Treatment Modalities
Evidence-Based Treatments
ACT
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically-based psychological intervention that uses willingness and mindfulness strategies, together with values clarification and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility.
ACT is an evidence-based therapy for depression, anxiety, and chronic pain, as well as providing a workable approach to navigate many less formal stressors.
Read more about ACT in WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/02/19/act-therapy-techniques/
Or at Psychology Today:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy
PRT
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is an emerging evidence-based therapy for chronic pain, as well as other chronic neurological symptoms (dizziness, fatigue, and many more).
Read more about PRT in WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/15/chronic-pain-brain-plasticity/
Or in JAMA Psychiatry:
Download PRT Academic Journal Article
CPT for PTSD
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is an evidence-based, cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In approximately 12 sessions, patients learn to identify trauma-altered beliefs and to reappraise overactive threat signals.
Read/watch more about CPT for PTSD at the National Center for PTSD: https://www.ptsd.va.gov/understand_tx/cognitive_processing.asp
Or listen to an NPR "This American Life" about CPT: