Helpful Resources

The following resources give brief overviews of some of the therapeutic modalities we use. We hope you
find these articles informative and useful!

Family Based Therapy (FBT):

Family Based Therapy (FBT) is a leading, evidence-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. For more information:

• Mayo Clinic; Family-based therapy highly effective for more anorexia patients
  • https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/psychiatry-psychology/news/family-based-therapy-highly-effective-for-most-anorexia-patients/mac-20429934
• Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics; Family-based treatment of eating disorders in adolescents: current insights
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5459462/

Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT):

Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an evidence-based treatment that is especially effective in conjunction with Family Based Therapy, but is a useful modality for all family systems. For more information:

• Emotion-Focused Family Therapy
  • https://www.emotionfocusedfamilytherapy.org/
• Mental Health Foundations: Resources for Clinicians, Caregivers and Clients featuring EFFT and beyond
  • https://www.mentalhealthfoundations.ca/efft

Healing from Trauma:

There are multiple modalities proven effective for the treatment of trauma. These therapeutic orientations are evidence-based for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma related symptoms. For more information on these treatments:

• The Body Keeps The Score: Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
  • https://www.psychotherapy.net/article/body-keeps-score-van-der-kolk
• Somatic Experiencing: Trauma Institute
  • https://traumahealing.org/about-us/

Internal Family Systems:

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an evidence-based, transformative therapeutic tool. Please see the following resources for more information:

• Internal Family Systems Institute, led by IFS creator Dr. Richard Schwartz
  • https://ifs-institute.com/