Louis Moore (He/Him)

Exposure therapy takes several forms for different purposes. All forms involve the concept that the avoidance of what causes anxiety makes it more debilitating and distressing in the long-term. By starting easy and working up to more difficult tasks, clients are empowered to willingly approach fear in situations they normally would avoid. By doing this the body learns to inhibit this fear response that, in turn, reduces symptoms of anxiety, panic, OCD, and PTSD.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on helping clients behave and engage more consistently with their own values to have more meaningful experiences. Clients are taught to apply mindfulness and acceptance skills to thoughts and emotions. These are taught to be considered as internal experiences that can be observed as external experiences are observed rather than continuing to suffer through futile avoidance and control strategies.

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on helping clients behave and engage more consistently with their own values to have more meaningful experiences. Clients are taught to apply mindfulness and acceptance skills to thoughts and emotions. These are taught to be considered as internal experiences that can be observed as external experiences are observed rather than continuing to suffer through futile avoidance and control strategies.

Exposure therapy takes several forms for different purposes. All forms involve the concept that the avoidance of what causes anxiety makes it more debilitating and distressing in the long-term. By starting easy and working up to more difficult tasks, clients are empowered to willingly approach fear in situations they normally would avoid. By doing this the body learns to inhibit this fear response that, in turn, reduces symptoms of anxiety, panic, OCD, and PTSD.

I use a combination of exposure-based therapies and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to treat the distressing thoughts, compulsions, and rituals that form from OCD. With Exposure and Response Prevention, a gold standard treatment for OCD, I help clients face fear and resist compulsions in a meaningful, empowering, and fun way. With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy I help clients open up to their internal experiences and orient themselves to their values as well as actions they find meaningful.

From specialty training and experience working with VA hospital's PTSD clinical team, I am skilled in providing Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to those suffering from trauma. To treat nightmares and flashbacks, I work with clients to organize memories of trauma so they stop haunting them. With CPT I help clients identify problematic beliefs formed from trauma and challenge those beliefs as well as develop new behaviors to reduce symptom severity.

I have specialty training and ample experience treating Panic attacks. I use Interoceptive Cue Exposure techniques that are a gold-standard treatment in reducing the frequency and severity of panic attacks that are often overlooked in therapy. This treatment involves doing activities that simulate aspects of panic that clients can practice willingly opening up to. In addition, I teach grounding and relaxation skills to better cope with panic.

I use a combination of exposure-based therapies and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to treat the distressing thoughts, compulsions, and rituals that form from OCD. With Exposure and Response Prevention, a gold standard treatment for OCD, I help clients face fear and resist compulsions in a meaningful, empowering, and fun way. With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy I help clients open up to their internal experiences and orient themselves to their values as well as actions they find meaningful.

I have specialty training and ample experience treating Panic attacks. I use Interoceptive Cue Exposure techniques that are a gold-standard treatment in reducing the frequency and severity of panic attacks that are often overlooked in therapy. This treatment involves doing activities that simulate aspects of panic that clients can practice willingly opening up to. In addition, I teach grounding and relaxation skills to better cope with panic.

From specialty training and experience working with VA hospital's PTSD clinical team, I am skilled in providing Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) to those suffering from trauma. To treat nightmares and flashbacks, I work with clients to organize memories of trauma so they stop haunting them. With CPT I help clients identify problematic beliefs formed from trauma and challenge those beliefs as well as develop new behaviors to reduce symptom severity.