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| The Center for Brief Therapy offers Cognitive Behavior Therapy and specialized training in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman is an internationally recognized expert in all areas of Cognitive Therapy. She has published books and articles on the subject including Living and Surviving in Harms Way: A Psychological Treatment Manual for Pre and Post-Deployment of Military Members, Beating the Beast of Depression: Treatments that Work and Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Nurses which includes: CBT for Reintegration issues with Military Members and Their Families, Pre Deployment Preparation, Post-Deployment Reintegration issues and Resilience Development for Law Enforcement Officers and their Family Members. Additional areas include CBT with Personality Disorders, Substance Misuse disorders, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) PTSD (stress disorders), ADHD, erectile dysfunction, anger problems, medication use, panic disorder (and other anxiety disorders), bipolar disorder, pain management, chronic pain, eating disorders, crisis or trauma response, anxiety disorders, depression, coping skills training, infidelity, counseling skill education and training, parenting help, treatment motivation, individual and group psychotherapy,therapy for children and adolescents, relationship, couple or marriage and family problems. Dr. Freeman is an expert trainer in Executive Coaching and Leadership Skill Development using a Cognitive Behavioral Framework. As a professional speaker, Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman has presented at numerous conferences and workshops around the world and are very active in professional associations such as the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT), the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP). At the Center for Brief Therapy Dr. Sharon Freeman, Holly R. Lichtsinn, LCSW and Sarah Roberts Hoos, MS, MFT offer expert Cognitive Behavior Therapy and clinical psychiatric services for a variety of mental health problems. We are located in Fort Wayne, Indiana Welcome to our website: www.centerforbrieftherapy.com Dr.Sharon Morgillo Freeman. |
| Congratulations to Sharon Morgillo Freeman, PhD, PMHCNS, CARN-AP for being named "TOP DOC" in the category Psychiatry for Northeast Indiana 2006! Fort Wayne Business Journal February 2006 "Top Docs" Issue |
| Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman is a certified cognitive therapists by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy which was founded by Dr. Beck. Holly Lichtsinn, LCSW and Sarah Roberts Hoos, MS,MFT are completing their training for certification as a cognitive therapists at the Center for Brief Therapy. For more information on Cognitive Therapy visit their website at the Academy of Cognitive Therapy www.academyofct.org in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Why "CERTIFIED" Cognitive Therapists? It's not for everyone -For more information on Quality Control of Therapist qualifications "Quality Control for Therapists" |
| Office Hours Monday - Friday 8:30am - 6pm Closed on all major holidays Closed for lunch 12noon - 2:0pm |
Our Specialty Areas
Psychiatric Services including psychiatric evaluation, Psychotherapy and medication management
Anxiety Disorders
A group of separate but overlapping anxiety based disorders include: panic, social phobia, insomnia, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD, PTSD does not respond to retraumatizing therapies. Please click on this link to view recent research on trauma
treatments to learn more. Other closely related stress issues include acute disaster treatment . Dr. Freeman is a consultant with the International
Trauma Institute. Individuals with anxiety disorders often magnify the level of danger in a situation, while disqualifying their own abilities and strengths.
Thought restructuring and desensitization are used to build a belief in ones ability to face difficult situations. These strategies encourage clients to face
fear (exposure) and build a higher tolerance for anxiety, which then allows individuals to reach their longer-term goals.
The most common problems are anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. One out of four people will suffer from these disorders at some point in
their lives. It is not uncommon for these two disorders to co-occur.
Separation Anxiety Disorder develops in 6-8% of children who exhibit anxiety over leaving the primary caregiver. CBT has been proven as the most
effective treatment in combination sometimes with medication for this disorder. Studies show 83% of children return to school within the first year of
therapy.
Major Depression and other depressive problems
Treatment includes testing and restructuring thinking and behavior. Depressed cognitive distortions often include; “I’ll never improve” (fortune telling), “I’
ll never reach my goals so why bother trying” (all or nothing), “no on cares if I do improve” (mind reading). Behavioral strategies include: hypothesis
testing, gradual activity scheduling, pleasure planning, problem solving and assertive communication skills. Depression is a treatable medical illness.
