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What Is and Is Not a Psychological Treatment?

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Psychiatric medications, for example, might address psychological problems but are obviously not psychological treatments. Is the founder and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at The Institute of Living and an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. About the Authors David F. Tolin, Ph.D. ,

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Psychotherapy research in the 21st century

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Buss, BS; Robinson De Jesús-Romero, BA, MsC; Allison Peipert, BS; Isabella Starvaggi, BS Psychotherapy research in the 21st century Mental disorders account for a substantial proportion of the disability attributable to health conditions (Whiteford et al., 2014), positive psychotherapy (Lopez-Gomez et al., 76, Issue 1.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth Anxiety: An Overview and Future Directions

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), deemed a “well-established” intervention for the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety (Hollon & Beck, 2013), typically addresses anxiety using a two-pronged approach. However, clinicians can also inadvertently engage in accommodating behaviors within session. 2005; Peris et al.,

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Positive Autobiographical Memories in the Context of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

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PTSD is characterized by intrusive thoughts and trauma-related memories, avoidance of trauma-related triggers, maladaptive changes in thinking and affective processes, and alterations in arousal and reactivity (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Engaging in positive behavioral activities may also help them create more positive memories.

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Identifying Mechanisms of Change in Clinical Supervision

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When attending national academic conferences in psychology, it is hard not to hear mention of mechanisms of change in psychotherapy. Alan Kazdin’s 2007 article, Mediators and Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy Research, still has lasting effects on the way psychologists think about therapy today. 2013; Cha et al., Gibbons, M.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

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As mental health providers within an institution, we must continue engaging in community outreach to erase treatment gaps. Ethnoracial status, intersectionality with gender, and psychotherapy utilization, retention, and outcomes. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, & Practice, 52(3), 308–314. TARGET ARTICLE Joiner, T.

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Harnessing cultural identity as a protective factor in minority mental health: Applications to children and families

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Consider the following case example: a 12-year-old Hispanic girl, Rosa, presents to cognitive behavioral treatment for anxiety problems. American Psychiatric Association. Rosa specifically reports significant worries about her Spanish accent in her predominately English-speaking school (e.g., “my References Cited. Cultural formulation.