​Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a solution-based type of psychotherapy that counselors use to disrupt a patient's negative emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. Although CBT can assists individuals with different types of issues, this form of therapy is often used with patients who suffer from severe depression or anxiety. CBT focuses on the negative ways in which a patient's thoughts and emotions influence their behaviors and how to overcome them.

​How do you talk to yourself? Are you too hard on yourself or overly critical? What does being too critical even sound like with self-talk? There are many layers and components to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but one of the most powerful aspects centers on improving self-talk. Consider the CBT self-talk tools described in this article.

Anxiety comes in many forms and none of them are pleasant. Some symptoms are sweating, fatigue, restlessness, lack of concentration, racing thoughts, impending doom, insomnia, excessive worry, nausea, irritability, and trembling. There are many factors that can cause anxiety such as worrying about the future, over-stimulation, public places, low self-esteem, and lack of control. Read more for a few ways to relieve anxiety.

​Every individual will face a moment of panic, a split second of dread, at least once in their life. For some people, the symptoms of anxiety can be constant and profuse. When we find our mind running nonstop and our breath shaking, we must take the time to remind ourselves of who we are and what we want in life. Anxiety does not have to stop you from being who you want to be.

We're used to seeing the stereotype of an irritable, moody teenager. Parents may leave them alone thinking they'll "grow out of it", but their teen may be experiencing depression or anxiety. 20% of teenagers will experience depression before they reach adulthood, and that's just one mental illness.

At what point does feeling sad or feeling upset turn into depression? This is a difficult question to answer for most people. There are a number of people out there who are, in fact, suffering from depression, but they don't know it. They just think that they are feeling temporary sadness or grief brought on by a precipitating event such as a breakup or the death of a loved one.

Anyone that suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms understands the struggle of finding a therapist that will understand your needs. While you can bounce around from person to person, there are a few things you can look for to help narrow down your options. Therapy services are not one-size-fits-all. You need a psychotherapist that will listen to you and help you through this time.

After 35 plus weeks of caring for your baby through your body, you finally gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby. All is well. So, why are you so unhappy? Logically speaking, you should be happy. But, you can't help but to cry sometimes. You ask yourself, do I have Postpartum Depression? Possibly. There's no need to worry, however. You're not the first woman, that's given birth, to feel this way. And, you will not be the last.

Anxiety is a valuable tool in the survival of a species. It encourages you to stay alert and wary when danger might be afoot and sharpens your senses to detect threats. The problem, however, is that in our modern human existence true physical threats are very rare and sometimes our bodies get confused about what things actually pose a threat. When anxiety is a near-constant companion several of our biological systems start to go haywire, which in turn may increase the anxiety thus beginning the cycle over again.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can present symptoms in a variety of alarming and intrusive ways, as individual to the person experiencing them as the traumas themselves. In past posts, we have discussed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a model for coping with PTSD, and today we'll be looking at another model known as Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET).