Basic premise: A subset of individuals experience emotions more intensely than others. In order to regulate heightened emotions, they tend to react...
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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...
Relaxation Training for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Basic premise: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) is attachment based and conceptualizes the negative, rigid interaction patterns and...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa
Status: Modest Research Support for Post-Hospitalization Relapse Prevention Status: Controversial for Acute Weight Gain Cognitive Behavioral Therapy...
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Psychosis
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a behavioral therapy that is based on Relational Frame Theory, a theory of how human language influences...
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorders
Behavioral Couples Therapy for Alcohol use Disorders (ABCT) is an outpatient treatment for individuals with alcohol use disorders and their intimate...
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...
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...
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...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Basic premise: The underlying premise assumes that patients with OCD experience distorted, dysfunctional thoughts about themselves, the world, and...
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...