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Get the Help You Need to Solve Your Problems Through Empowered Learning Transformation Centers and Changing your Thinking
Cognitive Behavior Therapy or CBT works to learn healthier behaviors/habits and change unrealistic ideas about you, the future, and the world around you. By overcoming avoidance, learning ways to enjoy life again, and testing your thinking by looking at the real evidence in your life, CBT teaches you to build healthier behaviors, think in realistic ways, create solutions to your problems.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety
Depression affects over 6.5% of the population in the United States each year, according to the NIH and affects women almost twice as often as men. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for depression focuses on restarting the rewarding parts of your life, increasing enjoyable activities, and managing depressive thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has been shown to be effective with both short-term, and often long-term, depression when compared to medications alone (Driessen and Holton, 2010).
Anxiety affects almost 20% of us in any given year (NIMH), with Panic at almost 5%, Generalized Anxiety at almost 6%, and OCD approaching 2% (NIMH Stats Page). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety usually includes exposure therapy, reduction of avoidance strategies, changes to anxious thoughts, and coping methods (e.g., relaxation, mindfulness). Studies are highly supportive of the usefulness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for anxiety disorders (Otte, 2011).
A special kind of anxiety, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), occurs after exposure to violent, threatening, and helpless experiences typically considered traumatic. These can include combat, domestic violence, disasters, or motor vehicle accidents. Almost 7% of us will experience PTSD in our lifetimes. Treatment with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy includes Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, or Narrative Story Telling.
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