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
My approach is extraordinarily compassionate and non-judgmental while at the same time solution and goal-oriented. I believe knowledge is power, and teach my clients effective, evidence-based psychological medthods and skills moving them toward healing, success and independence. A successful psychotherapy experience strengthens emotional understanding. It is a process that fosters healing, wisd...
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You just want the pain, chaos, and emptiness you feel to go away once and for all. Whether it is eating secretly to comfort yourself, having to drink every night to sleep, pushing yourself to achieve, or isolating yourself. Attempting to balance family, work, and your self-care can feel overwhelming and tends to end with you feeling worse about yourself and how you can't get it together. Shame ...
Brian McKenna helps individuals and families gain skills for life so they can achieve a healthy level of functioning, renewed hope, and happiness in their lives. His collaborative approach involves other essential relationships and resources to optimize outcomes, fostering a strong therapeutic alliance between himself and the individual. These two strategies are the most important factors to...
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I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and their families. I see each client as unique with unique needs and strive to tailor the therapeutic experience to fit those needs. I am experienced working with issues that are unique to co-occurring disorder clients and understand the complex needs that these clients have. I also specialize in working with children who have experienced tra...
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Hi! I am an individual, couple, family, and sex therapist who believes the way we connect with one another is the key to understanding ourselves at a deeper level. I have worked with individuals (both children and adults), couples, and families in a variety of settings including private practice, support groups, the non-profit sector, and corrections facilities. I use an empathic, collaborative...
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Dr. Nicole Bailey, LCSW, PhD (pronouns: she/they) who is a Queer/Gender-fluid person of color; Sex-Positive and Trauma- Informed trained therapist. I help individuals of the LGBTQIA+/sexuality or romantic minority communities to restore balance and reconnect to their inner strengths. My therapeutic styles are guided by a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with an integration of Afro-Spiritualit...
