Cutting-edge, science-backed techniques adapted to your personal style of relating.
Evidence-Based Practice
Individual and couples therapy at my Arlington, VA office location, and/or online in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and 40 other states.
Evidence-based therapies use scientifically proven techniques to bring about desired change.
As a clinical psychologist, I am committed to using gold-standard treatment approaches when it makes sense to use them as well as regular evaluation of progress in order to achieve the best outcomes for my patients.
I am skilled in a number of evidence-based treatments, or protocols. These are treatment approaches that are targeted to a specific symptom set and have demonstrated efficacy in research trials.
After a thorough assessment and time to build rapport, we will make a mutual commitment to work toward a shared goal. We will collaboratively determine a treatment plan that takes into account how YOU best respond to treatment, because while there are treatment protocols that work, it goes without saying that every person is unique and there is not a "one-size fits all" therapy. We may, or may not, choose to work within one, or more, of the following treatment modalities:
Evidence-Based Treatments Provided:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Behavioral Activation for Depression
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive-Processing Therapy (CPT) for PTSD
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT; Skills only) for emotion regulation and interpersonal skills
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD
Integrative Behavioral Couples Therapy (IBCT)
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic Disorder
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Prolonged Exposure (PE) for PTSD
Schema-Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Couples
Skills Training for Affect and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR)
Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy
Written Exposure Therapy (WET)
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Evidence-based practice
What are the benefits of evidence-based therapies?
Evidence-based therapies, delivered by a skillful and experienced therapist, have the greatest likelihood of helping you reach your goals. Added bonus: evidence-based therapies will teach you new ways to solve your current problems, and these methods can be used for the rest of your life! This means that evidence-based therapies are designed to bring about long-term change - long after therapy ends.
What is evidence-based practice?
Selecting evidence-based therapies is an important part of overarching evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice includes selecting evidence-based therapies that work for treating specific problems, in addition to considering: 1) a patient’s cultural experience and how it might impact therapeutic interventions and outcomes, 2) a patient’s learning style and individual preferences for therapy, and 3) a therapist’s experience and expertise (a therapist should receive training in specific evidence-based therapies prior to delivering them).
Evidence-based psychological treatment is similar to physical therapy in some ways.
Both types of therapy are:
Focused on targeting specific problems
Time-limited
Designed to teach new ways of dealing with problems in therapy sessions
Often require short-term discomfort to achieve long-term change
Require clients to practice new skills at home between sessions
With evidence-based psychotherapy, you’ll learn ways to mange emotional pain and solve practical problems in your life right now. It’s a very engaging and active form of therapy.
“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.”
— B.B. King