Timidity therapy: integrative models

Integrative Confusion: An Examination of Integrative Models in Couple and Family Therapy

Integrative Family Therapy

This paper describes an integrative approach to marital and family therapy in which psychodynamic (particularly object relations), family systems, and behavioral (particularly cognitive–behavioral) theory are blended in a flexible and tailored therapeutic approach. Human personality in its most significant contexts is a consistent focus. Background factors in the development to the approach and...

Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) as a third-wave therapy.

BACKGROUND This article presents a description of the Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT), and puts forwards its contributions, its techniques and progress, the research data on its usefulness compared to traditional behavioral couple therapy, and explains basically its articulation in third-wave behavior therapies using the concepts of functionality, rule-governed/contingency-shaped b...

Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Therapy (AMBIT):

Background: ‘Hard to reach’ young people are associated by virtue of their serious, multiple and complex needs, the difficulty of delivering effective help to them, and their poor long-term outcomes. There is a lack of published evidence relating to the effectiveness of interventions directed at this group. Methods We review these concerns, and the options available to service commissioners and...

Integrative Response Therapy for Binge Eating Disorder.

Binge Eating Disorder (BED), a chronic condition characterized by eating disorder psychopathology and physical and social disability, represents a significant public health problem. Guided Self Help (GSH) treatments for BED appear promising and may be more readily disseminable to mental health care providers, accessible to patients, and cost-effective than existing, efficacious BED specialty tr...