Many people experience “Aggressive Negative Thoughts” (ANTS). But a few cannot seem to manage these thoughts or the negative consequences in their emotional and relational life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has a long history of being respected in the medical field for improving mental health, especially those challenges having to do with distressing cognitions.
What’s true across the board, as research has shown, is that psychosocial interventions—including talk therapy, peer support groups, and education about coping strategies and problem-solving—can improve aspects of emotional and mental health challenges not addressed by medication alone. Those types of interventions reduce relapse and improve the ability to function well, among other things.
Each clinician at MCS Counseling works to tailor their approach to treating patients in ways that work best for them!
MCS Counseling’s Michael Defilippo, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC helps people in need of psychiatric clarity and medical management but he believes these medical offering works best if complemented by one or more of the following: talk therapy, peer support groups, and education about coping strategies and problem-solving. Michael has faith in his patients and believes they can improve significant aspects of emotional and mental health challenges not addressed by medication alone.
Michael works with children, adolescents, and adults (ages five and older), performing comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and utilizing both psycho-pharmacologic and brief supportive psycho-therapeutic approaches with cognitive-behavioral underpinnings.
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