For more information go to: eMedicine link.
Click here for "Best Practice: Adolescents and Depression"
Click here for a Quick Depression Screening Checklist: Depression Screening Checklist
Information on Post Partum Depression: Click Here
Marriage Counseling and Couples Counseling
CBT has also proven itself to be an excellent form of couples therapy or marriage counseling. Acceptance and mutual problem solving, active listening
and challenging marital assumptions, are typical strategies used to help develop and maintain intimate relationships. CBT is also very effective for
healing the pain of infidelity, dealing with issues resulting from addictive behaviors and helping couples recover from a variety of other problems,
including infidelity that can occur during the course of a long-term relationship.
Click here for: Recovery from Infidelity
Psychological Trauma
Dr. Sharon Freeman is a certified clinical trauma consultants through the International Trauma Institute.
Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder are anxiety disorders that occurs after an individual is exposed to a life-threatening situation.
Expert experience and intervention for psychological trauma is available at The Center for Brief Therapy. Other therapies such as EMDR have shown to
be effective for a short period of time after trauma, however for periods of time longer than six months CBT has proven to be much more effective
especially when combined with exposure type therapies. Dr. Sharon Freeman was trained to treat Rape Trauma Syndrome at the University of
Pennsylvania under Dr. Ann Burgess who first identified the syndrome resulting from rape experiences.
Substance Use and Misuse Problems
Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman is an addiction specialist with more than 20 years experience in the field and board certification by the National Association
of Addiction Professionals (NAADAC). For more information on her credentials please visit her link here.
Insomnia
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report in June 2006 indicating that Cognitive Behavior Therapy is as effective or more
effective for treatment of insomnia than prescription sleep medications. To review the article click here: Insomnia
Chronic Pain Problems
There are few things in life as destructive to one's general well-being as chronic pain problems and under-treated pain or complicated pain often results
in a vicious cycle of sleep problems, depression and eventually mood disorders. Obtaining a comprehensive pain evaluation with a coordinated plan of
action is a unique service offered by The Center for Brief Therapy that can result in reduction of pain and improvement in function. We truly understand
these problems and the complications that the complexities of pain problems cause in all of the areas of your life.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD (sometimes only A.D.D. without Hyperactivity)
ADHD is considered a neurobiological condition. Yet the traits of ADHD are not the only problem for the person with this condition. It is often the
negative self-esteem and defeatist attitudes that develop as a result of the symptoms that are the most damaging. Cognitive behavioral therapy can be
especially effective in addressing these issues. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for children with ADHD is extremely effective and
often can be combined with medication. Treatment begins immediately following the one hour intake assessment.
Medication Management
At the Center for Brief Therapy we have Licensed prescribing health practitioners who are skilled at both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy should
you require both of these treatments. Please discuss this with your therapist as medication is part of an individually determined treatment decision.
Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Asperger syndrome is the term applied to the mildest and highest functioning end of what is known as the spectrum of pervasive developmental
disorders (or the Autism spectrum). Like other conditions along that spectrum it is felt to represent a neurologically-based disorder of development, most
often of unknown cause, in which there are deviations or abnormalities in three broad aspects of development: social relatedness and social skills, the
use of language for communicative purposes, and certain behavioral and stylistic characteristics involving repetitive behaviors or features and a limited
but intense range of interests. It can range from relatively mild to severe. The presence of normal basic language skills is felt to be one of the criteria for
the diagnosis of AS, although there are nearly always more subtle difficulties with pragmatic/social language. Many researchers feel it is these two areas
of relative strength that distinguish AS from other forms of Autism and PDD and account for the better prognosis in AS.
Both can be challenged by the social and emotional demands of marriage, although we know that many do marry. Their rigidity of style and idiosyncratic
perspective on the world can make interactions difficult, both in and out of the family. There is also the risk of mood problems such as depression,
anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and many others. In fact it is likely that many find their way to mental health providers where the true
developmental nature of their problems may go unrecognized or misdiagnosed.
