Mental Health Treatment in St. George, Utah
Skycloud Health provides an extensive range of mental health services tailored specifically for the residents of St. George, Utah. Our center is dedicated to addressing various mental health challenges, offering personalized treatment plans that encompass therapy, counseling, and holistic approaches. Our experienced team of professionals works closely with individuals to create a supportive environment that promotes healing and overall well-being. We are committed to enhancing the mental health landscape of St. George by delivering compassionate care and innovative treatment options to meet the diverse needs of our community.
Why Get Help for Mental Health
Throughout St. George, Utah, residents have seen high and stable levels of depression and anxiety in particular with many adults reporting more than seven bad days in terms of mental health levels in the last month.
These rates have led to higher levels of substance abuse and suicide particularly among older adults. However, finding help might not be accessible to people in remote areas. That is why Skycloud offers flexible in person and online services.
Finding Mental Health St. George Utah Treatment
At Skycloud, our goal, whether through in-person or virtual therapy, is to help you access the best possible care, which includes:
- DBT
- CBT
- EMDR
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma Processing Therapies
During your initial intake we will work with you to review the current struggles you have and the goals you have in mind and from there, generate a personalized treatment plan with the most successful therapies.
When you start any of these therapy sessions you can expect a combination of individual or group therapy.
Individual
Individual sessions are typically 50 minutes, with a one-on-one, private setting led by a licensed professional. Sessions will start with a quick check-in on your current status, how you are doing, what you did since the last session, and maybe a quick review of any homework you were assigned.
Group
Group sessions can be up to 90 minutes, led by a mental health professional in a group setting. These sessions typically have a goal or an overarching purpose, which is facilitated by the group leader but allows for an opportunity to discuss practical advice, coping mechanisms, setbacks, and other aspects related to managing a mental health disorder.
CBT
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a highly effective form of treatment, one that is an evidence-based approach to treating a wide range of mental health disorders. A big part of that efficacy comes from the fact that it empowers clients, gives them the tools they need to catch negative automatic thoughts, challenge the validity of those thoughts, and then use practical techniques and tools to change them.
- Focus: Helping to restructure negative thought patterns to manage emotional distress
- Techniques: Building coping skills, catching and challenging negative thoughts, practicing new behaviors
- Best for: PTSD, OCD, anxiety, and depression
- Average Length of Outpatient Treatment: 12 weeks
CBT approaches help individuals pause when they are stressed, depressed, anxious, triggered, overwhelmed, or experiencing other negative states, and turn to positive coping mechanisms instead of maladaptive behaviors.
DBT
Dialectical behavioral therapy is another popular form of treatment, used more for slightly more severe conditions compared to CBT. The focus here is more on acceptance of difficult situations and learning to regulate emotions that are triggered by those difficult situations.
- Focus: Helping to accept difficult or challenging emotions/situations and build distress tolerance
- Techniques: Mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and social skills
- Best for: Borderline personality disorder, emotional dysregulation, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and depression
- Average Length of Outpatient Treatment: 12 weeks
DBT approaches help individuals build distress tolerance so that symptoms of a severe mental health disorder or triggering situations don’t cause things like emotional outbursts, severe emotional discomfort, or maladaptive behaviors.
EMDR
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is the most prominent form of treatment for PTSD, used by the WHO and the Department of Veterans Affairs. It differs from other trauma treatments in that it doesn’t require you to sit in a room and talk about your traumatic experiences with another therapist or even a group.
- Focus: Helping to naturally heal from trauma with eye movements and stimulation
- Techniques: Rapid eye movements and recall
- Best for: Individuals with unresolved trauma, PTSD, phobias, depression, and anxiety
- Average Length of Outpatient Treatment: Between 8 and 12 sessions for single incidents, up to several months for multiple incidents
EMDR approaches help individuals reprocess and correctly store memories associated with traumatic events to do away with repeated triggers and re-traumatization. For this form of care, individuals follow certain eye movements while recalling the details of a traumatic event but not having to share them out loud.
Somatic Therapy
Somatic therapy focuses on the connection between your mind and your body, things like your ability to control thoughts with proper breathing and mindfulness or to release tension that encourages unwanted negative thoughts.
- Focus: The mind-body connection
- Techniques: Breathwork, movement, and mindfulness
- Best for: Individuals with unresolved trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, chronic pain, stress and burnout
- Average Length of Outpatient Treatment: Between 8 and 12 sessions
At our facility, the somatic therapy you use might help you with breath work, teaching you to avoid the short, oxygen depriving breathing that people tend to use when they are anxious, breathing from the shoulders and the clavicle. You might learn to recognize when you are using clavicular breathing, as it is called and mindfully replace it with deeper breathing to help calm your nervous system, your blood pressure, and your thoughts.
Trauma Processing Therapies
Trauma-processing therapies come in many forms but they are all designed to help individuals process traumatic events and work on resolving the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated with those negative events. Our transgender affirmative care can help those who have a history of bullying or traumatic experiences process those events and move forward.
- Focus: Helping to understand and process trauma as it relates to feelings, thoughts, and actions
- Techniques: CBT to challenge negative thoughts, EMDR to help process traumatic memories
- Best for: Individuals with unresolved trauma or PTSD
- Average Length of Outpatient Treatment: Between 12 and 15 weeks
The trauma therapies we provide help you process unwanted negative emotions and can take many forms and durations based on factors like the number of traumatic incidents you have and any other mental health conditions with which you are struggling.
St. George Mental Health Treatment Services
Don’t wait to get help. While mental health St. George Utah treatment might be limited, Skycloud offers flexible and virtual services that make it easier than ever to get the care you need. With our therapy St. George residents can enjoy access to flexible outpatient programs with a personalized touch including LGBTQIA+ affirmative care and transgender affirmative care.
Call us at (503) 967-2476 to start your intake and find the right therapy today.
