CBTCognitive Behavioral Therapy
Anxiety · Depression
Noticing how thoughts, feelings, and behavior loop together — and gently changing the loop where it helps.
Our Approach
Less about being fixed, more about being met.
Stillwater began in 2015 with a quiet belief: that good therapy is less about being fixed and more about being met. We are a small collective of licensed clinicians who chose group practice so that finding the right therapist is the start of care, not a hurdle to it. We hold a calm, unhurried room — in person off Haywood Road and by secure telehealth across North Carolina — and we begin every relationship with a free fifteen-minute consultation, because fit matters more than anything we could say on a page.
The methods
Evidence-based, person-first.
We draw on approaches with real research behind them — and adapt them to you, not the other way around. You never have to know these names to benefit from them.
ACTAcceptance & Commitment Therapy
Anxiety · Burnout · Transitions
Making room for hard feelings instead of fighting them, and moving toward what genuinely matters to you.
EMDREye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing
Trauma · PTSD
Helping the brain reprocess painful memories so they lose their grip — paced carefully, always within your window of tolerance.
DBT skillsDialectical Behavior Therapy skills
Overwhelm · Emotion regulation
Concrete skills for riding intense emotions, staying grounded, and tolerating distress without it taking over.
IFSInternal Family Systems
Trauma · Self-worth · Patterns
Getting to know the different “parts” of you — the protectors, the critics, the wounded — with curiosity instead of judgment.
GottmanGottman Method (couples)
Couples
Research-based tools for conflict, friendship, and repair — building the small habits that keep a relationship steady.
EFTEmotionally Focused Therapy (couples)
Couples
Reaching the emotions and attachment needs underneath conflict, so partners can turn toward each other again.
What we hold to
A few promises.
Fit comes first
We start with a free 15-minute consult. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll gladly help you find someone who is.
Your pace, always
We never push faster than feels safe. You set the speed; we hold the space.
Evidence-based, person-first
We use approaches with real research behind them — and we adapt them to you, not the other way around.
Confidential & secure
What you share stays between us, within the narrow legal exceptions. Telehealth is HIPAA-compliant.
Clear about cost
You’ll have a Good Faith Estimate before care begins, and we’ll talk openly about fees and insurance.
Honest about outcomes
We won’t promise a cure. Many clients find real relief and change — and we’ll be honest with you the whole way.
Getting started
How it begins.
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Reach out
Use the fit-finder, send a message, or call. There’s no form you have to fill out perfectly — just a first hello.
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A free 15-minute consult
A short, no-pressure call to feel out fit, answer your questions, and see whether we’re the right place for you.
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Your first session
We’ll talk about what brings you in, at your pace. No need to have it all figured out — that’s what we’re here for.
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The ongoing work
Weekly or biweekly sessions, in person or by telehealth, adjusting as you go. You can pause or stop any time.