Executive and Personal Life Skill Coaching and Motivational Coaching.
Executive Coaching and Life Skill and Motivational coaching sessions require a presume psychological health with a situational component that a person
wishes to either enhance, change or eliminate. These sessions utilize all of the techniques available in traditional cognitive behavioral therapy, however
are not geared toward changing a persons mood. Instead, they are used to help a person use, or uncover their own strengths in order to achieve goals
that they have set at the initial session. These sessions are not considered medical health care and are therefore not eligible for insurance
reimbursement and will not be submitted to insurance companies under any circumstances.
Gastric ByPass Psychiatric Pre-Evaluation
The Center for Brief Therapy offers psychiatric evaluations for bariatric surgery. Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman will conduct your evaluation and forward it
to your surgeon.
Prior to any weight loss operation, your doctor will give you a complete medical examination and evaluate your overall health.
A psychological evaluation will be given to you. The Center for Brief Therapy offers psychiatric evaluation for bariatric surgery. Dr. Sharon Morgillo
Freeman will conduct your evaluation and forward it to your surgeon. This will determine whether you are ready to adhere to a healthier lifestyle. If you
are not ready to make lifestyle changes (and have not tried hard to do so already), you will not be considered eligible for the procedure. Without
changing your lifestyle, the surgery will not be a success. Click here for more information about these procedures.
Who comes to the center?
Individuals seeking treatment are typically seen during weekly, bi-weekly or monthly individual sessions.
Couples: In addition to individual therapy, CBT has also proven itself to be an excellent form of couples therapy or marriage counseling. Acceptance
and mutual problem solving, active listening and challenging marital assumptions, are typical strategies used to help develop and maintain intimate
relationships. CBT is also very effective for healing the pain of infidelity, dealing with issues resulting from addictive behaviors and helping couples
recover from a variety of other problems, including infidelity that can occur during the course of a long-term relationship.
Children and Adolescents: The center also treats adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Cognitive therapy can also help parents to
simultaneously improve parental effectiveness and their own coping skills. Adolescents and their parents, who often both face a variety of stressful
developmental changes, can also benefit from CBT.
Professionals: The center also provides training for mental health professionals looking to learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy or to
those seeking to advance beyond the basics of cognitive therapy. We provide ongoing supervision for doctoral interns, and provide intermittent
seminars, workshops and symposiums around the world.
Psychiatric Services including psychiatric evaluation, Psychotherapy and medication management
Anxiety Disorders
A group of separate but overlapping anxiety based disorders include: panic, social phobia, insomnia, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder,
generalized anxiety disorder and PTSD, PTSD does not respond to retraumatizing therapies. Please click on this link to view recent research on trauma
treatments to learn more. Other closely related stress issues include acute disaster treatment . Dr. Freeman is a consultant with the International
Trauma Institute. Individuals with anxiety disorders often magnify the level of danger in a situation, while disqualifying their own abilities and strengths.
Thought restructuring and desensitization are used to build a belief in ones ability to face difficult situations. These strategies encourage clients to face
fear (exposure) and build a higher tolerance for anxiety, which then allows individuals to reach their longer-term goals.
The most common problems are anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. One out of four people will suffer from these disorders at some point in
their lives. It is not uncommon for these two disorders to co-occur.
Separation Anxiety Disorder develops in 6-8% of children who exhibit anxiety over leaving the primary caregiver. CBT has been proven as the most
effective treatment in combination sometimes with medication for this disorder. Studies show 83% of children return to school within the first year of
therapy.
Major Depression and other depressive problems
Treatment includes testing and restructuring thinking and behavior. Depressed cognitive distortions often include; “I’ll never improve” (fortune telling), “I’
ll never reach my goals so why bother trying” (all or nothing), “no on cares if I do improve” (mind reading). Behavioral strategies include: hypothesis
testing, gradual activity scheduling, pleasure planning, problem solving and assertive communication skills. Depression is a treatable medical illness.
For more information go to: eMedicine link.
