Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) Therapists in East Central, Salt Lake City, UT
I tend to be solution-focused and strength-based, with a strong belief in mindfulness interventions to develop health and well-being.
Do you feel stressed out? Do you worry about how all this tension is impacting your health, relationships, and work? I specialize in evidenced-based therapy to reduce stress and develop healthy communication and connection in your relationships. My initial focus is providing a warm, supportive environment while getting to know your unique situation and concerns. After we agree on a direction for therapy, I tend to be relatively directive and engaged. I help people express emotions and build relationship skills. I work with professionals and students to develop effective stress-management strategies for work-life balance and peak performance.
I tend to be solution-focused and strength-based, with a strong belief in mindfulness interventions to develop health and well-being.
Do you feel stressed out? Do you worry about how all this tension is impacting your health, relationships, and work? I specialize in evidenced-based therapy to reduce stress and develop healthy communication and connection in your relationships. My initial focus is providing a warm, supportive environment while getting to know your unique situation and concerns. After we agree on a direction for therapy, I tend to be relatively directive and engaged. I help people express emotions and build relationship skills. I work with professionals and students to develop effective stress-management strategies for work-life balance and peak performance.
Carl Sallee
Psychologist, PsyD, LP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
I specialize in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which utilizes mindfulness, compassion, flexible thinking skills, and emotional acceptance to help people live fully in line with their values and get unstuck in life.
If you find yourself struggling with unwanted experiences (painful emotions or moods, intrusive thoughts, chronic physical pain, etc) and feel stuck, no longer enjoying life, or falling further away from being the kind of person you want to be, I am here to help. It is challenging to live a life worth living when you feel constantly side-lined, exhausted, or defeated by fighting the pain that the world throws at you. I will collaborate with you so you can create a purposeful, satisfying, and meaningful life by dropping this struggle and learning to whole-heartedly pursue what matters most to you with flexibility and commitment.
I specialize in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which utilizes mindfulness, compassion, flexible thinking skills, and emotional acceptance to help people live fully in line with their values and get unstuck in life.
If you find yourself struggling with unwanted experiences (painful emotions or moods, intrusive thoughts, chronic physical pain, etc) and feel stuck, no longer enjoying life, or falling further away from being the kind of person you want to be, I am here to help. It is challenging to live a life worth living when you feel constantly side-lined, exhausted, or defeated by fighting the pain that the world throws at you. I will collaborate with you so you can create a purposeful, satisfying, and meaningful life by dropping this struggle and learning to whole-heartedly pursue what matters most to you with flexibility and commitment.
Melinda Pettingill
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Waitlist for new clients
I specialize in relationship dynamics and use methods including Mindfulness, EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems work, Somatic Oriented Treatments, Trauma Informed Care and Attachment focused interventions to facilitate this healing process.
Throughout my experience as a psychotherapist I continue to see that mindful attention to our inner life yields healing and the ability to free ourselves from suffering. I'm committed to working with each individual's past and present experiences in order to understand the unique way each client interacts with themselves and the world around them. It is through this process of understanding and discovery, that we uncover options for enhancing and building a meaningful life.
I specialize in relationship dynamics and use methods including Mindfulness, EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems work, Somatic Oriented Treatments, Trauma Informed Care and Attachment focused interventions to facilitate this healing process.
Throughout my experience as a psychotherapist I continue to see that mindful attention to our inner life yields healing and the ability to free ourselves from suffering. I'm committed to working with each individual's past and present experiences in order to understand the unique way each client interacts with themselves and the world around them. It is through this process of understanding and discovery, that we uncover options for enhancing and building a meaningful life.
Amanda Cutler
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MA
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I also utilize mindfulness modalities, cognitive behavioral therapy, and clinical yoga, among other methods.
*ACCEPTING CLIENTS FOR GROUP THERAPY OR WAITLIST ONLY* Through the therapeutic process, you can release the pain that you carry and build a life that you enjoy. I am passionate about helping you heal. As a therapist, my primary focus is on the overall wellness and goals of my client. I use a client-centered approach while providing trauma-informed and evidence-based methods to help you achieve what is really important to you. Areas of specialty include trauma, anxiety, life transitions, coming of age issues, depression, attachment, relationship issues, grief, chronic illness and coping with stress and loss.
I also utilize mindfulness modalities, cognitive behavioral therapy, and clinical yoga, among other methods.
