Therapies

Welcome and congratulations on taking the first step toward therapy! This is an important and often life changing decision, as well as one that can be overwhelming and perhaps a little scary. To try to make this process a little easier, we’ve put together some helpful information about the main therapy styles we provide.

Concord Counseling works with those from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of presenting concerns.

We welcome people from every gender, orientation, and identity.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

The underlying concept behind CBT is that our thoughts and feelings play a fundamental role in our behavior. For example, a person who spends a lot of time thinking about plane crashes, runway accidents and other air disasters may find themselves avoiding air travel. CBT helps people learn how to identify and change destructive or disturbing thought patterns that have a negative influence on behavior and emotions. One of the main focuses of cognitive behavioral therapy is on changing the automatic negative thoughts that can contribute to and exacerbate emotional difficulties, depression, and anxiety. These negative thoughts spring forward spontaneously, are accepted as true, and tend to negatively influence the individual's mood. Through the CBT process, patients examine these thoughts and are encouraged to look at evidence from reality that either supports or refutes these thoughts. By doing this, people are able to take a more objective and realistic look at the thoughts that contribute to their feelings of anxiety and depression. By becoming aware of the negative and often unrealistic thoughts that dampen their feelings and moods, people are able to start engaging in healthier thinking patterns.