Click here for "Best Practice: Adolescents and Depression"
Click here for a Quick Depression Screening Checklist: Depression Screening Checklist
Information on Post Partum Depression: Click Here
Marriage Counseling and Couples Counseling
CBT has also proven itself to be an excellent form of couples therapy or marriage counseling. Acceptance and mutual problem solving, active listening
and challenging marital assumptions, are typical strategies used to help develop and maintain intimate relationships. CBT is also very effective for
healing the pain of infidelity, dealing with issues resulting from addictive behaviors and helping couples recover from a variety of other problems,
including infidelity that can occur during the course of a long-term relationship.
Click here for: Recovery from Infidelity
Psychological Trauma
Dr. Sharon Freeman is a certified clinical trauma consultants through the International Trauma Institute.
Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder are anxiety disorders that occurs after an individual is exposed to a life-threatening situation.
Expert experience and intervention for psychological trauma is available at The Center for Brief Therapy. Other therapies such as EMDR have shown to
be effective for a short period of time after trauma, however for periods of time longer than six months CBT has proven to be much more effective
especially when combined with exposure type therapies. Dr. Sharon Freeman was trained to treat Rape Trauma Syndrome at the University of
Pennsylvania under Dr. Ann Burgess who first identified the syndrome resulting from rape experiences.
Substance Use and Misuse Problems
Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman is an addiction specialist with more than 20 years experience in the field and board certification by the National Association
of Addiction Professionals (NAADAC). For more information on her credentials please visit her link here.
Insomnia
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a report in June 2006 indicating that Cognitive Behavior Therapy is as effective or more
effective for treatment of insomnia than prescription sleep medications. To review the article click here: Insomnia
Chronic Pain Problems
There are few things in life as destructive to one's general well-being as chronic pain problems and under-treated pain or complicated pain often results
in a vicious cycle of sleep problems, depression and eventually mood disorders. Obtaining a comprehensive pain evaluation with a coordinated plan of
action is a unique service offered by The Center for Brief Therapy that can result in reduction of pain and improvement in function. We truly understand
these problems and the complications that the complexities of pain problems cause in all of the areas of your life.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD (sometimes only A.D.D. without Hyperactivity)
ADHD is considered a neurobiological condition. Yet the traits of ADHD are not the only problem for the person with this condition. It is often the
negative self-esteem and defeatist attitudes that develop as a result of the symptoms that are the most damaging. Cognitive behavioral therapy can be
especially effective in addressing these issues. Cognitive Behavior Therapy for children with ADHD is extremely effective and
often can be combined with medication. Treatment begins immediately following the one hour intake assessment.
Medication Management
At the Center for Brief Therapy we have Licensed prescribing health practitioners who are skilled at both psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy should
you require both of these treatments. Please discuss this with your therapist as medication is part of an individually determined treatment decision.
Asperger's Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Asperger syndrome is the term applied to the mildest and highest functioning end of what is known as the spectrum of pervasive developmental
disorders (or the Autism spectrum). Like other conditions along that spectrum it is felt to represent a neurologically-based disorder of development, most
often of unknown cause, in which there are deviations or abnormalities in three broad aspects of development: social relatedness and social skills, the
use of language for communicative purposes, and certain behavioral and stylistic characteristics involving repetitive behaviors or features and a limited
but intense range of interests. It can range from relatively mild to severe. The presence of normal basic language skills is felt to be one of the criteria for
the diagnosis of AS, although there are nearly always more subtle difficulties with pragmatic/social language. Many researchers feel it is these two areas
of relative strength that distinguish AS from other forms of Autism and PDD and account for the better prognosis in AS.
Both can be challenged by the social and emotional demands of marriage, although we know that many do marry. Their rigidity of style and idiosyncratic
perspective on the world can make interactions difficult, both in and out of the family. There is also the risk of mood problems such as depression,
anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and many others. In fact it is likely that many find their way to mental health providers where the true
developmental nature of their problems may go unrecognized or misdiagnosed.
Executive and Personal Life Skill Coaching and Motivational Coaching.
