Psychoeducation
Therapies
Psychoeducation
The goal of psychoeducation is to help people with mental health conditions understand their diagnosis, learn to manage their symptoms, and thrive in spite of the condition. You’ll get a strong knowledge base that will help you be involved and adhere to treatment and have a sense of control through understanding of what you’re experiencing. Psychoeducation can provide you with tools to set your treatment goals, overcome challenges as you progress through therapy, and develop skills to deal with future problems and stressful situations.
Psychoeducation interventions are used to provide clients with critical information about different psychological concepts and mental health terms, their specific problems, and the relationships between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Most major therapeutic orientations, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, rely heavily on psychoeducation as part of treatment.
It can be scary, awkward, intimidating or otherwise uncomfortable to come into therapy...
Whether you’ve been in therapy before or it’s your first time in therapy. You are being challenged to be vulnerable, talk about potential shameful/embarrassing topics and share deep pain or discomfort. But if you break it down, it’s just a conversation. You can share as much or as little as you want at first but eventually you might want to share more. People who get the most out of therapy share intimate details and get honest about their difficulties.
I work with both adults of any age and teens over 16-years-old for individual therapy and couples of any age.
Lauren Cavanaugh
LICSW
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Encouraging and inspiring individuals and couples to transform their lives through meeting their goals and overcoming the obstacles that hold them back.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Psychoeducation
The goal of psychoeducation is to help people with mental health conditions understand their diagnosis, learn to manage their symptoms, and thrive in spite of the condition.