Systematic Treatment Selection
While it may be surprising, there are over 400 different types of mental
health treatment. Many of these have not been scientifically validated, however,
and it is possible that some of them even cause harm or fail to produce benefit.
By providing “Evidence-based treatments” we assure our clients and consumers
that the assessment, diagnostic, and interventions that we used are state of the
art and have been shown to be effective in sound, scientific investigations.
This alone sets our clinic apart from most others, where the usual practice is
for clinicians to provide the treatments with which they are most familiar, even
if they are not best suited to a particular problem or person.
Dr. Larry E. Beutler is a noted scholar, researcher, and practitioner in the
area of mental health and behavior problems, who is a staff member and
consultant to the Kurt and Barbara Gronowski Clinic. Over the past 25 years, he
and his colleagues have developed and tested a procedure for identifying and
delivering the particular kind of treatment that will be optimally helpful to a
particular client. Systematic Treatment Selection, or STS, is a standard method
of both evaluating a prospective client and of viewing the way that problems
develop and are resolved by the things that a clinician/therapist does. It
provides recommendations and suggestions to the clinician in how to construct
and implement a treatment. Implementing treatments that are “evidence-based”
ensures our clients that the treatment that is recommended and given fit the
nature of the problems presented, the circumstances and life style, the values,
and the personal qualities of the prospective client. It helps us provide you
with the best that is available to help you address your needs and get more from
your life.
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