Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is one of the most researched therapeutic approaches to date. Numerous studies prove that it affects people who engage in it with the help of a qualified therapist.
CBT is effective for many mental health concerns, including anxiety, depression, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and trauma disorders. It supports the idea that people have cognitions, or thoughts, that are unhelpful that can lead to unhelpful behaviors. To change these behaviors, CBT therapists help clients examine their negative ways of thinking.
Your CBT therapist will first examine your negative thought patterns. Recognizing your unhelpful thoughts can lead to clarity about your actions. Once you understand how your unhelpful thoughts influence your behavior, your therapist will work with you to identify more helpful ways of thinking. Additionally, your therapist will help you find more positive ways of coping with negative thoughts and strong emotions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy utilizes individualized learning through homework activities that can help you more efficiently integrate the strategies you learn in therapy into your everyday life. Once you’ve incorporated some of these strategies into your daily life, your therapist will work with you to continue to reshape any negative or unhelpful ways of thinking that might arise.
Therapists Who Specialize in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
I believe that a warm, caring, and supportive therapeutic relationship is imperative to the success of my clients. Building trust, and helping people work towards achieving their personal goals in therapy is what I strive to do in each and every session. I understand that challenges and difficult moments can be a part of the therapy process, and I aim to support my clients as they move through...
My name is Lisa Higgins, and I am a trained Couple and Family Therapist. In this role I work with Individuals, Couples, and Families. My passions lie in helping you identify and reduce stress and anxiety, and to help you find the patterns in your life or relationships that you’ve held on to that are causing you to feel stuck. Additionally, my prior career in Human Resources also provides a brid...
I work with children, adolescents and adults to promote learning, healing and growing. As a Client of mine, we focus on your strengths while we work towards managing your setbacks, pressures, and losses that life presents. I would support you to cope emotionally and rationally with these challenges. To build your resilience and power, I listen openly to who you are and who you want to become wh...
Have you or your child experienced significant trauma? After early trauma, children can struggle to attach to caregivers which can impact their ability to form healthy future relationships. Adults sometimes struggle when approaching difficult topics surrounding early childhood trauma, which can contribute to added barriers within the parent child relationship. While many adults are willing and...
Welcome to Birds of a Feather Wellness & Counseling. I offer specialized counseling services tailored to the unique needs of women. Through personal development group courses, individual, couples, and family counseling, college planning, and wellness workshops, I offer purposeful and intentional guidance to help you find balance in your busy life. Incorporating aspects of wellness into each...
I will work to create a trusting environment where you can feel safe to share your thoughts, feelings and beliefs. I will use an integrated approach based upon your individual needs and preferences to meet your immediate needs and to help identify thoughts and beliefs that impact feelings and behaviors. My formal education, special training, and life experiences have prepared me to counsel adul...
I was trained in providing case management for adults experiencing homelessness and advocacy group-work with inner city youth involved in the Juvenile Justice System. My work has primarily been with marginalized urban communities; treating trauma, grief, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other social/emotional/behavioral concerns. Prioritizing a holistic treatment approach, my work is guided by...
Therapy is often sought out in times of despair, grief, desolation and heartache. I have a client-centered approach that allows my clients to not feel alone and to help in moving past these terribly isolating feelings. I find it is very important to be present and ‘in the moment’ with my clients so that they don’t need to face life’s hardest challenges without someone by their side. I encourage...
Sometimes it can be difficult asking for help but, “Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the power of our light”. - Brene Brown My clientele includes children, adolescents and adults in a variety of settings to include individual, group and family therapy. As a US Air Force veteran, I have a special interest in working with the military community. I have extens...
For the past five years my focus has been on delivering evidenced-based family therapy to families within our communities. Within this time frame, I have worked with families and individuals to alleviate the various stressors that plague our lives on a daily basis. My focus revolves around empowering those I work with using a strength-based focus and addressing the individuals or families most...
Katie is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has over 13 years of clinical experience working in community mental health with adolescents, teens, young adults, and families. She received her Bachelor’s in Human Services from Elon University in 2006 and obtained her Master’s in Professional Counseling from Liberty University in 2014. Some areas she enjoys working with individuals on include...
Shane’s ideal client is someone who believes they are ready to change. He understands that clients come from all walks of life, backgrounds, and experiences. Shane believes that the most important person in the therapeutic process is the client and not the therapist. It is the job of the therapist to help the client to facilitate their progress and support them in ways that best fit who they ar...
Jeannie completed her Master of Science in Mental Health at Nova Southeastern University. She has over 10 years of clinical experience across a variety of settings including intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, crisis intervention, and federally funded specialty programs. Jeannie held the position of Clinical Director for six years supervising licensed clinicians, registered interns, ...
Are you wanting to feel better about yourself? Are you looking to grow in this new year? Panic attacks, feeling hopeless, anxiety, depression and stress can make life challenging. If you have had anxiety, you know the racing thoughts, racing heart rate, and pressure in your chest. I am here to help you make it more manageable, by using mindfulness and CBT techniques to learn different ways to c...
Having a special interest in eating disorder treatment and related conditions my clients often have difficulty with issues of mood (especially anxiety and depression), lack of self-identity, fears of judgement and being alone, a craving for connection, a sense of not being understood, concerns about the future, and at times even self-hatred. The mental state of these types of conditions lead to...
