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Patient-type | Focus | ||
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Short-term | |||
Persistent maladaptive thoughts, avoidance behavior, must able to participate in weekly homework | Identify and challenge maladaptive thoughts, change emotions and behavior coming from thoughts, behaviorial techniques: breathing, exposure, goal-setting, visualization | ||
Relationship conflicts, life-role transitions, grief | “The here and now,” current relationships and conflicts. Specifically indicated for individuals with a major depressive episode. | ||
Variable-term | |||
Borderline personality, self-harming | Acceptance and change, emotional regulation, mindfulness, distress tolerance, manage self-harm, group therapy | ||
Substance use disorders | Address ambivalence to change, non-judgmental, enhance motivation to change, acknowledge resistance | ||
Disruptive behaviour in children, eating disorders, schizophrenia | Family therapy is a multi person modality for when psychological symptoms are exacerbated by interpersonal interactions within the family | ||
Lower functioning, in crisis, psychotic, cognitively impaired | Therapist is the guide, reinforce coping skills, listen and foster understanding, build up adaptive defense mechanisms | ||
Long-term | |||
Higher functioning, persistent patterns of dysfunction, more neurotic | Unconscious conflicts cause symptoms, explore past relationship/conflicts, use transference, break down defense mechanisms | ||
Other | |||
Anyone | Noticing the present, focusing on breathing and relaxation | ||
Anyone | A mindfulness-based therapy that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behaviour change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. | ||
Anyone | An approach to therapy for patients presenting with trauma-related symptoms |
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