Cognitive-behavioral counseling stresses the role of thinking in how we feel and what we do.

It is based on the belief that thoughts, rather than people or events, cause our negative feelings. I can assist you in identifying, testing the reality of, and correcting dysfunctional beliefs underlying your thinking. Then together we can create coping mechanisms and modify those thoughts to the things that keep you productive, happy, and moving forward in life. 

CBT counseling is a structured collaboration between counselor and client and often calls for homework assignments. CBT has been clinically proven to help clients in a relatively short amount of time with a wide range of disorders. This treatment that has been demonstrated to be effective for a range of problems including depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and drug use problems, marital problems, eating disorders and severe mental illness!

(Practice based in Rochester New York.)