cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured, present‑focused approach that helps people notice the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Developed by Aaron Beck and shaped by earlier work from Albert Ellis, it is one of the most widely researched evidence‑based therapies.

Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal‑oriented, using tools like thought records, behavioral experiments, exposure, and skill‑building homework. Clinicians apply CBT to anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, insomnia, eating concerns, and chronic stress, often targeting cognitive distortions, avoidance, and unhelpful coping. In trauma and family‑systems work, CBT is frequently integrated with attachment, somatic, and inner‑child approaches so that insight is paired with nervous‑system regulation and relational repair.