Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective therapies for anxiety disorders, and one of the most researched.
The cognitive part of cognitive therapy focuses on our patterns of thinking, and how those thoughts and belief's color our experience. By becoming more aware of our automatic internalized self talk, we can then begin to change it, for healthier, coping thoughts that allow us to move forward in our lives. Our mind plays tricks on us, and when we learn about our patterns of thinking, we can begin to outsmart anxiety. |
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The behavioral aspects of CBT focus on building tools, such as breathing retraining, behavioral plans for increasing affect regulation, as well as exposure to anxiety in order to increase one's tolerance to anxiety. One of the most important aspects of anxiety treatment is that we are able to change our relationship to anxiety, from something that is feared and must be gotten rid of, to something that is understood as natural, inevitable, but not horrible, something we can overcome. Parents can also learn ways that, as they're trying to help and support their teenager, they may be inadvertently reinforcing anxiety. We'll teach parents how to partner with their teens to facet their fears and overcome anxiety.
If you've never done CBT, you might think of therapy as just recounting the week, talking about parents and friends, or having someone to talk to. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is goal directed, focused on helping changing one's life for the better, and learning tools and exercises to shift your teens thinking, and creating lasting change quickly, so that they are able to end therapy and not have to keep coming back.
If you've never done CBT, you might think of therapy as just recounting the week, talking about parents and friends, or having someone to talk to. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is goal directed, focused on helping changing one's life for the better, and learning tools and exercises to shift your teens thinking, and creating lasting change quickly, so that they are able to end therapy and not have to keep coming back.
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