In individual, one-on-one therapy, our clinicians utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is one of the most empirically supported treatment approaches, meaning research has repeatedly demonstrated that CBT achieves superior symptom reduction and improvement for a variety of mental health concerns including ADHD, anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma. CBT is action-oriented treatment in which clinicians collaborate with clients to identify their goals, tailor CBT treatment, and teach effective therapeutic skills, all based on client-specific conceptualization, to support clients in meeting those goals. Relative to many other forms of therapy, CBT has been demonstrated to provide symptom improvement over a fewer number of sessions.
In individual therapy, clinicians help clients identify, analyze, and alter unhelpful thought patterns and fundamental beliefs, and, most importantly, change the behaviors that keep them stuck. Clinicians will also support clients to develop coping strategies, increase emotional regulation skills, and foster healthier problem-solving techniques. For anxiety and OCD, our clinicians utilize exposure therapy, which is part of the CBT umbrella and the gold-standard therapeutic technique for the treatment of anxiety and OCD. As a part of exposure therapy, clinicians walk clients through a process of incrementally navigating and engaging with their fears, which has been demonstrated to markedly reduce the severity of those fears over time.
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In couples therapy, our clinicians utilize a CBT approach to support partners to process difficult situations, understand the influence of previous life and relationship experiences, increase positive experiences and caring behaviors, develop stronger joint problem solving, establish healthier conflict resolution, and improve communication.
Research tells us that the more positive experiences in a relationship compared to negative experiences, the more rewarding the relationship. Through couples therapy, our clinicians use CBT techniques to increase positive experiences and reduce negative experiences in relationships to foster more mutually-rewarding relationships.
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Over time, families can get into disruptive patterns that cause individual members to become distressed, upset with one another, and unable to work toward positive change and conflict resolution. This can even include regular arguments in which multiple family members are involved. Furthermore, the demands of life — such as school, work, social commitments, and other time-consuming activities — can further tax the family system.
In family therapy, we will work to bring the family system to a more cohesive and positive place. We will improve communication, alter problematic behavior patterns, learn to compromise, and help every family member get their needs met. If children and teens are involved, we will include reward systems to help positively modify their behavior.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Assessment Associates
