Because mental health includes our thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and relationships,
mental health therapists help clients grow and heal in these areas. Our
team of therapists works with individuals, couples, and families on a
wide range of challenges, such as depression and anxiety, behavioral issues,
family concerns, and major life stressors.
You can feel confident that your therapist is highly trained to serve you
with research-supported tools, including approaches such as:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Gottman Couples Therapy
Adlerian Play and Sand Tray Therapy
Somatic Therapies, including Trauma-Responsive Yoga and Somatic Experiencing
Therapy services begin with an initial intake assessment where you and
your therapist will explore your present concerns as well as history across
life domains. Your therapist will use this information to determine a
diagnosis and to work with you on goals for the therapy process, such
as developing coping skills, improving mood and life engagement, strengthening
relationships, or healing past trauma.
Therapy is typically provided by licensed social workers, mental health
counselors, or marriage and family therapists. Therapists hold a master’s
degree and complete additional training in specific interventions. Our
therapists work closely with medication management and community support
providers, as well as any other supports that you feel are appropriate,
such as school staff or faith leaders.
Myrtue Mental Health Center offers movement therapy groups to strengthen
your mind-body connection for healing and wholeness.
Begin with an individual session to prepare for group
Small closed groups for privacy
Dress for comfort
Mats available or you can bring your own
Movement Therapy helps to mend and transform your nervous system. In this
therapy group, you will learn the protective patterns of your nervous
system, how to track the felt sensations throughout your body, and how
to reprogram old stuck patterns. These stuck patterns can lead to physical
illness, anger, irritability, rapidly fluctuating moods, aggression, and
avoidance. In addition to learning the science of the nervous system,
you will learn movement and breath techniques that aid in the release
of the stuck patterns and associated trauma while healing the body and mind.
Groups specializing in regulating stress and emotions, supporting addiction
recovery, and addressing body image and disordered eating
Sessions located at Myrtue Mental Health Center
This class is covered by insurance as it is billed under group therapy.
Helping kids become more calm, curious, + connected:
Tailored groups for children and teens
Evidenced-based tools to manage anger and anxiety, behavior challenges,
and stressful experiences
Groups run for 8 weeks with take-home resources and support for parents
Scholarships are available to help with out of pocket costs, courtesy of
a generous grant from the
Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation
Research shows body-based strategies are essential for managing anger and
anxiety, behavior challenges, and stressful experiences. Movement Therapy
for Kids uses a variety of evidenced-based techniques to teach kids how
to feel safe, calm, and balanced. Kids learn movement and breathing practices
that help release stuck stress patterns and build a healthy body and mind.
Each family will have a pre-session for assessment and orientation, as
well as a re-assessment and follow-up session after the series ends.
Week 1: Learning to Listen to My Body
Week 2: My Body and I are Allies
Week 3: Understanding the Nervous System
Week 4: Moving Our Energy
Week 5: Recognizing and Moving Through Fight or Flight Response
Week 6: Recognizing and Releasing Freeze Response
Week 7: Recognizing and Shifting Shutdown Response
Week 8: Building my Resiliency
Starting Point Therapy Group
As Myrtue Mental Health Center transitions to our new location, our walk-in
therapy group Starting Point has paused until further notice.
We will relaunch group in 2026, so stay tuned for more information!
Learn how to use the five senses to shift out of stress response patterns
toward more calm and control
Identify how stress responses tend to distort our perceptions and how connecting
to the five senses helps the us access more accurate and helpful thoughts
Discover how using the five senses is helpful not only when our stress
system is activated but also any time we want to be more present
Build understanding of the body’s stress cycle and how movement helps
complete the stress cycle to move toward calm
Identify the body sensations that are a normal part of experiencing stress
and how the body initiates responses designed to help us get back to safety
and deal with stressors
Learn and practice movements to burn off stress energy, reduce tension
in the muscles, and reconnect us to the moment
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