Status: Information under development; update pending. Please refer to APA's Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of PTSD. Description...
Psychological Treatments Archive (Chambless)
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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...
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...
Stress Inoculation Training for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Status: Modest Research Support Stress Inoculation Training involves teaching coping skills to manage stress and anxiety. This may include training...
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...
Relaxation Training for Insomnia
Status: Strong Research Support In relaxation-based treatments, patients are taught formal exercises focused on reducing somatic tension (e.g.,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...