*ACCEPTING CLIENTS FOR GROUP THERAPY OR WAITLIST ONLY* Through the therapeutic process, you can release the pain that you carry and build a life that you enjoy. I am passionate about helping you heal. As a therapist, my primary focus is on the overall wellness and goals of my client. I use a client-centered approach while providing trauma-informed and evidence-based methods to help you achieve what is really important to you. Areas of specialty include trauma, anxiety, life transitions, coming of age issues, depression, attachment, relationship issues, grief, chronic illness and coping with stress and loss.
Deb Sylvester
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I use methods including mindfulness, Somatic EMDR,Jungian psychology, trauma-informed care, IFS/parts work, and attachment-based therapies to facilitate this discovery and healing process.
My practice is about creating and enhancing a meaningful life. Through a belief that our disturbances--about ourselves, others or life in general - lead us to the doorway of wholeness, we work together to unfold and recognize that essence.
I use methods including mindfulness, Somatic EMDR,Jungian psychology, trauma-informed care, IFS/parts work, and attachment-based therapies to facilitate this discovery and healing process.
My practice is about creating and enhancing a meaningful life. Through a belief that our disturbances--about ourselves, others or life in general - lead us to the doorway of wholeness, we work together to unfold and recognize that essence.
Melanie Turner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW`, CSW, LCSWA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 (Online Only)
I utilize and practice empowering, empathetic communication with strengths-based and client-centered interviewing approaches - and I incorporate holistic, evidence-based therapeutic modalities such as mindfulness/mindful movement, psychodynamic therapy (CBT/DBT), interpersonal/relational therapy, art and play therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
I am a client-centered, holistic, integrative, systemic, and mindfulness-based Social Worker who utilizes self and social/community empowerment to inspire intersectional healing and alignment. I have extensive personal and professional experience related to depression and anxiety, ADHD, LGBTQ(QIAAP+) and multicultural matters, social activism and allyship, complex trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, and domestic and interpersonal violence. I work alongside clients to create a greater sense of self-love and acceptance, helping to promote both immediate and long-term relief and change in their daily lives.
I utilize and practice empowering, empathetic communication with strengths-based and client-centered interviewing approaches - and I incorporate holistic, evidence-based therapeutic modalities such as mindfulness/mindful movement, psychodynamic therapy (CBT/DBT), interpersonal/relational therapy, art and play therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy.
I am a client-centered, holistic, integrative, systemic, and mindfulness-based Social Worker who utilizes self and social/community empowerment to inspire intersectional healing and alignment. I have extensive personal and professional experience related to depression and anxiety, ADHD, LGBTQ(QIAAP+) and multicultural matters, social activism and allyship, complex trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, and domestic and interpersonal violence. I work alongside clients to create a greater sense of self-love and acceptance, helping to promote both immediate and long-term relief and change in their daily lives.
Haley Choice-Tapia
Clinical Mental Health Counselor, MEd, CMHC
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I strive to create brave, affirming spaces free of shame for clients to design authentic lives and deepen connections with self and in relationships. I work from several evidence-based & trauma-informed therapy models and take a non-pathological approach. Together, we will look for experiences that have created patterns & explore how you have learned to connect with others. We will utilize somatic work, such as EMDR & expressive art, to learn how your body responds to life experiences & create more awareness of your subconscious. And we will apply mindfulness & parts work to practice self-compassion, acceptance, & empowerment.
I strive to create brave, affirming spaces free of shame for clients to design authentic lives and deepen connections with self and in relationships. I work from several evidence-based & trauma-informed therapy models and take a non-pathological approach. Together, we will look for experiences that have created patterns & explore how you have learned to connect with others. We will utilize somatic work, such as EMDR & expressive art, to learn how your body responds to life experiences & create more awareness of your subconscious. And we will apply mindfulness & parts work to practice self-compassion, acceptance, & empowerment.
Daniel Jake Martinez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
I specialize in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment, Solution Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness.
I work with youth, teens, young adults and couples to help through the challenges that life can throw at us all. I am a firm believer that inside all of us there is a person who wishes to be heard and affirmed. When we find this person we can find the strength to overcome difficult situations.
I specialize in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment, Solution Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness.
I work with youth, teens, young adults and couples to help through the challenges that life can throw at us all. I am a firm believer that inside all of us there is a person who wishes to be heard and affirmed. When we find this person we can find the strength to overcome difficult situations.
