CBT teaches you skills to take care of yourself, rather than relying on your therapist to help you solve problems indefinitely. CBT targets the maladaptive thinking and behaviors that are prolonging them. It maybe that whatever you're doing to cope, even if it gives short-term relief, is prolonging the problem over time.
CBT has been shown in research to be the most effective treatment for most people, for many problems. Other therapies such as EMDR, Tapping, or Emotion-focused therapy, have not been proven to be better.
In fact, CBT is so good that when researchers want to test new therapies, they test them in comparison to CBT. And so far, nothing beats it.
My mission is to provide quality, evidence-based methods to help you learn to live your best life, especially those listed as 'evidence-based' by the American Psychological Association. I don’t go with the latest trend. I care about you, and so I use what works.
Together, we'll work together to make plans for reducing the behaviors that are getting in the way of your best life.
There are no crystals, smoke, mirrors, or magic bells, buzzers, eye-movements, or lights in CBT.
Just you, and learning to take care of yourself.
Here's a great article from the National Institutes of Health: Why Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is the Current Gold Standard of Psychotherapy
Looking for a CBAT treatment provider near you? I provide effective treatment is available via telehealth in the Seattle,Olympic Peninsula, and Surrounding areas and throughout Washington state. I also provide treatment client clients in Albuquerque, and throughout New Mexico, and all the islands in Hawaii.