Therapy
Most of the treatments we provide are a version of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). These approaches teach you skills that you carry with you forever, enabling you to rely on yourself to meet life's future challenges. It is our goal to make this process as efficient as possible, meaning you spend less time seeing us and more time doing the things you value.
We offer these treatments to people of all ages in a variety of formats, including in-person or telehealth appointments. The latter is available to most of the country if you live in a PSYPACT state (click here to see a list). Meetings are most commonly individual and once weekly, although we also frequently adapt to provide group treatments or a more intensive schedule of appointments.
A list of conditions we commonly treat appears to the right. If you need help with something that doesn't appear here, please call and we'll do what we can do help you get to the right place. If we can't do what you need, we might know someone who does, and we'd be happy to help connect you if we can.
- Depression
- Social Anxiety
- Worry
- Panic
- Obsessions and Compulsions
- Trauma/Posttraumatic Stress
- Oppositional and Defiant Behavior
- Aggression
- Developmental Difficulties
- Depression
- Social Anxiety
- Worry
- Obsessions and Compulsions
- Trauma/Posttraumatic Stress
- Migraine; Diabetes
- Weight Loss
- Chronic Pain
- Sleep Impairment
- Quitting Smoking
This is behavioral couples therapy, which is a bit different than what you might have seen on TV or encountered before. It teaches skills for communication and clarifying goals for the relationship, without taking anyone's side or telling people what to do.
Assessment
Psychological assessments can be conducted for many purposes, the most common of which is to understand overall emotions and what can be done to help change anything that is problematic. This usually means answering a lot of questions about your symptoms, environment, and typical ways of dealing with problems so that we can understand your overall functioning. This process will also include recommendations for change if we identify things that are giving you trouble. If you choose to follow through on any of those recommendations, this might also involve pursuit of treatment.
There are also many other reasons people undergo assessment, including clearance for surgery, identification of learning difficulties, experience of attention difficulties, or as part of an organizational requirement. These processes also involve asking a detailed set of questions, but the results might be used in very different ways. In all cases, we will explain what we're doing and how the results will be used.
All assessments are structured and based on highly researched methods. This ensures that we get the right answer, which is especially important if you intend to make changes. Without knowing what's wrong, it's difficult to know what to do to change…the list to the left outlines some of the common assessments we conduct and gives details about the approximate amount of time they take. If you need something that isn't on this list please contact us.
- 2 hours
- Diagnoses/results in a report with recommendations
- Second meeting for feedback and questions
- Can be used to pursue treatment, either with us or another provider
- 2 hours
- Diagnoses/results in a report with recommendations
- Second meeting for feedback and questions
- Often required by prescribers before initiating stimulant medication
- Can be used to pursue educational accommodations, including at the college level
- 2 hours
- Diagnoses/results in a report that is delivered to your surgeon
- Second meeting for feedback and questions
- Required by most insurances to be approved for surgery
- 2 hours
- Diagnoses/results in a report that is delivered to your surgeon
- Required by most insurances to be approved for surgery
- Migraine, chronic pain, diabetes management, etc
- 2 - 3 hours
- Diagnoses/results in a report with recommendations
- Second meeting for feedback and questions
- Can involve coordination with your medical provider at your request
- Variable timing - often between 3 - 4 hours
- Diagnoses/results in a report with recommendations
- Second meeting for feedback and questions
- Can be used to pursue educational accommodations, including at the college level
- If this is for a child or adolescent still in school, please call us. It may be possible that you can pursue testing through your school at no cost
- 2 hours
- Results in a summary report
- Second meeting for feedback and questions
- Can be used for application to academically gifted programs
Training and Supervision
Delta Autumn is a learning organization, meaning all our clinicians spend substantial time reading research, practicing new techniques, and continually developing their clinical skills. We are also excited about sharing that knowledge with others through clinical trainings, supervision, and case consultations. These activities can scale from individual meetings about specific cases up to larger groups receiving customized training. We are also approved sponsors of Continuing Education through the APA and NBCC, meaning clinicians can often get CE credits for our trainings. The list to the right gives examples of some of the areas in which we do frequent trainings, and other customized programs can also be developed.
We additionally offer formal supervision to Provisionally-Licensed Practicing Counselors (P-LPCs) in pursuit of independent licensing. Dr. Sapp, who worked as Licensed Practicing Counselor prior to receiving her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, maintains a formal LPC-Supervisor license and conducts our supervision activities. Her services include both individual and group supervision (up to 50 hours of which can count toward licensing in Mississippi) focusing on learning and refining evidence-based strategies for intervention and preparing you for a career in direct clinical practice. If you are interested in receiving supervision from Dr. Sapp, please contact us to arrange a free introductory meeting.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Health Interventions
- Evidence-Based Assessment
- Clinical Conceptualization
- Training Supervisors
- Methods of Skill-Building
- Deliberate Practice
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