Third-wave psychotherapies stand on the shoulders of decades of theory, research, and practice of “first-wave and second-wave behavioral and cognitive therapy.” The central shift in the third-wave is from a focus on what you think and feel to how you relate to what you think and feel. Examples of third-wave therapies are:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Helping you connect with what truly matters while developing a new relationship with difficult thoughts and feelings
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Building skills in mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness
• Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Developing present-moment awareness that creates space between triggers and responses 
• Process-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (PB-CBT): Contextual and functional understanding of patterns of thinking and behavior
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): Reframing trauma-related beliefs to support recovery
• Emotionally-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Understanding emotional patterns in relationships and fostering secure connection