Therapy Types
Explore evidence-based psychotherapy and psychological treatment approaches used for mental health, emotional, behavioral, relationship, and psychiatric conditions. The appropriate treatment approach depends on a person’s needs, diagnosis, clinical history, preferences, and professional assessment.
Featured Therapy Types
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
A structured, time-limited psychotherapy that helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
A structured therapy combining cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help manage intense emotions and reduce self-destructive behavior.
Contingency Management
A behavioral treatment approach that provides tangible rewards or incentives to reinforce positive behaviors, such as abstinence from substance use.
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- Cognitive Adaptation Training
- Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Cognitive Remediation Therapy
- Cognitive Therapy
- Collaborative & Proactive Solutions
- Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT)
- Community Reinforcement Approach
- Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
- Contingency Management
- Couples Therapy