Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
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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...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Basic premise: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is the most common gastrointestinal disorder, affecting up to 15% of adults worldwide. Lacking a...
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...
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies for Generalized Anxiety Disorder Status: Strong Research Support What does this mean? Description Cognitive and...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for adult ADHD
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adult ADHD Description Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for adult ADHD provides concrete strategies and skills...
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...
Mentalization-Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Mentalizing is the process by which we make sense of each other and ourselves, implicitly and explicitly, in terms...
Sleep Restriction Therapy for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support Sleep restriction therapy utilizes a form of systematic sleep deprivation in which a sleep window is established and...
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...
Transference-Focused Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder
Status: Strong/Controversial Research Support Transference-Focused Therapy (TFP) focuses on revealing the underlying causes of a patient's...