Princeton House Behavioral Health’s (PHBH) specialized services in New Jersey for women continue to expand with the addition of a new program called Women’s Emotion Regulation.
Princeton, NJ, October 21, 2010 — Princeton House Behavioral Health’s (PHBH) specialized services for women continue to expand with the addition of a new program called Women’s Emotion Regulation.
“The Emotion Regulation Program is for women who struggle with a mood disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder, and have difficulty functioning at their best as a result,” said Nathalie Edmond, Psy.D., director of Women’s Programs at PHBH, a unit of Princeton HealthCare System.
This program is offered evenings to meet the demands of women’s busy schedules from PHBH’s new women’s location at 1000 Herrontown Road, Princeton.
The Women’s Emotion Regulation program has a unique approach that combines practical skills training with the benefits of group therapy. Goals include helping help women better manage feelings, reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety and bipolar disorders, as well as traumatic disorders; learn the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviors; and become more aware of how one’s past history has an impact on current behavior.
As with most of the offerings of PHBH’s Women’s Programs, Emotion Regulation incorporates principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that teaches skills such as mindfulness, distress-tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills help women to cope in times of crises and empower them to be generally more effective in their lives.
The Emotion Regulation program is offered on an intensive outpatient basis, with three-hour sessions that meet three nights per week.
As PHBH adds new specialized programs to meet the mental health needs of women, it is also expanding geographically. Recently, PHBH established its Women’s Programs in North Brunswick, a move that greatly expands women’s access to behavioral health care in Central New Jersey.
The Women’s Programs at PHBH’s North Brunswick site consist of four outpatient tracks: Women’s Wellness; Women’s Trauma; Women’s Trauma and Addiction; and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Skills.
PHBH has also launched a new centralized admissions number — (609) 688-3707 — where people can call to obtain information or schedule appointments across PHBH’s multiple New Jersey sites.
Additional information about the Women’s Programs is available at www.princetonhouse.org/princetonhouse.
About Princeton House Behavioral Health
Princeton House Behavioral Health (PHBH), a unit of Princeton HealthCare System, is a leading provider of highly skilled and compassionate behavioral healthcare at the inpatient, partial hospital and intensive outpatient levels of care. We offer relief at times when life becomes challenged by mental illness, emotional difficulties or addiction. A multidisciplinary team of board certified psychiatrists and highly qualified professionals provide a high level of treatment and care for people with acute psychiatric illnesses, substance abuse problems, and co-occurring disorders. In addition to its inpatient campus in Princeton, PHBH also has outpatient sites in Princeton, North Brunswick, Hamilton and Cherry Hill.
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