Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps you gain a deep understanding of how your thought patterns and beliefs influence your behaviors.
CBT is a structured, short-term approach designed to help you understand how your beliefs and thoughts influence your feelings and behaviors. By challenging unhelpful patterns, CBT empowers you to make lasting positive change. Complex life circumstances may require additional sessions for comprehensive support.
CBT is grounded in the belief that it is a person’s perception of events – rather than the events themselves – that determines how he or she will feel and act in response.
CBT can help with:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Phobias
- Obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD)
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Substance dependency
- Persistent pain
- Disordered eating
- Sexual issues
- Anger management issues
If you are struggling with challenging emotions or behaviors, CBT offers practical skills to help you move forward.
With CBT, you’ll be able to adjust the thoughts that directly influence your emotions and behavior. This adjustment process is referred to as cognitive restructuring, which happens through different CBT techniques. In a collaborative partnership, you'll learn techniques like journaling and mindfulness to reshape these patterns.
Some CBT techniques are:
- Challenging beliefs
- Relaxation
- Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Social, physical, and thinking exercises
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is much more than sitting and talking about whatever comes to mind during a session. CBT sessions are structured to ensure that the therapist and the person in treatment are focused on the different goals of each session, which in turn ensures that each and every session is productive.
If you're ready to understand and adjust the thoughts influencing your life, I invite you to contact me for a consultation. We'll discuss how CBT can provide supportive and effective strategies to help you reach your goals.