Treatments

 TreatmentDescription
Women-12-StepA Woman's Way Through the 12 StepsA Woman's Way Through the 12 Steps (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW)- Designed for use with women in residential and outpatient treatment programs, as well as mental health and criminal justice settings.
ARTAccelerated Resolution TherapyAccelerated Resolution Therapy (ART - Laney Rosenzwieg, LMFT)- The treatment program incorporates memory visualization techniques that are enhanced by the use of horizontal eye movements, as well as memory reconsolidation, a way in which new information is incorporated into existing memories.
ARCAttachment, Self-Regulation and CompetencyAttachment, Self-Regulation and Competency (ARC - Margaret Blaustein, PhD and Kristine Kinniburgh, LICSW)- A flexible, components-based intervention developed for children and adolescents who have experienced complex trauma, along with their caregiving systems.
Beyond-AngerBeyond Anger and ViolenceBeyond Anger and Violence (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW)- A manualized curriculum for women who are struggling with the issue of anger and who are in community settings (outpatient and residential substance abuse treatment programs, domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, etc.)
Beyond-TraumaBeyond TraumaBeyond Trauma (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW)- A 12 session manualized curriculum that incorporates the insights of neuroscience with the latest understanding of the connection between addiction, trauma and PTSD.
Beyond-ViolenceBeyond ViolenceBeyond Violence (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW)- An evidence-based manualized curriculum for women in criminal justice settings (jails, prisons, and community corrections) with histories of aggression and/or violence. It deals with the violence and trauma they have experienced, as well as the violence they may have perpetrated.
CPTCognitive Processing TherapyCognitive processing therapy (CPT) is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that has been effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD that have developed after experiencing a variety of traumatic events including child abuse, combat, rape and natural disasters. CPT is generally delivered over 12 sessions and helps patients learn how to challenge and modify unhelpful beliefs related to the trauma. In so doing, the patient creates a new understanding and conceptualization of the traumatic event so that it reduces its ongoing negative effects on current life. This treatment is strongly recommended for the treatment of PTSD.
Dialect-BehaviorDialectical Behavior TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (Marsha Linehan, PhD)- A modified type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others.
Explor-TraumaExploring Trauma: A Brief Intervention for MenExploring Trauma: A Brief Intervention for Men (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW)- Focus on the three core things that both staff and clients need: an understanding of what trauma is, its process, and its impact on both the inner self (thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values) and the outer self (behavior and relationships).
EMDREye Movement Desensitization and ReprocessingEye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR - Francine Shapiro, PhD) - Individual- A psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences.
Healing-TraumaHealing Trauma: A Brief Intervention for WomenHealing Trauma: A Brief Intervention for Women (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW)- A understanding of what trauma is, its process, and its impact on both the inner self (thoughts, feelings, beliefs, values) and the outer self (behavior and relationships). The session topics include: the process of trauma, power and abuse, grounding and self-soothing, and healthy relationships.
Help-Men-RecoverHelping Men RecoverHelping Men Recover (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW) - Group- A gender-based, trauma-informed treatment program for substance use disorders that has been expanded to twenty-one sessions, focuses on issues of abuse and trauma.
Help-Women-RecoverHelping Women RecoverHelping Women Recover (Stephanie Covington, PhD, LCSW) - Group- An evidence-based program that integrates theories of women’s psychological development, trauma, and addiction to meet the needs of women with addictive disorder.
LGBTQ+ TREMLGBTQ+ Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model 
M-TREMM-Trauma Recovery and Empowerment ModelMen's Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (M-TREM - Community Connections)- A 24 session trauma recovery process for male survivors, with focus on abuse and the connections between trauma and psychological symptoms, addictive behavior and relationship patterns. Along with developing recovery skills.
NFBNeurofeedbackNeurofeedback- Neurofeedback is a method that assists subjects to control their brain waves consciously. The electroencephalography (EEG) is recorded during the neurofeedback treatment. Then, its various components are extracted and fed to subjects using online feedback loop in the form of audio, video or a combination of the two.
Seeking-SafetySeeking SafetySeeking Safety (Lisa Najavits, PhD)- An evidence-based, present-focused counseling model to help people attain safety from trauma and/or substance abuse. It can be conducted in group (any size) and/or individual modality. It is an extremely safe model as it directly addresses both trauma and addiction, but without requiring clients to delve into the trauma narrative (the detailed account of disturbing trauma memories), thus making it relevant to a very broad range of clients and easy to implement.
Seeking Safety - MenSeeking Safety - Men Only 
Seeking Safety - WomSeeking Safety - Women Only 
TISTTrauma Informed Stabilization TherapyTrauma Informed Stabilization Therapy (TIST - Janina Fisher, PhD)- TIST offers a treatment approach that integrates mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, ego state techniques, and Internal Family Systems. It has been used successfully to address the challenges of treating individuals with diagnoses of complex PTSD, borderline personality, bipolar disorder, addictive and eating disorders, and dissociative disorders.
TREMTrauma Recovery and Empowerment ModelTrauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM - Maxine Harris)- A manualized 24- to 29-session group intervention for women who survived trauma and have substance use and/or mental health conditions. This model draws on cognitive–behavioral, skills training, and psychoeducational techniques to address recovery and healing from sexual, physical, and emotional abuse.
Trauma-Focused PsychTrauma-Focused PsychotherapyDirect, trauma-centered psychotherapy method that focuses on the immediate and detailed acknowledgement of experienced harm. Through the identification of schemas that were developed in states of intense activation, clients become more aware of the negative patterns of behavior that are impacting them in the present.