Adryon Burton Denmark
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I can provide you with a variety tools to free yourself from unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. I use research-supported techniques within a warm, transparent, and active therapeutic relationship. Specifically, my approach integrates mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral therapies within a neurobiological framework for understanding and optimizing wellness. I work with each client to increase awareness, acceptance, and compassion. My therapeutic style is open, authentic, and self-disclosing.
I can provide you with a variety tools to free yourself from unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. I use research-supported techniques within a warm, transparent, and active therapeutic relationship. Specifically, my approach integrates mindfulness-based and cognitive-behavioral therapies within a neurobiological framework for understanding and optimizing wellness. I work with each client to increase awareness, acceptance, and compassion. My therapeutic style is open, authentic, and self-disclosing.
Andrew Briefer
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
I use numerous proven therapy approaches, including attachment, Gottman therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based therapies in the therapy relationship to help you develop skills to achieve a grounded resilient happy connectedness.
I work extensively with adults, adolescents, couples and families addressing the challenges in creating a satisfying and meaningful life. Often times we can feel stuck in our lives, using emotion-regulation and relational skills that served us in the past. Like outdated software, these skills no longer serve us as we have matured, as our circumstances have changed or as we have developed relationships with others who bring a different relational culture. This sense of stuckness may lead to depression, anxiety, addictions, compulsions and/or relational difficulties that leads people to work with me.
I use numerous proven therapy approaches, including attachment, Gottman therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based therapies in the therapy relationship to help you develop skills to achieve a grounded resilient happy connectedness.
I work extensively with adults, adolescents, couples and families addressing the challenges in creating a satisfying and meaningful life. Often times we can feel stuck in our lives, using emotion-regulation and relational skills that served us in the past. Like outdated software, these skills no longer serve us as we have matured, as our circumstances have changed or as we have developed relationships with others who bring a different relational culture. This sense of stuckness may lead to depression, anxiety, addictions, compulsions and/or relational difficulties that leads people to work with me.
Life Skills Management Services LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MBA, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 (Online Only)
We are licensed in Utah, Oregon, Maine, Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Colorado. We currently offer telehealth and virtual therapeutic services. We work with individuals with a wide range of concerns including depression, mood disorders, family relations issues, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders. We combine different therapeutic approaches based on client's presenting concerns, goals, and motivation, such as, cognitive-behavioral, brief therapy, mindfulness, client-centered, solution-focused therapy.
We are licensed in Utah, Oregon, Maine, Minnesota, Florida, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina and Colorado. We currently offer telehealth and virtual therapeutic services. We work with individuals with a wide range of concerns including depression, mood disorders, family relations issues, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders. We combine different therapeutic approaches based on client's presenting concerns, goals, and motivation, such as, cognitive-behavioral, brief therapy, mindfulness, client-centered, solution-focused therapy.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I utilize a mindfulness based approach, CBT and DBT techniques and EMDR therapy while keeping in mind the influences of early life experiences through an attachment and psychodynamic lens.
I strive to create a safe and supportive relationship with my clients. My approach is collaborative, compassionate, playful and direct. I bring a mindful perspective to therapy and see most of life's transitions and struggles as opportunities for growth. I have been practicing for 20 years and love what I do.
I utilize a mindfulness based approach, CBT and DBT techniques and EMDR therapy while keeping in mind the influences of early life experiences through an attachment and psychodynamic lens.
I strive to create a safe and supportive relationship with my clients. My approach is collaborative, compassionate, playful and direct. I bring a mindful perspective to therapy and see most of life's transitions and struggles as opportunities for growth. I have been practicing for 20 years and love what I do.
I am also a 1000-Hour Certified Yoga Instructor with training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and we can utilize these strategies to help embody and deepen emotional growth.
I believe that people are the experts on themselves and that my role as a therapist is to provide a safe environment in which to facilitate personal exploration, growth, and healing. I use evidence-based strategies including mindfulness, meditation, and yoga with a variety of issues. I work from a client-centered approach to support your journey toward wholeness, empowerment, and the expression of your authentic self in the world. We will set mutual goals together to help you to become healthier and happier in your life, and to ensure that the therapeutic process is tailored to your individual needs.
I am also a 1000-Hour Certified Yoga Instructor with training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and we can utilize these strategies to help embody and deepen emotional growth.
