Conditions & Presenting Issues
22 conditions mapped to therapeutic approaches, ranked by evidence
Depression & Mood Disorders
Persistent low mood, loss of interest, fatigue, sleep/appetite disruption, and cognitive changes. Includes major depressive disorder, persis…
Anxiety Disorders
Excessive worry, fear, or avoidance that interferes with daily functioning. Includes generalized anxiety (GAD), panic disorder, social anxie…
PTSD & Acute Trauma
Intrusions, avoidance, negative cognitions/mood, and hyperarousal following exposure to a traumatic event. Includes PTSD and acute stress di…
Attachment & Relational Patterns
Insecure attachment styles (anxious, avoidant, disorganized) that create recurring difficulties in relationships, emotion regulation, and se…
Complex Trauma / Developmental Trauma
Emotional dysregulation, negative self-concept, and relational difficulties following prolonged or repeated trauma, often in childhood. ICD-…
Existential & Meaning-Making Concerns
Questions about purpose, mortality, freedom, isolation, and meaning — particularly during life transitions, terminal illness, or crises. Not…
Substance Use & Addictions
Compulsive use despite consequences, tolerance, withdrawal, and functional impairment. Includes alcohol, opioids, stimulants, cannabis, and …
Personality Disorders
Enduring patterns of inner experience and behavior that deviate from cultural expectations, are pervasive and inflexible, and cause distress…
Grief & Loss
Normal and complicated grief following bereavement, other losses, or life transitions. Prolonged grief disorder is now a DSM-5-TR diagnosis.…
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Problems
Oppositional behavior, aggression, conduct problems, and emotional dysregulation in youth. Includes ODD, conduct disorder, and ADHD-related …
Chronic Pain & Somatic Symptoms
Persistent pain or somatic symptoms with significant psychological components. Includes somatic symptom disorder, illness anxiety, and chron…
Couples & Relationship Distress
Communication breakdown, conflict patterns, emotional disconnection, infidelity, and attachment injuries. EFT, Gottman Method, and IBCT have…
Eating Disorders
Severe disturbances in eating behaviors and related thoughts/emotions. Includes anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, an…
Dissociative Disorders
Disruptions in consciousness, memory, identity, or perception. Includes DID, depersonalization/derealization, and dissociative amnesia. Ofte…
Suicidality & Self-Harm
Suicidal ideation, planning, attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury. Not a diagnosis itself but a clinical priority cutting across many cond…
Perinatal Mental Health
Mental health difficulties arising during pregnancy or the first year postpartum. Includes perinatal depression, perinatal anxiety, postpart…
OCD & Related Disorders
Intrusive obsessions and/or compulsive behaviors. Includes OCD, body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding, trichotillomania, and excoriation. ERP i…
Psychosis & Schizophrenia Spectrum
Hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking/behavior, and negative symptoms. Psychotherapy is typically adjunct to medication. CBTp has…
Sexual Dysfunction & Intimacy Concerns
Difficulties with sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, pain during sex, or overall sexual satisfaction that cause personal distress or interperso…
Insomnia & Sleep Disorders
Persistent difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, early morning awakening, or nonrestorative sleep that impairs daytime functioning. In…
Adult ADHD
Persistent patterns of inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity that began in childhood and continue to cause functional impairment in…
Autism & Neurodevelopmental
Differences in social communication, sensory processing, and behavioral flexibility. Therapeutic approaches range from behavioral (ABA) to d…