What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?

You might have lost motivation and fallen into a slump after a sudden loss or change in your life. Without even noticing it, you've become more withdrawn and lost touch with your friends. Or, you may have just stopped caring, having lost any sense of pleasure in your work. You may not know where to start, and just thinking about it feels draining and overwhelming. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy presents a powerful tool to help you re-engage and find pleasure in your life again.

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) provides a powerful set of tools for helping you get "unstuck" and reignite a sense of drive in your work and personal life. It is generally a short-term intervention (8-12 sessions), but can also be the first phase of a more comprehensive treatment.

CBT has been found effective in the treatment of major depression and various anxiety disorders, but it also has many uses for improving your general quality of life, increasing your sense of engagement and daily activity, and creating a plan to get started with those projects or life changes you've put off.

How does CBT work?

In plain English, CBT works to get you going by

  1. clarifying your goals and breaking them down into specific objectives, and even smaller concrete steps,

  2. creating a plan that starts with the immediate and necessary first steps, and breaking them down further if needed, and more importantly,

  3. addressing what gets in the way of fulfilling your goals (e.g. avoidance, fear, anxiety, etc).

What changes can I expect from this treatment?

This form of treatment can help you

  • clarify your goals, identify specific objectives, and take the steps needed to take to meet them;

  • develop a specific plan on where to begin;

  • identify and address how you procrastinate and avoid doing the things you want/need to do;

  • create a strategy for identifying when you first start to slip into a slump, and prevent it;

  • plan out a more active, fulfilling, and engaged life.

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