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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders.CBT is an approach for which there is ample scientific evidence that the methods that have been developed actually produce change. In this manner, CBT differs from many other forms of psychological treatment.
- Learning to recognize one’s distortions in thinking that are creating problems, and then to reevaluate them.
- Gaining a better understanding of the behavior and motivation of others.
- Using problem-solving skills to cope with difficult situations.
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Exposure-Response Prevention (ERP)
ERP is a type of behavioral therapy that exposes people to situations that signal their obsessions and the resulting distress while helping them prevent their compulsive responses. When people don’t turn to compulsions, they learn how to accept their obsessions instead of acting to neutralize them.
- Eliminating rituals and avoidance that maintain the obsessions.
- Exposing individiuals to feared situations or images using a fear hierarchy established by the therapist and individual collaboratively.
- Assisting the client in improving their distress tolerance and habituating to feared thoughts and images.
Habit-Reversal Therapy (HRT)
Habit reversal training is a therapy that can be effective in treating troublesome behaviors caused by a number of conditions. One of these is Chronic Tic Disorder, which is characterized by physical or verbal tics, such as blinking, throat clearing, eye blinking. People dealing with symptoms of impulse control disorders, such as trichotillomania (hair-pulling) and skin picking, also may benefit from habit reversal training.
- Using awareness training to help teach the individual to identify when tics most frequently occur in their daily life.
- Establishing a detailed hierarchy of each tic and the underlying urges that occur.
- Practicing behaviors, "competing responses," that make engaging in the tic physically incompatible.
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy builds upon the principles of cognitive therapy by using techniques such as mindfulness meditation to teach people to consciously pay attention to their thoughts and feelings without placing any judgments upon them.
- Practicing guided or self-directed meditation that helps gain a greater awareness of the body, thoughts, and breathing.
- Mindfulness involves becoming more aware of the present moment.
- Learning relaxation techniques to manage feelings that cause distress.
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Fast & effective treatments
Each person is different and Dr. Stahl's customized approach, tailored to individual needs, allows Dr. Stahl to create achievable goals that are based on you or your child's lifestyle and emotional needs using research supported interventions. Dr. Lesley Stahl is commited to using state-of-the-art intervention tools to identify the most effective approach in working with your own condition.