Purple hat therapies

A purple hat therapy is defined as an “intervention that combines evidence-based treatment components with a new component of questionable scientific plausibility.” This chapter describes approaches that appear to fit this definition. For example, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) combines an evidence-based approach (i.e., exposure therapy) with a questionable component (i.e., eye movements). Other treatments discussed in the chapter include energy therapies and binaural sleep sounds. The chapter closes by identifying common features of purple hat therapies.

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Eve A. Rosen
Carmen P. McLean

Rosen, E. A., & McLean, C. P. (2023, August). Purple hat therapies. In J. N. Stea (Ed.), Investigating Clinical Psychology (pp.)  New York, NY:  Routledge  doi:10.4324/9781003259510-12