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Providers Specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

This is the therapy of “attitudes”. Its underlying assumption is that negative emotions and behavior are influenced to a significant degree by one’s own thoughts … and that by changing self-destructive ideation, one can become much less unhappy.  Read more about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy below.

 

Hildie Newman, LCSW
Englewood 80111
Anna Rocio-Brown LPC, CAC III
 
Lakewood 80226
Thomas Calhoun, Ph.D.
 
Denver 80246
Janet Coutts, LPC, CAC III
 
Arvada 80002
Robert Feder, LCSW
 
Englewood 80111
LeAnn Hansen, LCSW
 
Denver 80210
Karen Hauser, LCSW
 
Denver
Denver
80024
80246
Georgia Hitchcock, LPC, CAC III
 
Denver
Greenwood Village
80120
80111
Annie Hutt, LPC
 
Golden 80401
Jo Dold LeJeune, Ph.D., LPC
 
Littleton 80120
Lacey Mashinter, LCSW
 
Lakewood 80226
Sue Medeiros, LCSW
 
Lakewood 80228
Susan Monahan, LCSW
 
Lakewood 80215
Bonnie Mucklow, LPC, LMFT, CAC III
 
Centennial 80112
Jeff Nelson, LCSW, PLLC
 
Centennial 80111
Kristy Robinson, LCSW CACIII
Highands Ranch 80129
Sarah Rose Page, LCSW
 
Greenwood Village 80111
Carol Ruddick, LPC
 
Denver 80231
Valerie Shinbaum, LPC
 
Greenwood Village 80111
Renee Strauss, LCSW
 
Denver 80218
Julie Unger, LPC, NCC
 
Littleton 80128

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT) or Cognitive Therapy (CT) is a type of psychotherapeutic intervention that attempts to reduce the suffering of painful emotions and behavior by assuming that these negativities are the result of faulty perceptions, concepts, and beliefs. Cognitive therapists believe that emotional and behavioral reactions are the result not of triggering situations but of beliefs about these situations.

CBT, which developed from behavior therapy and Rational-Emotive Therapy, is currently in wide use for the treatment of many mental health problems, including anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, mood disorders, insomnia, psychosis, negative habits, couples discord, children’s problems, and character pathology.

There are several distinguishing features of CBT techniques; for example,

1) They follow a careful, initial assessment so that treatment plans are specifically tailored to problems of the individual at hand;

2) With the exception of behavior therapy, they are more widely validated and researched than any other form of clinical intervention;

3) They have similar types of assessment and intervention procedures across disorders; e.g., keeping a cognition diary; questioning painful beliefs; facing situations that have been inappropriately avoided; and experimenting with different and more positive behavior in the face of challenging circumstances; and

4) They are “present-oriented”, focusing upon what can be done to solve a problem in the here-and-now, as opposed to psychoanalytic approaches which are more explorative, focusing upon greater understanding of how problems developed in the past.

CBT has shown very good results in numerous studies comparing it with medication and/or to other psychotherapies for the treatment of anxiety disorders (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia) and depression. One of the most encouraging results of this research is that CBT often reduces relapse rates significantly once therapeutic gains have been observed
 

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Guide to Degrees and Licenses

Ph.D./Psy.D = Doctorate in Psychology

LCSW = Licensed Clinical Social Worker

LPC = Licensed Professional Counselor

LMFT = Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

MS = Master of Science

RN = Registered Nurse

CAC III = Certified Addictions Counselor Level III

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