Evidence-Based Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy— CBT
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a widely employed, evidence-based therapeutic approach that centers on the connection of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The primary treatment objective is to modify maladaptive thinking patterns and beliefs contributing to emotional distress and unhelpful behaviors.
Exposure & Response Prevention— ERP
The gold standard treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) where clients confront distressing triggers through exposure and learn to change their responses to break the cycle of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy— ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a therapeutic approach that falls under the umbrella of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. ACT is designed to assist clients in accepting aspects beyond their control and guiding them to commit to behaviors aligned with their values to enhance and enrich their lives.
Inference-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy— I-CBT
A fairly new treatment for OCD, I-CBT is a form of cognitive-behavioral therapy that addresses the reasoning process that leads to obsessional doubt and inferential confusion.
Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics— CBIT
Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is a structured therapy that combines habit reversal training (HRT) with other behavioral strategies to help individuals manage and reduce the frequency and severity of their tic symptoms.
Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment— ComB
Comprehensive Behavioral Treatment (ComB), a treatment for Body Focused Repetitive Disorders, helps people to identify the unique pattern of various factors that serve to trigger and sustain these behaviors.