. This approach is highly effective for building a meaningful life, especially if you experience rapid mood changes or chronic stress.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

(SFBT) is a future-oriented, goal-directed talk therapy that focuses on solutions rather than the problems that brought you to counseling. Instead of analyzing past struggles, this approach highlights your existing strengths, resources, and past successes to construct a clear path forward. By focusing on what is already working in your life, you can formulate practical steps to achieve your

desired goals in a relatively short period. This empowering framework helps clients of all

ages create immediate, positive changes in their daily lives.

Motivational Therapy

A collaborative counseling style designed to help you resolve mixed feelings and find your inner drive to make positive life changes. Instead of telling you what to do, it focuses on exploring your personal values and goals to uncover your own reasons for growth. The approach is deeply respectful, meeting you exactly where you are without judgment or pressure. By building your confidence and emphasizing your own choices, it empowers you to take lasting control of your future.

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

(EFIT) helps you process deep emotions and heal from past trauma, anxiety, or depression. Based on attachment science, this approach guides you to safely explore and reshape your negative emotional patterns. By understanding your core fears and needs, you learn to regulate difficult feelings and build a more secure relationship with yourself. Ultimately, EFIT empowers you to break

old cycles and foster healthier, more resilient connections with others.

Trauma-Informed Therapy

a compassionate approach that recognizes how deeply overwhelming experiences affect your mind, body, and nervous system. Instead of asking "What is wrong with you?" this framework shifts the focus to "What happened to you?" to understand your unique coping mechanisms. It prioritizes absolute safety, trust, and collaboration, ensuring you always control the pace of your healing process. By creating a secure space, it helps you process past pain without the risk of being re-

traumatized.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

(EFT)—encompassing care for individuals (EFIT), couples (EFCT), and families (EFFT)

is an attachment-based approach designed to reshape restrictive emotional patterns. Grounded in the science of human bonding, it helps you safely explore deep-seated fears, vulnerabilities, and unmet emotional needs. Instead of just managing surface symptoms, this framework repairs the root causes of internal distress and relationship conflict. Ultimately, EFT empowers clients to build a

secure relationship with themselves and foster deeper, more resilient connections with

others.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

(ACT) encourages you to accept your thoughts and feelings rather than fighting or feeling guilty about them. It teaches that difficult emotions are a normal part of life, shifting your energy away from internal struggles and toward meaningful change. By developing psychological flexibility, you

learn to clarify your deepest personal values and commit to positive actions. Ultimately,

ACT empowers you to live a rich, purpose-driven life, even in the face of challenges.

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