Status: Modest Research Support/Controversial Psychoanalytic treatment for panic disorder attempts to uncover the unconscious psychological meaning...
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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:...
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:...
Relaxation Training for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Disorders of Overcontrol
Basic premise: Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy or RO DBT significantly differs from other treatment approaches, most notably by linking...
Systematic Treatment Selection for General Outpatient Populations
Basic premise: STS is an evidence based treatment that uses empirical principles to compile an integrated treatment plan to identify procedures that...
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;...
Biofeedback-Based Treatments for Insomnia
Status: Modest Research Support Biofeedback is a training technique that conveys information about a patients’ bodily functions that are typically...
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...
Behavioral Weight Management
Basic premise: Eating and activity behaviors are reinforced by cues and consequences that can be internal (e.g., thoughts and feelings) or external...
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;...