Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
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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:...
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...
Self-Management/Self-Control Therapy for Depression
Status: Strong Research Support Self-Management/Self-Control Therapy is a behavioral therapy that is based on Kanfer's (1970) model of self-control....
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...
Seeking Safety for Mixed Substance Use/Dependence
Status: Strong Research Support for Adults, Modest Research Support for Adolescents Seeking Safety is a present-focused, coping skills therapy to...
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...
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...
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...
Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Basic premise: Post-traumatic stress can be caused by exposure to war, natural disasters, sexual assault, physical and emotional abuse, accidents,...
Mom Power: Promoting Resilience in Mothers & Families
Basic premise: Mom Power is a Strong Roots program. Strong Roots programs support families through the difficulties of caring for young children....
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Basic premise: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) is attachment based and conceptualizes the negative, rigid interaction patterns and...