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Treatments We Use
CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is probably one of the most commonly used forms of therapy. This involves recognizing the connections between your thoughts, actions, and feelings, and finding ways to make changes in the direction that you want to go. CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, insomnia, panic attacks, and other mental health conditions. Typically, CBT involves weekly sessions of about one hour in length, and you may meet for 12 or more sessions. CBT can be modified or tailored to meet your needs and is a fairly flexible therapeutic approach.
CPT
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a highly effective therapy for PTSD; it can also be helpful for other mental health conditions. CPT involves helping you identify your “stuck points” – unhelpful thoughts that keep you “stuck” in the cycle of PTSD without really recovering. CPT can feel intense at times, but PTSD is often very responsive to CPT. Typically, a “full course” of CPT involves about 10-12 sessions of weekly, one-hour appointments; we can always add or take away sessions as appropriate. There is also a way to do CPT in a more “condensed” version, where we meet daily for about two weeks; some clients are able to gain the full benefits of CPT in a shorter amount of time when we approach treatment this way.
ERP
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a therapy used in the treatment of OCD; it can also be helpful for certain phobias. This therapy will involve careful, preplanned, gradual exposures to the focus of OCD, while helping you learn how to stop yourself from acting on your compulsion. Clients experiencing OCD are often doubtful of their ability to control their compulsions, but find ERP to be surprisingly effective. An ERP treatment course usually involves weekly, one-hour appointments for as long as they seem appropriate, at which point we usually decrease the frequency of appointments gradually (moving to once every two weeks, once every three weeks, etc.). Some clients benefit from meeting more often than once per week, which is something we can discuss if it seems appropriate.
PE
Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy can be useful for some forms of PTSD, some phobias, and other mental health conditions. PE involves careful, preplanned, gradual exposure to things or thoughts that you are afraid of or are avoiding. This treatment is designed to help you build up your tolerance to these fears or avoidances, which can help you feel more in control of your life. PE can be a stand-alone treatment, or components of it can be folded into another treatment. A PE treatment course usually involves weekly, one-hour appointments for as long as they seem appropriate, at which point we usually decrease the frequency of appointments gradually (moving to once every two weeks, once every three weeks, etc.). Some clients benefit from meeting more often than once per week, which is something we can discuss if it seems appropriate.
BCBT
Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (BCBT) shares the same components of CBT, but is much more abbreviated. Typically, BCBT is used for clients at risk for suicide. When BCBT is used for decreasing suicide risk, it involves 10-12 weekly, one-hour appointments where we focus on keeping you alive, identifying the underlying reasons for wanting to die by suicide, and figuring out how to make changes that increase your desire for living. BCBT has a good track record for helping clients reduce their suicide risk and can feel very transformative.