Therapy

Secure Base Psychology, PLLC, offers a haven when life feels out of control and provides support for children, adolescents, and adults to heal from trauma as well as day-to-day stressors. Dr. Goldberg Mintz has expertise in treating the following issues:

  • Trauma

  • Child behavior problems

  • Self-harm

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Parenting support for traumatized children

  • Sleep impairment

  • Life adjustment issues

  • Problems in relationships

    She sees local patients at her office in the Rice Village area, and offers tele therapy to patients in 31 Psypact participating states across the US.

While therapy is tailored to the individual client, Dr. Goldberg Mintz is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), the gold-standard treatment for traumatized children and adolescents, as well as Prolonged Exposure (PE), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), gold-standard treatment for traumatized adults. Dr. Goldberg Mintz also brings consideration of relationships to each and every treatment, ensuring therapy is not something you must “go at alone.”

Dr. Goldberg Mintz is also trained in evidence-based approaches for the treatment of depression, anxiety, OCD including Behavioral Activation (BA), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Exposure Therapy (ET), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

  • Individual therapy for children, with parent support

    The focus of my work with children is in the treatment of post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, sleep impairment, behavior issues, social and school worries, ocd, and adjustment issues, and in supporting caregivers in parenting traumatized, anxious, or depressed children.

    Generally speaking, the younger the child, the greater the parental involvement in treatment.

    For children, typically 2/3 of the session is spent with Dr. Goldberg Mintz alone, with the parent joining for the last 1/3. With the parent present, we will share general topics discussed and skills learned.

    For adolescents, Dr. Goldberg Mintz typically meets alone with the teen, with less frequent parent check ins, usually around once per month unless there is an urgent issue.

  • Individual therapy for adults

    Maybe you experienced something traumatic as a child and it still weighs heavy. Or perhaps there’s not one harrowing memory that stands out, but a lifetime of painful experiences.

    You’ve probably become pretty skilled at pushing down thoughts and feelings related to what happened to you. But, like pushing down a beachball in a pool of water, it takes a ton of energy do this. Energy that could be better invested in other areas of your life. And, like the beach ball, your distress probably comes flying up at inopportune moments.

    Whether it’s an angry outburst in response to a work stressor, feeling like you need to shut down at home, or simply feeling down or stressed out, therapy can help reduce the instances of these intrusions in your life.

    Sometimes, people have a hard time identifying a major trauma or stressor that occurred, but still have significant worries in life. This might look like social anxiety or feeling panicked. If this sounds familiar with you, therapy can help teach you skills to overcome the worries that hold you back and empower you to thrive.

  • Teletherapy and in-person options

    Too busy to make it into the therapy office? Teletherapy is a wonderful option for those clients with packed schedules or inability to leave the home.

    Sick of internet glitches and wanting to connect in-person? Dr. Goldberg Mintz sees the majority of her patients in her Rice Village office.

    Dr. Goldberg Mintz also offers a hybrid model of in-person and tele therapy, to best address each client’s needs.