Services Provided

Therapy

Individual Therapy

Generally speaking, psychotherapy is aimed at helping clients develop more awareness of their interpersonal style and behavioral patterns, and then develop strategies for making changes. The goal of psychotherapy is to help the client resolve those issues that might interfere with the client's functioning and/or life satisfaction.

Group Therapy

Personal problems individuals deal with relate to both past and current relationships, and feelings associated with those relationships. The quality of relationships often directly affects life satisfaction and adjustment. Group therapy gives individuals an opportunity to deal with questions and concerns about their relationships in a supportive and interactive setting. Most groups are generally offered during the Spring semester.

Marriage and Family Therapy
Family therapy is offered for such issues as ongoing family conflict, communication difficulties and change in family structure (e.g., divorce, death, etc.). Couples therapy is available for relational partners working on communication issues, conflict resolution and sexual/intimacy concerns.

Play Therapy
This service is available for short and long term. Various modalities of treatment are offered, from cognitive behavior therapy to psychodynamic.

Behavioral Health Services
Many members of our community are attempting to cope with acute and chronic medical illnesses often while maintaining part-time or full-time employment. Many of these problems are stress-related illnesses or
stress-exacerbated illnesses. The major syndromes include hypertension, migraine and tension headaches, gastrointestinal disorders, pain associated with back and spinal injury, and other pain (e.g., rehearsal pain). Other behavioral disorders threaten health status, e.g., smoking. The regulation and management of related symptoms challenge these individuals and often compromises their quality of life and personal achievement. A vast amount of research has accumulated during the past fifteen years which clarifies the personal and economic benefits of behavioral medicine interventions in lieu of or especially as a adjunct to traditional medical intervention. Overall success rates for treatment increases with behavioral medicine intervention, and the length of time for recovery significantly reduces with inclusion of these procedures.

Some of the Patient Populations:

Clinical Oncology
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus
Type II Diabetes
Closed Head Injury
Seizure Disorders
Sickle Cell Disease
Side Effects of Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy
Gastrointestinal Disorders
Physical Fatigue and sleep disorders
Hypertension
TMJ
ADD/ADHD
Cardiac Conditions
Asthma
Organ Transplantation
Pain Associated with Back/Spinal Injury
Psychophysiological Stress
Autoimmune Disorders
Rehearsal Pain and Performance Injuries
Environmental Illness Migraine and Tension Headache
Smoking Cessation and Other Health Behaviors

Some of the Behavioral Medicine Interventions Used with Patients Seen at the UNT Psychology Clinic:

Stress appraisal and coping skills
Stress Inoculation Treatment
Systematic Desensitization
Lifestyle Management Skills
Environmental Manipulation
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy
Contextual Therapy
Temperature, EDR, EMG Biofeedback
Problem-solving Groups
Support Groups
Adherence to Medical Regimens
Logotherapy
Pain Management Skills
Progressive Relaxation
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Smoking Cessation

Evaluations

Intellectual Evaluations
Intellectual testing involves a comprehensive assessment of cognitive strengths and weaknesses. This would include evaluating academic achievement and learning difficulties.

Vocational Evaluations
Vocational interest testing is offered for adults with career or job related issues.

Personality Evaluations
Personality testing is used to identify cognitive, behavior and emotional needs or difficulties.

Neuropsychological Evaluations
Neuropsychological testing is used to evaluate behavioral correlates of brain functioning to determine current cognitive abilities or difficulties. Results are commonly used to develop strategies for compensating for any cognitive limitations.

Consultations and Workshops
At times, faculty and graduate students will offer workshops to the community or agree to be a guest speaker on areas where they possess particular expertise.

Services not provided

· emergency appointments

· psychiatric evaluations

· medical supervision

· chemical dependency treatment programs

· child custody evaluations

The UNT Psychology Clinic is not able to provide emergency services or psychiatric medications. Individuals who because of psychiatric difficulties need substantial case management, on-going medication adjustments, and/or emergency clinician access, are generally not appropriate for a training clinic. Such clients may be seen at the clinic when their situation is more stable.