CBT IN OC

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY IN ORANGE COUNTY

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

As a result of our different life experiences, we may develop patterns of thinking that no longer serve us, or can even be counterproductive to our emotional health. These patterns of thinking impact the way we process and interpret things that happen to us and, in turn, the way we feel about these events and ourselves.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidenced-based therapy modality that helps people examine and understand the reciprocal relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

HOW DOES COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (CBT) WORK?

CBT puts you back in the driver’s seat of your thoughts.

The goal of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is to identify, challenge, and replace problematic and outdated thinking patterns and irrational thoughts that have been shown to contribute to patterns of unhealthy behavior and negative emotions.

By learning new ways of thinking and implementing practical tools learned in therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can help people suffering from anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, low self-esteem, relational struggles, and more.

WANT TO LEARN HOW COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY CAN HELP?

CBT CAN HELP YOU:

• Stop expecting the worst

• Heighten your awareness to automatic thoughts

• Challenge underlying assumptions

• Distinguish between facts and irrational thoughts

• Learn how past experiences influence your current feelings and beliefs

• Explore a situation from a new perspective

• Gain a better understanding of other people’s actions and motivations

• Create a more positive way of thinking and seeing situations

• Face your fears instead of avoiding them

• Describe, accept, and understand instead of judging yourself or others

• Become more aware of your mood and its impact

• Establish and realize your goals

• Avoid generalizations and all-or-nothing thinking

• Stop taking the blame for everything

• Focus on how things are rather than how you think they should be