Status: Modest Research Support Biofeedback is a training technique that conveys information about a patients’ bodily functions that are typically...
Psychological Treatments Archive (Chambless)
Filter Results
Exposure Therapies for Specific Phobias
Status: Strong Research Support Exposure-based therapies reflect a variety of behavioral approaches that are all based on exposing the phobic...
Applied Relaxation for Panic Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Applied relaxation involves first identifying situations in which panic is likely, as well as early panic cues;...
Cognitive Therapy (CT) for Bipolar Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support for depression* and Modest Research Support for mania It is important to note that there are many manuals of...
Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy for Depression
The Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP; McCollough, 2000) is an integrative therapy for chronically depressed adults that...
Paradoxical Intention for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support Paradoxical intention is a cognitive technique that consists of persuading a patient to engage in his or her most...
Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), and MET plus CBT for Mixed Substance Use/Dependence
Status: Strong Research Support Motivational interviewing (MI) is a brief person-centered clinical method for strengthening clients' motivation for...
Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) for Bipolar Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support for depression Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy (IPSRT) is a modification of the Klerman and Weisman...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Mixed Anxiety Disorders
Basic premise: ACT is about both acceptance and change. Clients are encouraged to let go of the struggle to change unwanted thoughts and emotions;...
Short-Term Psychodynamic Therapy for Depression
Status: Modest Research Support In general, brief dynamic therapies for depression focus on increasing patients' awareness and insight about...
Self-System Therapy for Depression
Status: Modest Research Support Self-System Therapy (SST) is a brief, structured psychotherapy that is based on Higgin's (1997) regulatory focus...
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy for Depression
Status: Modest Research Support Rational emotive behavioral therapy (REBT) is a form of CBT developed by Albert Ellis (Ellis, 1994). Like other...