What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? ​

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of treatment that helps you change the way you think, and consequently, changes the way you behave. Within CBT treatment, we will work together to help you identify the specific thoughts related to your worry and anxiety. Then, we will try out different strategies to help you challenge these anxious thoughts. In other words, you will learn how to “talk back” to your anxiety and reexamine the accuracy of those thought. Then, the most critical component of treatment involves gradually facing your fears. Psychologists refer to this act of facing your fears as “exposures” because you are exposing yourself to situations that tend to make you feel anxious, and then use the tools learned in therapy to cope with this anxiety. The goal is for you to walk away from CBT treatment feeling confident that should a situation come up that makes you feel nervous, you will know exactly how to handle it. 

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