Status: Modest Research Support Contingency management (CM) treatments evolved from basic behavioral research demonstrating that a behavior that is...
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Psychoanalytic Treatment for Panic Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support/Controversial Psychoanalytic treatment for panic disorder attempts to uncover the unconscious psychological meaning...
Present-Centered Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Status: Information under development; update pending. Please refer to APA's Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of PTSD. Description...
Relaxation Training for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic Disorder
Basic premise: Thoughts, feelings and behaviors are inter-related, so altering one can help to alleviate problems in another. Essence of therapy:...
Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Basic premise: repeated exposure to trauma-related thoughts, feelings, and situations can help reduce the power they have to cause distress Essence...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder
Basic premise: thoughts, feelings and behaviors are inter-related, so altering one can help to alleviate problems in another Essence of therapy:...
Cognitive Processing Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Basic premise: changing the content of cognitions about a trauma can impact emotional and behavioral responses to the trauma Essence of...
Stress Inoculation Training for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Stress Inoculation Training involves teaching coping skills to manage stress and anxiety. This may include training...
Seeking Safety for PTSD with Substance Use Disorder
Status: Strong Research Support Seeking Safety is a present-focused therapy to help people attain safety from trauma/PTSD and substance abuse. The...
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Basic premise: A subset of individuals experience emotions more intensely than others. In order to regulate heightened emotions, they tend to react...
Schema-Focused Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Schema Focused-Therapy (SFT) is an integrative approach founded on the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy...