Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured therapy modality that focuses on identifying and changing patterns in your life. CBT assumes that thoughts, feelings, beliefs and actions are all connected and influenced by each other. Beliefs and emotions influence actions, which influence our character as well as every other aspect of life because we instinctively act on what we believe and feel. Through CBT sessions, you’ll discover thoughts, beliefs and emotions that are distorted or don’t serve you in your current life. Together, you and your therapist reframe the way you think about and cope with events in your life and change the way you think and feel about things.

Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

• Learn better stress management techniques
• Improve mood disorder symptoms
• Learn to better manage eating disorders
• Helps work through body image issues
• Develop more confidence

How does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy work?

CBT is a very structured talk therapy that relies on cognitive psychology and behavior psychology to change patterns that are negatively contributing to your life. It is a very targeted modality of therapy that is used once you and your therapist have identified goals and identified any symptoms of disorders that need to be altered. Through CBT, you and your therapist will work to discover distorted thoughts, feelings and emotions that contribute negatively in your life. Then you will reframe those thoughts to interrupt negative patterns and change the way you feel about and react to situations.

Why does Cognitive Behavioral Therapy work?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy changes your every-day actions by changing your patterns of thinking. Through CBT sessions, you and your therapist work to identify thought patterns that are triggering actions that negatively impact your life. The therapy modality assumes if you change your thought patterns, you change your actions and if you change your actions, you change your life.

What happens in a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy session?

When you sit down with a therapist for a CBT session, you’ll go over your history so your therapist can understand where you are coming from. CBT, however, is more focused on events that are currently going on in your life. Starting with current events, you and your therapist will talk through your actions and uncover the beliefs and thought patterns contributing to those actions. Then, you will develop tools to reframe your thoughts, beliefs and feelings and ultimately change the way you interact with the world.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a modality that works in between sessions to help you progress toward a positive life. Once you’ve wrapped up your CBT session with your therapist, you will get resources and support to continue the work throughout the week. Sometimes homework, such as journaling, will be assigned to help continue healing and challenge thought distortions in between sessions.

Through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, you can learn about deep-seated thoughts, beliefs and emotions that are contributing to the way you interact with the world. Together, you and your therapist can challenge distorted thought patterns and reframe your thinking, thus changing your actions and interactions with others.