Therapeutic Modalities

Biopsychosocial Assessment (approach)

Used to understand and treat mental health disorders.

Psychotherapy

Treatment of emotional problems and disorders using psychological techniques.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

This is a relatively short-term, focused psychotherapy for a wide range of psychological problems, including depression, anxiety, anger, marital conflict, fears, and substance abuse.

Family Therapy

Treatment of an entire family can help the individual members resolve and understand their conflicts and problems.

Group Therapy

In a group with a mental health professional leader as a neutral moderator, patients with similar problems gain insight into their own personalities through discussions and interaction with each other.

Hypnosis

A trance (state of altered consciousness) is created to help in recovery of deeply repressed memories.

Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy

This type of psychotherapy uses face-to-face discussion of life problems and associated feelings.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (ITP)

A relatively short-term approach for the treatment of depression.

Play Therapy

In this form of therapy, the child uses play with toys to express conflicts and feelings that they cannot communicate verbally.

Psychoanalysis

This long-term, intense psychotherapy seeks to influence behavior and resolve internal conflicts by allowing patients to bring their unconscious emotions to the surface.

Sex Therapy

This form of therapy can help people overcome sexual dysfunctions.

Supportive Psychotherapy

The therapist offers encouragement, support, it hope to patients facing difficult life transitions and events.