The Service Tree lists all services in "branched" groups, starting with the very general and moving to the very specific. Click on the name of any group name to see the sub-groups available within it. Click on a service code to see its details and the providers who offer that service.
Counseling Approaches
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Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that are based on the principle that most disorders are learned ways of behaving that are maladaptive and consequently can be best modified in more adaptive directions through relearning. Treatment focuses directly on modifying the individual's troublesome behaviors without reference to introspection, mental processes and contents, or analysis of the origins of the problem.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that treat thoughts and cognitions as behaviors which are amenable to behavioral procedures.
Programs that offer a form of therapy developed by Marsha M. Linehan that is designed especially for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) who are involved in self-cutting or other forms of self-mutilitation, have attempted suicide or have suicidal thoughts or exhibit other behaviors related to self-injury. Treatment involves individual therapy, a skills group, telephone contact and therapist consultation. The group skills training has four modules: core mindfulness skills, interpersonal effectiveness skills, emotion regulation skills and distress tolerance skills. The focus of the group sessions is on learning and practicing adaptive skills that are particularly relevant to the problems experienced by people with BPD. While originally developed for this population, dialectical behavior therapy has been used with people who have other types of emotional disorders.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions which focus on helping people relate to and resolve their problems and concerns in the context of their religious/spiritual beliefs. Services are typically provided by ministers, rabbis, priests, imams or lay representatives of a religious tradition who integrate modern psychological thought and methods with traditional religious training. Included are pastoral counseling programs which are offered in a variety of settings including pastoral counseling centers, inpatient and outpatient mental health facilities and in private practice; chaplaincy services where non-denominational clerics are attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, school, business, police department, fire department, university or private chapel; and other religious counseling disciplines.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that are based on the principles of Gestalt theory initially developed by Frederick Perls which suggest, in effect, that the proper subject matter for psychology is behavior and experience studied in wholes. Healthy personality functioning is seen as the patient's perception of experience in meaningful wholes, with fluid relationships existing between focal/figural experiences and background experiences. Emphasis is placed on attention, self-awareness, spontaneity of perception, involvement in experience, and overcoming gaps or distortions in experience that are believed to produce anxiety, compulsive behavior and loss of zest.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that are based on principles that are shared by a diverse group of schools which emphasize the importance of the therapeutic interpersonal relationship between the therapist and the client as the vehicle through which change is accomplished.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that are based on the theories of J.L. Moreno which hold that human beings maintain a series of roles in different situations such as a work role, a spousal role, a role with friends, and so forth. In each of these roles, the person adopts a comfortable and practical position which they then repeat, even in situations where it is not effective. The task of the therapist is to present the client with an imaginary situation and an opportunity to safely practice new approaches to that situation or to act out unconscious fantasies which the real world has not given them an opportunity to express.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that are based on any of the psychological systems that explain behavior in terms of motivational forces at the unconscious level. Therapy focuses on the mental and emotional forces or processes, especially those experienced and developed in early childhood, and their effects on the individual's past and current behavior and mental states.
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that are based on the theory developed by Albert Ellis that self-defeating thoughts and irrational beliefs and feelings underlie disordered behavior. RET therapists identify and vigorously challenge irrational thoughts and beliefs utilizing a technique called cognitive restructuring to alter maladaptive thought patterns and replace them with more adaptive cognitions.
Programs that specialize in providing task-oriented therapeutic interventions which focus on helping people resolve a particular problem in their lives as opposed to looking at the etiology of the problem, e.g., a personality disorder that may be an underlying causal factor. Therapy is generally relatively brief, focuses on practical suggestions for dealing with the issue and concludes when a strategy for approaching the problem has been agreed upon and the person's situation has been stabilized. Clients may return for a new series of brief therapy sessions on an as-needed basis if new problems surface.