Kevin Murphy Psychology
Psychologist | San Diego
- condensed, intensive therapy -
Traditional talk therapy (TTT), based on a model that is more than a century old, represents a limitation in the treatment of addictive behaviors and phobias. We learn under an ideal degree of stress.[1,2]
CIT condenses 4 months of therapy into 1-2 weeks to shape a therapeutic challenge as linked to the brain's plasticity.
CIT treats cravings or panic.
REFERENCES:
1. Schwabe L, Joëls M, Roozendaal B, Wolf OT, Oitzl MS. Stress effects on memory: an update and integration. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Aug;36(7):1740-9.
2. https://news.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/researchers-find-out-why-some-stress-is-good-for-you/
3. Beauregard, M. Functional neuroimaging studies of the effects of psychotherapy. Dialogues Clinical Neuroscience, 2014, Mar, 16(1): 75–81.
4. Porto PR, Oliveira L, Mari J, Volchan E, Figueira I, Ventura P. Does cognitive behavioral therapy change the brain? A systematic review of neuroimaging in anxiety disorders. Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 2009, Spring, 21(2): 114-25.
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/health/ocd-concentrated-therapy-cbt.html.
- condensed, intensive therapy -
4 months in 2 weeks
Traditional talk therapy (TTT), based on a model that is more than a century old, represents a limitation in the treatment of addictive behaviors and phobias. We learn under an ideal degree of stress.[1,2]
CIT condenses 4 months of therapy into 1-2 weeks to shape a therapeutic challenge as linked to the brain's plasticity.
CIT treats cravings or panic.
Sessions range between 1-4 hours.
Specific & structured therapy that promotes skills training & self-control.
That is, the brain’s plasticity is activated under novel and/or challenging conditions. Meeting with a therapist once every week or two, for only 50 minutes at a time, can hardly be called challenging, at least within the context of addiction and phobia treatment. TTT is simply too casual to reverse the hyper-learning discussed in plasticity. That's why I offer concentrated, intensive therapy (CIT) as a treatment option.
CIT focuses on the fundamental symptoms of addictions and phobias, on cravings and panic and nothing else, in a short-term treatment experience designed to enhance self-control. CIT condenses the length of treatment from months into weeks, even days. While each treatment plan various to some degree, CIT packs 12 hours of treatment into 2 weeks. With 50 minutes the standard "hour" in psychology, I offer the equivalent of 14 sessions in 1-2 weeks. In other words, I condense 4 months of TTT therapy into a 1-2 weeks to shape such a therapeutic challenge .[3-5]
See the SERVICES page for a description of other services that I provide.
REFERENCES:
1. Schwabe L, Joëls M, Roozendaal B, Wolf OT, Oitzl MS. Stress effects on memory: an update and integration. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2012 Aug;36(7):1740-9.
2. https://news.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/researchers-find-out-why-some-stress-is-good-for-you/
3. Beauregard, M. Functional neuroimaging studies of the effects of psychotherapy. Dialogues Clinical Neuroscience, 2014, Mar, 16(1): 75–81.
4. Porto PR, Oliveira L, Mari J, Volchan E, Figueira I, Ventura P. Does cognitive behavioral therapy change the brain? A systematic review of neuroimaging in anxiety disorders. Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 2009, Spring, 21(2): 114-25.
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/health/ocd-concentrated-therapy-cbt.html.