At Red Brick Wellness, therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our therapists draw from a range of evidence-based approaches and tailor sessions to you — your needs, your goals, and where you are in this season of life. What works for one person might not work for another, and that’s okay.

Your therapist may blend different modalities over time, adjusting as you grow and your needs shift. If you’re curious about the specific approaches a therapist uses, you can learn more by visiting their individual bio.

Below we have shared the approaches most commonly used by our team.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT helps you learn how to make space for difficult thoughts and feelings — without letting them run your life. Instead of trying to “fix” everything, we focus on self-compassion, values, and taking meaningful steps toward the life you want, even when things feel messy or uncertain.

Art Therapy

Art therapy uses creativity — like drawing, painting, or making things — to help express thoughts and feelings that can be hard to put into words. You don’t need to be “good at art.” This is about process, not performance. Art therapy can help you slow down, connect with your emotions, and explore your inner world in a gentle, grounding way. Your therapist may create alongside of you, and this may be in addition to traditional talk therapy depending on your needs and interests.

Humanistic Therapy

Humanistic therapy sees you as a whole person, not a diagnosis. It’s based on the belief that you already have the capacity for growth and healing. Therapy is a warm, non-judgmental space where you can explore who you are, what you value, and what helps you feel more like yourself.

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

DBT is especially helpful if emotions feel intense, overwhelming, or hard to manage. It teaches practical skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, communication, and mindfulness. DBT supports both acceptance and change — helping you feel steadier, more in control, and less alone in big moments.

Trauma-Immersed / Trauma-Focused Therapy

Trauma-informed therapy recognizes how trauma lives in the body and nervous system — not just in thoughts or memories. Sessions move at your pace, prioritize emotional and physical safety, and focus on rebuilding a sense of control and trust. This approach is gentle, respectful, and deeply grounding.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative therapy helps you separate who you are from what you’ve been through. Together, we explore the stories shaping your identity and gently loosen the ones that feel heavy, limiting, or unfair. You are the expert of your own life — therapy simply helps you reclaim your voice.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy explores how early experiences, relationships, and unconscious patterns may still be influencing your life today. By bringing these patterns into awareness, therapy helps create insight, emotional healing, and more choice in how you relate to yourself and others.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

EFT focuses on emotions, attachment, and connection. Often used in couples therapy — and powerful in individual work — it helps you understand emotional reactions and build safer, more secure relationships. The goal is deeper connection, trust, and emotional closeness.

Existential Therapy

Existential therapy supports people navigating big questions about meaning, identity, freedom, and purpose. It can be especially helpful during life transitions, loss, or periods of feeling stuck or disconnected. This approach invites reflection, authenticity, and intentional living — even when life feels uncertain.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

You have probably heard about CBT - it is very popular in medical circles. CBT helps you understand how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours influence one another. Together, we look at patterns that may be keeping you stuck and practice more supportive ways of thinking and responding. CBT is practical, skill-based, and focused on tools you can use in everyday life — outside the therapy room, too.

Relational & Client Centered Therapy

Relational therapy is based on the idea that healing happens in connection — not in isolation. Our relationships (past and present) shape how we see ourselves, how safe we feel, and how we show up in the world. In this approach, the therapeutic relationship itself becomes part of the healing process.

Your therapist pays close attention to patterns that show up between you and others — and sometimes gently notices what’s happening between you and your therapist, too. This isn’t about judgment or “doing therapy right.” It’s about building trust, increasing self-awareness, and creating new experiences of being seen, understood, and supported in relationship.

Relational therapy can be especially helpful if you struggle with closeness, boundaries, people-pleasing, conflict, or feeling emotionally alone — even when surrounded by others.