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At Rogers we believe in evidence-based care. We use therapeutic methods that research has proven to be the most effective for reducing symptoms. Depending on the level of care and diagnosis, patients may engage in:
Patients may encounter additional types of therapy while in treatment, but these form the foundation of care at Rogers. We work with patients in group, one-on-one and family therapy sessions.
DBT is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) originally developed by Marsha Linehan. DBT is useful for someone having difficulty regulating emotions or challenged by depression, bipolar disorders and other mood disorders, and eating disorders.
Staff help patients learn how to accept uncomfortable or opposing thoughts and emotions, but also help patients realize where they have room for change.
DBT-informed skills you may develop in treatment include:
DBT helps patients increase compassionate, non-judgmental acceptance of themselves while learning how to do better in managing their life. It helps patients react in a wiser, more effective manner, even if feeling distressed.
DBT and DBT-informed skills are part of an increasing number of programs at Rogers, with a high level of fidelity, or compliance, being demonstrated in programs like our Nashotah Center for DBT Female Adolescent residential care.
As a treatment for depression and other mood disorders, behavioral activation is based on the theory that, as someone becomes depressed, you tend to increase avoidance and isolation, which serves to maintain or worsen your symptoms.
Our goal is to gradually decrease a patient's avoidance and isolation and increase their engagement in activities which improve mood. This can include activities enjoyed before becoming depressed, activities related to a person's values or even everyday items that get pushed aside such as:
This therapy often includes keeping a record of activities to better understand patterns and identify behaviors that help improve mood.
Additional strategies may help to gain the necessary skills to do various tasks and work toward goals while also managing uncomfortable emotions that may arise during activities when feeling depressed. Patients move on to increasingly challenging activities as they experience improvements in mood. We also work with to improve sleep and diet patterns which are often impacted by periods of depression.
ERP is a component of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and considered the “treatment of choice” for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Also useful for treating other mental health conditions, such as phobias, panic disorders, generalized anxiety disorders and social anxieties, ERP is a key component of care for eating disorders at Rogers. This method gradually exposes a patient to feared thoughts, images or impulses and outcome studies show its effectiveness in reducing anxiety and distress over time.
Someone suffering from OCD experiences obsessions and compulsions. An obsession refers to a feared, oftentimes unrealistic situation that causes anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors used to reduce the anxiety brought on by the obsession. ERP helps you gradually confront obsessions and compulsions using:
The goal of ERP is to be exposed to a feared situation while avoiding the compulsive behavior long enough that the anxiety decreases. For example, if you have to get out of your car every time you run over a pothole because you’re afraid you’ve hit someone, the treatment team may ask you drive down bumpy roads for longer and longer intervals each time, without checking your car. Over time, you realize you can drive safely and the likelihood that you’ve hit someone is very slim.
This way of reducing anxiety is called habituation. Habituation is important because it’s the point at which someone no longer needs their impulsive behavior to reduce their anxiety. You know that if you sit with your anxiety long enough, it will decrease on its own.
Prolonged exposure is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) which helps people with trauma (posttraumatic stress disorder) process single or multiple traumas or continuous trauma and reduce symptoms. The technique is also useful for decreasing depression, anger, and general anxiety.
After experiencing a traumatic event, a person's brain goes into a survival mode and tries to protect them by recognizing possible threats related to the trauma, ensuring the trauma won’t occur again. These threats may include people, places or anything else that reminds the person of the trauma-inducing event.
Through individual therapy and assignments, prolonged exposure helps patients realize they can encounter stimuli that reminds them of the traumatic accident, assault, natural disaster or other event without fear. It also allows them to change their experiences with the event and find safety in their environment.
With prolonged exposure, patients learn:
Patients manage the pace of their treatment and gradually take the steps they're ready to make. Many people who participate in prolonged exposure treatment show significant symptom reduction.
Also known as thought challenging, cognitive restructuring is a therapeutic technique which may be used to help identify negative thoughts. It’s common for those with depression, other mood disorders, or other mental illness to classify the world around them in negative ways. Our team will help evaluate the evidence for and against these thoughts so patients can follow realistic reasoning, rather than thoughts directed by their mental health challenges.
Part of DBT, mindfulness is a technique that helps decrease cycling negative thoughts, which may contribute to depression, other mood disorder, trauma, (posttraumatic stress disorder) or other mental health challenge. Once these thoughts are identified, patients are able to change their attention back to the present moment in a non-judgmental way.
This technique helps bring out a patient's own determination to create positive change and achieve lasting recovery. As in all Rogers treatment, patients must be self-motivated to be successful in and out of our care.
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