What is multimodal therapy?

MULTIMODAL THERAPY is a comprehensive, action-oriented psychotherapy.

Overall, Multimodal Therapy would fit into what is known as a Cognitive Behavior form of treatment which attends all modalitites of human functioning. Clinical research and follow up studies revealed that long-lasting positive outcomes occur more frequently when psychotherapy systematically attends to the following personality factors: problem BEHAVIORS, unpleasant EMOTIONS, PSYCHOSOMATIC complaints, negative SELF-IMAGES, irrational THOUGHTS, stressful RELATIONSHIPS, and BIOLOGICAL DISORDERS. Whereas most treatment approaches focus on two or three of these modalitites, MULTIMODAL THERAPY carefully examines and treats specific problems in each of these seven areas.

This very nicely fits the acronym BASIC ID: Behavior Affect Sensation Imagery Cognition Interpersonal Drugs/biological

Education and Training:

• Doctorate: University of Akron, 1976
  Major: Counseling Psychology
• Master: John Carroll University, 1972
  Major: School Psychology
  
• Bachelor: John Carroll University, 1970
  Major: Psychology

Certifications:

• Diplomate-Fellow: Prescribing Psychologists’ Register in Psychopharmacology by the International College of Prescribing Psychologists
  
• Diplomate-Fellow: Prescribing Psychologists’ Register in the Treatment of Serious Mental
• Illness by the International College of Prescribing Psychologists
  
• Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders by the APA Practice Organization College of Professional Psychology
  
• Certified Diplomate-Fellow: Clinical Hypnotherapy by the National Board for Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists
  
• Certified Trainer: Ericksonian Hypnosis and Brief Psychotherapy by the American Hypnosis Training Academy
  
• Certified Trainer: Multimodal Therapy by Arnold Lazarus, Ph.D., Developer of Multimodal Therapy
  
• Certified Trainer: Neuro Linguistic Programming by the American Hypnosis Training Academy
  
• Certificate of Completion: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Training (Level I, 1994; Level II, 1995) by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.
  
• Certified Practitioner: Energy Diagnostic & Treatment Methods by Fred Gallo, Ph.D.

Memberships:

• American Psychological Association
  
• Ohio Psychological Association
  
• National Register for Healthcare Providers in Psychology
  
• American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
  
• Cleveland Society of Clinical Hypnosis
  
• NAADAC (National Association for Addiction Professionals)
  
• Neuroscience Education Institute
  
• Prescribing Psychologists’ Register in Psychopharmacology by the International
  
• College of Prescribing Psychologists