Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective treatments for anxiety, depression, and many other mental health concerns. It focuses on developing new ways to understand and manage thoughts, emotions, and actions.

One of the core principles of CBT is that our struggles are often connected to unhelpful ways of thinking, disturbing emotions, and problematic patterns of behavior. CBT helps to gain insight into difficulties, create more helpful ways of thinking, better manage emotions, and modify behaviors by developing improved coping strategies. CBT is an evidence-based psychotherapy that has been demonstrated to be helpful for a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, grief and loss, chronic pain, phobias, PTSD, panic, OCD, Bipolar disorder, and many more.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is one of the basic foundations through which I approach clinical practice. Training in CBT was a core component of my Masters in Social Work program, which included several advanced clinical courses in CBT. After graduation, I continued to develop expertise in CBT through self-study of the works by eminent CBT clinicians including Dr. Aaron Beck, Dr. Albert Ellis, David Burns, Robert Leahy, and others. At Headway Emotional Health Services, a community mental health agency in Minnesota, I received extensive clinical supervision in CBT as a requirement toward licensure as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with the Minnesota Board of Social Work. Over the past several years, I have gained significant experience in using CBT to help clients with depression, anxiety, anger, phobias, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other issues.

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