Executive Coaching and Life Skill and Motivational coaching sessions require a presume psychological health with a situational component that a person
wishes to either enhance, change or eliminate. These sessions utilize all of the techniques available in traditional cognitive behavioral therapy, however
are not geared toward changing a persons mood. Instead, they are used to help a person use, or uncover their own strengths in order to achieve goals
that they have set at the initial session. These sessions are not considered medical health care and are therefore not eligible for insurance
reimbursement and will not be submitted to insurance companies under any circumstances.
Gastric ByPass Psychiatric Pre-Evaluation
The Center for Brief Therapy offers psychiatric evaluations for bariatric surgery. Dr. Sharon Morgillo Freeman will conduct your evaluation and forward it
to your surgeon.
Prior to any weight loss operation, your doctor will give you a complete medical examination and evaluate your overall health.
A psychological evaluation will be given to you. The Center for Brief Therapy offers psychiatric evaluation for bariatric surgery. Dr. Sharon Morgillo
Freeman will conduct your evaluation and forward it to your surgeon. This will determine whether you are ready to adhere to a healthier lifestyle. If you
are not ready to make lifestyle changes (and have not tried hard to do so already), you will not be considered eligible for the procedure. Without
changing your lifestyle, the surgery will not be a success. Click here for more information about these procedures.
Who comes to the center?
Individuals seeking treatment are typically seen during weekly, bi-weekly or monthly individual sessions.
Couples: In addition to individual therapy, CBT has also proven itself to be an excellent form of couples therapy or marriage counseling. Acceptance
and mutual problem solving, active listening and challenging marital assumptions, are typical strategies used to help develop and maintain intimate
relationships. CBT is also very effective for healing the pain of infidelity, dealing with issues resulting from addictive behaviors and helping couples
recover from a variety of other problems, including infidelity that can occur during the course of a long-term relationship.
Children and Adolescents: The center also treats adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Cognitive therapy can also help parents to
simultaneously improve parental effectiveness and their own coping skills. Adolescents and their parents, who often both face a variety of stressful
developmental changes, can also benefit from CBT.
Professionals: The center also provides training for mental health professionals looking to learn the fundamentals of cognitive behavior therapy or to
those seeking to advance beyond the basics of cognitive therapy. We provide ongoing supervision for doctoral interns, and provide intermittent
seminars, workshops and symposiums around the world.
The Center for Brief Therapy in Fort Wayne Indiana "The Center has the ONLY Cognitive Therapists in Northern Indiana who are trained and certified to perform cognitive therapy according to the methods outlined by the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and the American Board of Professional Psychology" www.academyofct.org www.abpp.org Interns will have the opportunity to be supervised by Dr. Sharon Morgilo Freeman. For more information please email us at: cbt@freemaninst.org |
MEDICAL DISCLAIMER: The information on this website has been provided to you by The Center for Brief Therapy, PC, only for educational purposes. Any information provided by this site should not be considered a
substitute for consultation with a board certified Psychiatric professional to address specific medical needs. Any link on the Center for Brief Therapy, PC website does not imply that we endorse any of the products or
services listed on these links. Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment are a rapidly evolving area of medicine. It is therefore quite possible for some information on this website to be outdated. In a spirit of partnership therefore,
we appreciate any inaccurate or outdated information being brought to our attention immediately. With the wealth of information available online and in print it is not possible to be all inclusive about the areas outlined in
this website.
substitute for consultation with a board certified Psychiatric professional to address specific medical needs. Any link on the Center for Brief Therapy, PC website does not imply that we endorse any of the products or
services listed on these links. Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment are a rapidly evolving area of medicine. It is therefore quite possible for some information on this website to be outdated. In a spirit of partnership therefore,
we appreciate any inaccurate or outdated information being brought to our attention immediately. With the wealth of information available online and in print it is not possible to be all inclusive about the areas outlined in
this website.
| Trusted by "The Doctors" and Fort Wayne, Dr. Sharon Freeman is now accepting appointments for new patients. |
| Living and Surviving in Harm's Way: Treatment of Military and Law Enforcement Officers and Their Families. For more information CLICK HERE |
