Status: Strong Research Support The main goal in stimulus control therapy is to reduce the anxiety or conditioned arousal individuals may feel when...
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Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression
Basic premise: Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for depression builds on Greenberg’s (2004) more general process-experiential approach that was...
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...
Cognitive Therapy for Depression
Basic premise: Aaron T. Beck’s cognitive theory of depression proposes that persons susceptible to depression develop inaccurate/unhelpful core...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain
Basic premise: By accepting and learning to live with pain, one can limit the control it exerts over his or her life. Essence of therapy: This...
Problem-Solving Therapy for Depression
Basic premise: the manner in which people historically and currently cope with extant stressful events via effective social problem solving may...
Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Depression
Basic premise: Depression often follows changes in one’s interpersonal environment (e.g., struggle with a significant other, loss of a loved one)....
Behavioral Activation for Depression
Basic premise: When people get depressed, they may increasingly disengage from their routines and withdraw from their environment. Over time, this...
Systematic Care for Bipolar Disorder
Status: Strong Research Support for Mania Systematic care consists of a system-level intervention and a group therapy component. At the system...
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...
Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa
Basic premise: Active and structured family involvement in the treatment of adolescents suffering from anorexia nervosa significantly increases the...
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...