Therapy Modalities
Albuquerque Collaborative Therapeutics
Home
Therapy Modalities
Accepted Insurance
Make a Referral
Meet Our Staff
THERAPISTS
Feedback
Links
Other

Rainbow

* Behavior Therapy for Persons with Developmental Disability

Behavior therapy assists individuals in learning skills to live successfully in the least restrictive environments possible.  Therapists work to educate providers regarding the disability and specific interventions so that full community access and participation is always possible.

* Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy was developed by Marsha Linehan, Ph.D.  DBT is an evidence-based treatment initially utilized to treat persons with borderline personality disorder.  DBT has also been demonstrated to be effective in treating the depressed elderly, persons with eating-disorders and substance abuse.

 

ACT contracts with several individuals with advanced training in dialectical behavior therapy which is a treatment that, based on empirical research, has been successful in treating persons with borderline personality disorder.  DBT has been demonstrated to be effective in reducing suicidal and self harming behavior.  The agency is also utilizing this treatment model to assist individuals who are experiencing difficulty with mood dependent behavior and/or have difficulty modulating emotional responses, but who are not diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.  

 

DBT is a cognitive behavioral treatment that teaches skills to manage mood and emotions.  Skills taught include interpersonal effectiveness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.  Weaved into these skills are core mindfulness skills.

 

DBT is delivered in several modalities.  These include skills groups, individual DBT treatment, phone coaching and consultation to the therapist.

 

The inclusion criteria for DBT at Albuquerque Collaborative Therapeutics are the following:   

 

  • Problems with mood-dependant behavior
  • Difficulties modulating emotions.

 

A diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is not the only criteria for acceptance into DBT services. 

 

An effort is currently being undertaken to adapt dialectical behavior therapy to treat individuals with mild developmental disabilities. 

* Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive therapy focuses on the thoughts that contribute to and help maintain maladaptive behavioral responses.  In addition, cognitive therapy focuses on vulnerabilities to those thoughts and how they contribute to the maintenance of problem behavior.

 

Behavior therapy focuses on changing behaviors that do not contribute to a positive life.   

 

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a change strategy that effectively combines behavior therapy and cognitive therapy.