Why Our Community Trust Us
We believe healing happens in relationship, and that good care is built on a strong clinical foundation. Our work draws on advanced training in trauma treatment, psychological evaluation, and integrative care, so the support you receive is both clinically rigorous and attuned to who you are.
Center for Balanced Living provides trauma-informed therapy and psychological evaluation in Townsend, Delaware, and the surrounding Middletown area. This page outlines the clinical credentials and training behind our approach to assessment and treatment.
At a Glance
Credentials & Certifications
Select an area to learn what it means for your care.
A compassionate way of understanding the different parts of ourselves, and helping them work together with less conflict.
Certified EMDR Therapist & EMDRIA Approved Consultant
We are certified in EMDR and approved by EMDRIA to consult with other clinicians. EMDR helps the brain reprocess painful or stuck experiences, so trauma loses its grip and healing can move forward.
Certified Trauma-Focused CBT Therapist
For children and teens carrying the weight of trauma, we use TF-CBT, a structured, evidence-based approach that gently reduces symptoms and helps young people, and their families, find steadier ground.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
When emotions feel overwhelming, DBT offers concrete skills, regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and healthier connection, that make daily life more livable.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ACT helps when you feel stuck in avoidance or self-criticism. Together we build psychological flexibility and reconnect your daily choices with what matters most to you.
Certified through the Earth Body Institute
Some of the most grounding work happens in connection with the natural world. Our ecotherapy training brings nature-based practices into care to support reflection, regulation, and a felt sense of calm.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
MBSR training informs how we help clients notice inner experience, soften reactivity, and respond with more intention through present-moment practices.
Polyvagal-Informed Therapy
Polyvagal-informed care attends to the nervous system's role in safety and connection, helping you understand your body's responses and build a felt sense of regulation and safety.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
CPT is a structured, evidence-based therapy for PTSD that helps you examine and shift the stuck points trauma can leave in how you see yourself, others, and the world.
Additional Training & Integrative Approaches
The deeper toolkit we draw from to meet each person where they are.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
A gentle, tapping-based approach used alongside therapy to ease emotional distress and support regulation.
Trauma-Conscious Yoga (TCY)
Trauma-sensitive, body-based practices that support nervous-system regulation and reconnection with the body.
Somatic Psychology (SP)
Mind-body awareness brought into treatment, with attention to the nervous system and the embodied experience of stress and trauma.
Breathwork
Structured breathing practices that support grounding, regulation, and emotional awareness in the work of healing and growth.
Narrative Therapy
Helps clients separate from the problem and re-author the story they live by, drawing on their values, strengths, and lived experience.
Art & Movement Therapies
Expression beyond words, using creativity and the body to support processing, regulation, and self-understanding.
Curious Whether We're the Right Fit?
Let's start a conversation
Tell us what you're looking for, and we'll help you find the right next step. We usually reach out within 24-48 hours.