Basic premise: Post-traumatic stress can be caused by exposure to war, natural disasters, sexual assault, physical and emotional abuse, accidents,...
Psychological Treatments Archive (Chambless)
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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;...
Guided Self-Change for Mixed Substance Use/Dependence
Status: Modest Research Support Guided Self-Change (GSC) Treatment for substance use disorders integrates cognitive-behavioral, motivational...
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing 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 Eye...
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;...
Psychological Debriefing for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Status: No Research Support/Treatment is Potentially Harmful Psychological debriefing is a formal version of providing emotional and psychological...
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...
Smoking Cessation with Weight Gain Prevention
Status: Modest Research Support Smoking Cessation with Weight Gain Prevention is a cognitive behavioral treatment that fosters tobacco cessation...