Depression and Anxiety
Depression and anxiety are the most common problems, symptoms, and diagnoses that therapists treat — and so it is in my practice. In general, depression usually is about loss, while anxiety is often about danger.
Many folks come into therapy with a combination of both symptoms, and thus both are addressed. Often, by using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), you will learn how to change the way you think, act, behave and feel. Helping you to change your thoughts (or cognitions) about a problem from a negative into a more positive formulation, is often an important step forward toward its resolution.
As a CBT therapist, I can be very structured and systematic in my approach using mood logs, journals, diaries, homework sheets and the like. Although many of my clients choose not to do extra-session work consistently, those who do write things down and keep records are often more successful than those who do not.
Although I give my clients instruction and practice time going over deep breathing exercises, relaxation training, meditation, and data homework forms, many people who I see either prefer not to do this, or are unable to find the time or motivation to do so outside of our session. Therapy does indeed continue and can be successful, regardless of whether clients use these formal CBT techniques — CBT is more than the CBT techniques alone. As long as you are committed to working hard in taking responsibility to change your life, that is enough of a treatment contract for me to engage in the therapeutic process with you.
Depression and Anxiety
Depression and anxiety are the most common problems, symptoms, and diagnoses that therapists treat — and so it is in my practice. In general, depression usually is about loss, while anxiety is often about danger.
Many folks come into therapy with a combination of both symptoms, and thus both are addressed. Often, by using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), you will learn how to change the way you think, act, behave and feel. Helping you to change your thoughts (or cognitions) about a problem from a negative into a more positive formulation, is often an important step forward toward its resolution.
As a CBT therapist, I can be very structured and systematic in my approach using mood logs, journals, diaries, homework sheets and the like. Although many of my clients choose not to do extra-session work consistently, those who do write things down and keep records are often more successful than those who do not.
Although I give my clients instruction and practice time going over deep breathing exercises, relaxation training, meditation, and data homework forms, many people who I see either prefer not to do this, or are unable to find the time or motivation to do so outside of our session. Therapy does indeed continue and can be successful, regardless of whether clients use these formal CBT techniques — CBT is more than the CBT techniques alone. As long as you are committed to working hard in taking responsibility to change your life, that is enough of a treatment contract for me to engage in the therapeutic process with you.