I believe that people are the experts on themselves and that my role as a therapist is to provide a safe environment in which to facilitate personal exploration, growth, and healing. I use evidence-based strategies including mindfulness, meditation, and yoga with a variety of issues. I work from a client-centered approach to support your journey toward wholeness, empowerment, and the expression of your authentic self in the world. We will set mutual goals together to help you to become healthier and happier in your life, and to ensure that the therapeutic process is tailored to your individual needs.
Marguerite Anne Casale
Counselor, CMHC
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102 (Online Only)
I integrate evidence based practices and experiential modalities including a focus on Mindfulness, CBT, and DBT.
Sometimes we wake up and things don't feel right. Things that used to be easy aren't anymore. We might not like ourselves. We may be grieving, but don't know how to do so in a healthy way. We may feel like we've lost our way; and that things are out of control. We may feel sad, or hurt, angry, afraid, confused, alienated, or stuck and we don't know why or how to leave those feelings behind. We may have trouble regulating our emotions. We may feel alone. It takes courage to face challenges and move beyond them towards mental and emotional peace. Thank you for being so brave and taking this first step.
I integrate evidence based practices and experiential modalities including a focus on Mindfulness, CBT, and DBT.
Sometimes we wake up and things don't feel right. Things that used to be easy aren't anymore. We might not like ourselves. We may be grieving, but don't know how to do so in a healthy way. We may feel like we've lost our way; and that things are out of control. We may feel sad, or hurt, angry, afraid, confused, alienated, or stuck and we don't know why or how to leave those feelings behind. We may have trouble regulating our emotions. We may feel alone. It takes courage to face challenges and move beyond them towards mental and emotional peace. Thank you for being so brave and taking this first step.
Sarah Nelson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Specialized training includes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
My goal as a therapist is to help you live a more meaningful, vital and fulfilling life. Using mindfulness-based therapy, we will work together to help you gain a deeper level of awareness and understanding of yourself, process trauma, learn skills to reduce stress, handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively, break self-defeating habits, overcome insecurity and self-doubt, ease life transitions and experience more satisfying personal relationships.
Specialized training includes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
My goal as a therapist is to help you live a more meaningful, vital and fulfilling life. Using mindfulness-based therapy, we will work together to help you gain a deeper level of awareness and understanding of yourself, process trauma, learn skills to reduce stress, handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively, break self-defeating habits, overcome insecurity and self-doubt, ease life transitions and experience more satisfying personal relationships.
Ed Peterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I am also trained in Jungian Therapy, Addiction, and Mindfulness.
My credentials are: 1- Certified Supervisor and Therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy 2- Jungian Therapy 3- Addiction Therapy..We all want to live happy and passionate lives. Change is inevitable, but it can be hard. When you suffer from anxiety, depression, or addiction life will feel unmanageable. And, relationships can be so hard. We all want them but they can be so triggering. I believe therapy is a gift to your heart, mind, and soul. Therapy should be a tool to help you achieve the life what you want to live. I love what I do, and I look forward to speaking with you.
I am also trained in Jungian Therapy, Addiction, and Mindfulness.
My credentials are: 1- Certified Supervisor and Therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy 2- Jungian Therapy 3- Addiction Therapy..We all want to live happy and passionate lives. Change is inevitable, but it can be hard. When you suffer from anxiety, depression, or addiction life will feel unmanageable. And, relationships can be so hard. We all want them but they can be so triggering. I believe therapy is a gift to your heart, mind, and soul. Therapy should be a tool to help you achieve the life what you want to live. I love what I do, and I look forward to speaking with you.
Brent Pace
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Mindfulness is about learning to live in the moment and fully accepting life’s truths.
Few of us get through this life without experiencing some trauma. Yet we all have the capacity to experience post-traumatic growth with the help of therapist whose role is to remove barriers that prevent us from moving past our past. When clients leave my office they have improved capacity for facing life head-on. Finding the right therapist is about “fit,” which is about feeling affirmed and validated for who you are.
Mindfulness is about learning to live in the moment and fully accepting life’s truths.
Few of us get through this life without experiencing some trauma. Yet we all have the capacity to experience post-traumatic growth with the help of therapist whose role is to remove barriers that prevent us from moving past our past. When clients leave my office they have improved capacity for facing life head-on. Finding the right therapist is about “fit,” which is about feeling affirmed and validated for who you are.
