Family Resources
A useful guide to learning more about our evidence-based treatment methods used at New Roads Behavioral Health.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DBT is an evidence-based psychotherapy that began with efforts to treat personality disorders and interpersonal conflicts.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
EMDR is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result to disturbing life experiences.
Exposure & Response Prevention
ERP is a behavioral therapy that gradually exposes people to situations designed to provoke a person’s obsessions in a safe environment.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
ACT teaches clients to stop avoiding, denying, and struggling with their inner emotions and, instead, accept that these deeper feelings are appropriate responses to certain situations that should not prevent them from moving forward in their lives.
Prolonged Exposure
PE teaches individuals to gradually approach their trauma-related memories, feelings, and situations.
Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality
CAMS is a treatment framework in which a client and a clinician work together to keep the patient stable and identifies the “drivers” that compel the client to take their life.
Crisis Response Plan
CRP is a brief procedure used to reduce an individual’s risk for suicidal behavior. The CRP serves as a checklist to follow during periods of intense emotional distress.