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
You are kind to others, but you are often hard on yourself. You speak gently to others, but you often speak harshly to yourself. You see the value in others, but you often don’t recognize your own value. But you can change how you see, talk to and treat yourself! You can learn to (re)discover your inherent value, set appropriate boundaries, and pursue your dreams. Your relationships will be mor...
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Beginning counseling can be an overwhelming experience. Seeking help is an act of courage. With this in mind, I work hard to create a safe, comfortable, and judgment-free environment for my clients. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process where we can work together to gain insight into both your struggles and strengths. Using compassion, understanding, and clinical experience I aim to...
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I specialize in individual therapy with adults with PTSD/trauma, bipolar, depression, and anxiety, although I have experience with many diagnoses and issues. I enjoy helping people learn to cope well with problems, understand themselves better, and become their best selves, while forming a healing relationship. I practice therapy with a strengths-based and client-centered approach, meaning that...
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Sean has a comfort working with patients of different cultures, races, and ethnicities. He is a LGBTQ+ affirming provider and hopes to offer a welcoming space for all clients. Sean has worked with patients suffering from a variety of psychiatric illnesses such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, agoraphobia, OCD, thought disorders, personality disorders, and substance use disorders....
I have been working in the mental health field for over 20 years. I have worked with and have helped clients who suffer with depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety, OCD, panic disorders, grief, self esteem issues, anorexia, bulimia and obesity. I specialize in mood disorders and eating disorders from anorexia to obesity. My approach with clients is from a strengths-based perspective. I utilize...
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Life can knock you down and leave you feeling overwhelmed and not sure which way is up. I view therapy as a collaboration between you and I, working together to achieve the goals you would like to accomplish, rediscover your strengths, and develop better, healthier ways of coping and interacting with others. Sometimes we just need to be reminded of what we already know within us to make it thro...
Hello... I'm Benjamin Bleck-Owens and my passion is helping people overcome issues to reach their life goals using a highly-personalized collaborative approach to identify, understand and change thoughts, feelings and behaviors that may be preventing them from finding and living a happier, healthier and more powerful version of themselves. Everyone can experience life challenges that prevent th...
Now accepting new clients! Through counseling, I help new parents who are struggling to adjust. We work together to find solutions, learn new skills, and build your village. Many of my clients come in feeling overwhelmed, isolated, disconnected from their partner, and exhausted. The families that I work with have a parent with a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder, including bipolar, psychosis,...
