Cognitive behavioral therapists specialize in Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and can help you to identify and comprehend your thought patterns, which often encompass automatic negative thoughts, cognitive distortions, and self-defeating beliefs. Once these negative thought patterns are pinpointed, cognitive behavioral therapists aim to challenge and replace them with the objective of fostering more constructive and logical thinking. In addition, these therapists place significant emphasis on implementing positive behavioral changes based on the newly established, healthier thought patterns.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is particularly effective for addressing conditions like anxiety disorders, depression, phobias, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. It focuses on identifying and modifying negative thought patterns and behaviors, making it well-suited for issues related to distorted thinking and emotional regulation.
At Thriveworks, we accept most major insurance plans, allowing many clients to pay as little as $0–$50 per session with their co-pay. We also offer self-pay options for those out-of-network or without insurance. Self-pay rates for talk therapy range from $160 to $240 for intake sessions and $135 to $195 for follow-ups, depending on your state. For psychiatry services, self-pay intake sessions are $255–$375, with follow-ups ranging from $175–$300, also varying by state. More information on current self-pay costs is available on our pricing page.
Counseling with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Grand Rapids, MI—Therapists
CBT often empower people to choose, response, and change. Many people want to make a positive change in their lives but do not know what their next steps might be. CBT often provides those next steps. CBT often involves people…
- Learning just how much control they have to focus their thoughts, feelings, and actions on positive outcomes.
- Working within a mutual relationship with a therapist. The therapist may be an expert on identifying negative thought patterns, but clients are experts on themselves.
- Addressing a specific challenging they are facing in a way that is goal-oriented and practical.
- Learning emotional and cognitive skills that they will use after CBT has ended.
Thriveworks Grand Rapids offers cognitive behavior therapy, and our counselors have walked with clients as they make hard but good changes within their thoughts, feelings, and actions. Reach out today to schedule your own cognitive behavioral therapy session and get help.
The Problem of Cognitive Distortions
People’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are all intertwined, and so, a negative, untruth thought pattern can escalate and pose significant challenges within an individual’s life. Cognitive distortions are untrue and negative perspectives upon reality that can fuel negative emotions and poor choices. Cognitive behavior therapy, therefore, seeks to counteract these cognitive distortions, and the first step is often acknowledging and identifying them.
How Could CBT Help?
The goal of cognitive behavior therapy is to replace these distortions with more accurate and positive thoughts about reality. One way that a counselor may help clients accomplish that end is through an exercised call the three-column technique. On a piece of paper, people draw three columns.
In the far-left column, they will record a situation and how they are thinking about it. For example, they may have been awake all night because of their insomnia, and they may think that they will not be able to sleep tonight either. In the middle column, people can name the cognitive distortion that is affecting their thinking. In this case, it is an overgeneralization—the inability to sleep one night does not mean an inability to sleep the next night. In the third column, people will write a true, positive thought response such as, “I will keep working at my sleep routine and doing what I can to help my body rest.”
CBT Counseling at Thriveworks Grand Rapids
Cognitive behavior therapy is a proven technique for a variety of circumstances, including but not limited to…
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Drug and/or alcohol addiction
- Mood swings
- General health issues
- Anxiety
- Self-destructive habits
- Anger management
- Insomnia
- Depression
- Self-mutilation
- Child and adolescent issues
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Relationship issues
If you want to try cognitive behavior therapy for a particular challenge in your life, Thriveworks Grand Rapids has appointments available. When you contact our office, you may have your first session within the week. We also accept most insurance plans.
If it is time for a positive change in your life, consider working with Thriveworks Grand Rapids. Call us today.
