Adult CBT
Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to treat a wide range of issues. It’s often the preferred type of psychotherapy because it can quickly help you identify and cope with specific challenges.
CBT generally focuses on specific problems, using a goal-oriented approach. Treatment generally lasts between 6-20 sessions.
Types of Therapies
CBT Twin Cities offers several different treatment approaches, all within the family of cognitive therapies.
These include:
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Psychotherapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Psychotherapy
Treatment begins with an initial interview to help gain a clear understanding of the reasons for therapy. The first one or two sessions involve a careful review of important issues and will include an intake interview and a few easily completed questionnaires. At the end of this process, a treatment plan is developed to map out the next best steps. This plan may involve psychotherapy alone, or may include referrals to additional services such as a medical evaluation or more specialized treatment.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
The best-established of the modern forms of psychotherapy, CBT is based on a few important assumptions:
- Today’s problems are best solved by focusing on today. Past learning may affect how we think and respond to today’s problems, but the problems of today are the things we can change.
- The thoughts that pass through our mind lead to our moods and our behavior.
- We can pay attention to our thoughts, we can evaluate our thoughts, and we can change thoughts that are unhelpful.
- Thoughts are often based on long-standing beliefs or rules about the world. Sometimes these beliefs can be in error. Faulty beliefs can lead to unreasonable depression, anxiety, anger, or other difficulties.
- Unhelpful beliefs can also be changed and this can lead to a more healthful, effective life.
Rigorous research over several decades has shown CBT to be among the most effective of psychological treatments, as effective as medication in treating depression and anxiety, and the gold-standard treatment for issues such as recurrent panic attacks and recovery from traumatic events.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
Although improvement in psychotherapy is common, so is relapse. MBCT not only helps those who have recovered from a depressed state stay depression free, it has also been expanded to deal with concerns other than depression, such as anxiety and other issues.
MBCT is a short-form of psychotherapy that lasts just eight sessions. Patients learn to use the practice of mindfulness – a mental state in which one is non-judgmentally observing the present moment rather than being swept away by one’s thoughts. These mindfulness skills stop the cycle of depressed thinking before it begins, and allows a person to be more psychologically resilient in the face of inevitable life difficulties.
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