Psychological services are provided by Dr. Avery Bratt, a Kansas and Missouri Licensed Psychologist. Most major Insurances are accepted. Avery takes a life-span developmental approach, offering a full range of counseling and assessment services to individuals throughout the life-span. Although offering a general clinical psychology practice and providing services that address the full clinical spectrum, Avery especially welcomes those with addictions, anxiety and mood disorders, neuropsychological conditions and veteran/trauma exposure issues.
Counseling services include Individual, Couples, Family and Group Therapy. Educational groups and consultation are offered on an as needed basis.
Assessments include diagnostic interviews, forensic evaluations, intellectual assessments, neuropsychological evaluations and personality assessment . Dementia and attention deficit spectrum testing is also available.
Specialized Services:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR):
Although EMDR was originally developed to alleviate the anxiety and distress associated with traumatic memories, it has now evolved into an integrative approach that can be used across the clinical spectrum. The model suggests that information related to traumatic or distressing experience is not fully processed by the nervous system, and that it is this incomplete processing that leads to dysfunctional reactions and are the cause of many disorders. EMDR is thought to facilitate proper and thorough processing, leading to new learning, elimination of emotional distress, and the development of new insights and adaptive living. This is an information processing approach grounded in neuropsychological theory; the efficiency of the approach is consistently supported by research.
- Hypnotherapy:
Although there is no coherent, comprehensive or inclusive theory or definition of hypnosis, it is generally acceptable to refer to hypnotic trance as a heightened state of relaxation and suggestibility in which the subconscious mind is receptive to positive thoughts and suggestions. Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis to the therapeutic process and is generally used to elicit new interpretations of experience, resulting in greater flexibility and choice.