Robert Bain
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Whether you are struggling with a challenging life transition, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma or addiction, I am interested in working with you to identify the source(s) of discord and give you the therapeutic tools necessary to grow beyond these challenges. I use a variety of methods to create lasting improvements including: cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness techniques, and EMDR. I adapt my style to best address your needs and ensure the most effective treatment for you. This can be an important time to overcome issues that have been holding you back from your true potential.
Whether you are struggling with a challenging life transition, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, trauma or addiction, I am interested in working with you to identify the source(s) of discord and give you the therapeutic tools necessary to grow beyond these challenges. I use a variety of methods to create lasting improvements including: cognitive behavioral therapy, psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness techniques, and EMDR. I adapt my style to best address your needs and ensure the most effective treatment for you. This can be an important time to overcome issues that have been holding you back from your true potential.
Sarah Birnbaum
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
I am a trauma-focused, mindfulness-based therapist with a strong relational approach.
I specialize in helping you to find a joyful, balanced, and grounded life. I believe the most effective route to change and healing is through connection - both within yourself and in relationships with others. Navigating transitions, relationships, and challenges can be complicated - and anxiety and depression make things difficult. In sessions we address painful feelings and experiences, resulting in increased happiness and better relationships. We will work together to uncover your authentic self, build tools to create change, and tune into your innate resiliency.
I am a trauma-focused, mindfulness-based therapist with a strong relational approach.
I specialize in helping you to find a joyful, balanced, and grounded life. I believe the most effective route to change and healing is through connection - both within yourself and in relationships with others. Navigating transitions, relationships, and challenges can be complicated - and anxiety and depression make things difficult. In sessions we address painful feelings and experiences, resulting in increased happiness and better relationships. We will work together to uncover your authentic self, build tools to create change, and tune into your innate resiliency.
Xander Gordon
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified Verified
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Are you taking care of your mental health?! Self-care is a buzz word now especially since a global pandemic shocked us all out of complacency and feelings of safety. I believe mental health is a daily practice like diet, fitness, sleep and mindfulness that we all need regularly. An experienced guide and wellness partner can make all the difference! I have years of practice working with a very diverse population. As a gay man living in Utah I understand the challenges experienced by ‘unseen’ individuals and I have experience working with a varied group of individuals. Certified in Mind Body Medicine and EMDR. Trauma proficient.
Are you taking care of your mental health?! Self-care is a buzz word now especially since a global pandemic shocked us all out of complacency and feelings of safety. I believe mental health is a daily practice like diet, fitness, sleep and mindfulness that we all need regularly. An experienced guide and wellness partner can make all the difference! I have years of practice working with a very diverse population. As a gay man living in Utah I understand the challenges experienced by ‘unseen’ individuals and I have experience working with a varied group of individuals. Certified in Mind Body Medicine and EMDR. Trauma proficient.
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How does mindfulness-based cognitive therapy work?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy originated in the work of John Kabat-Zinn of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He developed mindfulness-based stress reduction, which is a technique found in yoga and meditation. MBCT is a combination of this type of stress reduction and cognitive behavioral therapy; it essentially quiets emotional distress through mindfulness, utilizing proper breathing and meditation. These techniques aim to bring the individual into the present moment when in a state of distress.
When do I know if I need treatment with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy?
If an individual’s mind is filled with emotional distress and general negativity, the person may feel trapped. A mindfulness-based cognitive therapist can help a person change their thinking patterns as well as their behavior through calm acceptance and compassion. This therapy can provide an individual with the coping skills needed for a healthier and more constructive life.
What should I expect from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy?
This therapy often takes place in group sessions. A therapist will work with the group as well as with each individual. Meditation and breathing exercises are core practices that aim to invite inquiry and discovery into a person’s troubled mental state. The objective is to identify and lessen negative thoughts and behaviors and move toward optimal health and productivity. The individual will see life in a more realistic way. This therapy is supportive, accepting, and warm.
Is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy effective?
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is evidence-based and effective. One study found that people with major depressive disorder have benefitted from this type of therapy; the person accepts their distressed thoughts and also moves into healthier patterns of thinking. This therapy also aims to move an individual away from automatic negative responses. This type of therapy can bring a person lifelong change, with higher levels of satisfaction, less stress, as well as positive emotional and behavioral habits.