Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Challenging Negative Thoughts to Improve Mental Health and Overall Life Satisfaction
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a well-established therapeutic approach with strong evidence supporting its effectiveness in treating mood and anxiety disorders, improving performance in high-pressure situations, and promoting overall life satisfaction.
CBT is grounded in the understanding that our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are interconnected. Cognitive distortions—automatic negative thoughts that shape our worldview—can lead to harmful emotional and behavioral outcomes. CBT helps individuals identify these distortions, bringing them to conscious awareness so they can be challenged and reframed.
Through CBT, individuals learn to recognize automatic negative thoughts and assess whether they accurately reflect reality. When these thoughts are found to be inaccurate, individuals use structured techniques to replace them with healthier, more balanced perspectives. This process requires consistent practice and self-reflection, with many clients making significant progress outside of therapy. Because of its practical and goal-oriented nature, CBT is often preferred by clients and typically requires fewer sessions.
CBT has been proven effective for individuals of all ages and is widely used to treat conditions such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and more. Its benefits are also supported in online therapy formats.
