Counseling Treatment Plans: Establishing Your Roadmap to Success
Counseling treatment plans are the road maps for guiding your change. Your therapist is responsible for working with you in developing your own unique plan. A good treatment plan respects your rights to self-determination and informed consent, and is the result of a collaborative effort between you and your therapist.Read more »
Evidenced-based Practice Is Good Therapy
Professionals working in medicine, psychology, public health, and a number of other fields conduct research to determine which interventions are consistently the most effective for a given diagnosis or condition. Evidenced-based practices represent the most ethical approach to treatment because of their proven track record in research.Read more »
Mindfulness-Based and Cognitive Therapy
If you are diagnosed with another psychological disorder, such as anxiety, panic, mood disorders and personality disorders, it is important to get treatment. Evidence-based psychological treatments include the mindfulness-based cognitive therapies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical-Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy and Emotion Focused Therapy. These are all helpful in treating a wide variety of psychological problems. Psychotropic medication may also be included as an adjunct to psychological treatment.Read more »
New, Emerging Brain Research and Therapy
Interpersonal Neurobiology, a term coined by Dr. Dan Siegel, studies the way the brain grows and is influenced by personal relationships. Recent studies have confirmed that we are hardwired to connect with one another, and we connect through our emotions. Our brains, bodies, and minds are inseparable from the emotions that animate them. When that connection fails, we experience significant distress.Read more »
Goals of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapies
- To become familiar with the workings of your mind
- To teach you to more quickly recognize when you are in distress, and to take action to soothe yourself in a real way to help you avoid downward mood spirals.
- To notice the times when you are at risk of getting caught up in the negative thinking that initiates downward mood spirals
- To explore ways of responding thoughtfully to those old habits and, if you choose, practicing learning to know yourself and the world in a more compassionate and kind way
- To notice small beauties and pleasures in the world around you instead of living in your head
- To be kind to yourself instead of wishing your life or things around you were different, or driving yourself to meet impossible goals
- To find a way so you don’t have to battle with yourself all the time
- To accept yourself as you are, and to feel safe and secure with who you are.
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