Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Columbus, Ohio

CBT Therapy

Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, chronic stress, or a parent trying to help your child cope from daily stressors and challenges, CBT Therapy offers practical tools to manage your thoughts and feelings. Online and In-Person CBT sessions are available throughout Ohio with experienced therapists.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

At Columbus Behavioral Health, we use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
to help you replace harmful thoughts with more positive ways of thinking
that bring a better quality of life and a renewed sense of self.

In Person & Virtual CBT Therapy In Columbus & Central Ohio

What Is CBT Therapy And How Can It Help?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based approach that focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is a kind of talk therapy focused on understanding the ways in which your thinking habits contribute to your behavioral habits. For example, if you have a tendency to think, “I suck at this. I am going to screw up,” then you dramatically increase the likelihood that you’re going to make mistakes on that specific task. This type of negative thinking habit therefore contributes to performance anxiety, so it is a terrible negative feedback loop to interrupt.

The focus of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is to help you connect these dots and challenge negative thinking that may contribute to your emotional health and well-being. Instead of spending too much time thinking about the past, CBT concentrates on what you can do right now to improve the way you feel. Through therapy techniques—like problem-solving strategies, thought records, and outside of therapy type homework —cognitive behavioral therapy helps you build healthier coping skills and regain a better quality of life while reaching your mental health goals.

CBT Therapy Can Help With:

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How CBT Therapy Can Help

If you or a loved one is feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, life’s challenges, or in a cycle of negative thinking, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers a range of tools to help you:

Improve Emotional Regulation

Through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, you’ll learn ways to challenge intrusive thoughts before they feel out of control. These tools help you respond more thoughtfully instead of reacting impulsively so you can manage stress more easily.

Reduce Challenging Behaviors

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps you acknowledge patterns and understand behaviors you may want to change or adjust. By learning healthier coping strategies, you’ll begin to make choices that better fit with your mental health goals, instead of continuing habits caused by stress or emotion.

Manage Anxiety and Daily Stressors

Anxiety can often be crippling when it comes to completing daily tasks. With CBT Therapy, you’ll learn to recognize anxiety triggers and change the thoughts that keep you from progressing in a positive manner. Over time, you’ll notice change and regain the ability to focus on what really matters, instead of dealing with the stress of anxiety and other challenges.

Improve Problem-Solving and Coping Skills

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people gain the tools necessary to manage daily challenges. Working on CBT therapy, helps a patient become more confident and achieve overall mental health goals over time.

Improve PTSD and OCD Symptoms

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provides a thorough process aimed at facing daily challenges. As you work through life’s stressors, you’ll slowly feel more in control of your thoughts and feelings leading to more confidence and improved quality of life.

Sleep and Overall Well-Being Improvement

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps with understanding and improving racing thoughts and stress that affects your sleep patterns. Improving sleep patterns often helps patients feel more focused and energized.

Meet Our Team

Schedule with a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist

The following is a list of providers at Columbus Behavioral Health who provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Please contact the provider for specifics.

Our Approach at Columbus Behavioral Health

The CBT Therapy Process

Learn More About You

We begin CBT by learn more about you and your background and difficulties. Then, we adjust CBT techniques to help create the best method of treatment.

Create a Treatment Plan

We will help you set goals and a plan that’s adjusted over time. We will work on an intervention strategy that will help improve symptoms over time.

Improve Mental Health Goals

With each session, you and your therapist will work to adjust and change your plan as needed to help improve your overall mental health goals.

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Questions About CBT Therapy

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a type of psychotherapy that focuses on the connection between feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. This type of therapy is a structured, goal-oriented approach with a goal of helping individuals identify and modify negative or unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors so emotional regulation and coping skills begin to improve over time. CBT is often used as a form of treatment for anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions, as well as non-psychological issues like chronic pain and insomnia.

What makes CBT different from other therapy approaches?

CBT is structured and goal-oriented. CBT works to give a patient the tools needed to manage challenging thoughts and behaviors. This type of therapy often focuses on the present time and gives you the tools needed to manage your intrusive thoughts and behaviors. During CBT, you and your therapist will be working together to set and achieve your mental health goals and an overall better quality of life.

What mental health conditions can CBT treat?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is helpful for certain mental health conditions, such as:

Anger management issues
Anxiety disorders
Depression
Eating disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Sleep Concerns
Stress

Can CBT Therapy be combined with other treatments?

Yes, CBT often works well with other treatments to create a more comprehensive plan. Other forms of treatment may include:

Medication: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can coincide with medication plan by addressing thought patterns and challenging behaviors while the medication works to treat other factors.
Other Therapy Modalities: CBT can be paired with other therapies like EMDR for Trauma or Mindfulness-Based Methods to manage daily challenges and stressors.

Client Testimonials

"Karen is a wonderful confidant and adaptable counselor. She helped me work through my grief and anxiety and gave me tools to help myself in future situations. She is flexible, caring and diligent in her work. I highly recommend her counseling services."

Asia has been my therapist for a little more than a year now, and she has genuinely helped me change my life. She’s sharp, funny, and overall incredibly accepting and understanding. Her office is comfortable, her presence never left me feeling judged or misunderstood by any means. I personally highly recommend her as a therapist."

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I have seen a few therapists but have never connected better than with Victoria. I can talk to her like talking to a friend with confidence that no matter the topic, I won't be judged. She has helped me in more ways than I could have imagined.

The ease I had around communication regarding all aspects regarding therapy, including the service itself, billing, and the prompt and friendly communication with the office.

I'd say that Victoria was a perfect fit for the struggles and areas of concern I did and am currently dealing with in life, and that I went from being apprehensive before appointments to often looking forward to them.

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