What Is Play-Based Therapy? Helping Children Express, Process, and Build Skills Through Play
Play-based therapy uses games, art, storytelling, and other developmentally appropriate activities to help children express emotions, understand their experiences, and practice new skills. Learn what play-based therapy looks like, what it can help with, and how parents may be involved.
What Is Insight-Oriented Therapy? Understanding the Patterns Behind How You Feel and Respond
Insight-oriented therapy helps you understand the deeper patterns, past experiences, and beliefs influencing how you feel and respond today. Learn what this approach looks like, who it can help, and how greater self-awareness can lead to meaningful change.
What Is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)? A Beginner’s Guide
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an evidence-based approach that helps you stop fighting difficult thoughts and feelings and start building a life guided by what matters to you. Learn how ACT uses acceptance, mindfulness, values, and committed action to build psychological flexibility.
What Is the ComB Model for Hair Pulling and Skin Picking?
Learn how the ComB Model helps identify the sensory, cognitive, emotional, motor, and environmental triggers behind hair pulling, skin picking, and other BFRBs—and how treatment is tailored to each person's unique patterns.
What Is Habit Reversal Training (HRT)? A Beginner’s Guide for Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, and Other Habits
Learn what Habit Reversal Training (HRT) is, how it works, and how it can help with hair pulling, skin picking, nail biting, and other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs).
What Is ERP? A Beginner's Guide to Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is the most effective treatment for OCD, but many people aren't sure what to expect. Learn how ERP works, what sessions are like, and why it helps people break free from the OCD cycle.
What Is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)? How It Helps You Change Unhelpful Thoughts and Behaviors
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most researched and effective forms of therapy. Learn how CBT works, what it can help with, and what to expect in treatment.
What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)? A Beginner’s Guide
Wondering if DBT is right for you? Learn what Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is, how it works, the four core DBT skills, and how it can help with anxiety, OCD, ADHD, eating disorders, and more.