"Just stop overthinking it" is one of the least useful pieces of advice a person can receive, mostly because overthinking rarely feels like a choice. It feels like your mind trying to solve a problem that keeps refusing to be solved. CBT treats overthinking as a pattern that can be interrupted.

If you've never been to therapy before, the landscape can feel confusing: a wall of acronyms and modalities with no obvious way to tell them apart.

Anxiety appears because your brain has flagged something as a possible threat. The discomfort feels intolerable, so you seek certainty. Someone reassures you. Your anxiety drops. That drop feels like relief. And thus the cycle begins.

One of the most common questions new patients ask is: “How many sessions will this take?” It is a fair question. Unlike traditional talk therapy, which is often open-ended, CBT is structured and goal-directed. That means we can usually discuss a likely treatment range and regularly evaluate whether therapy is working.

If we can't make the "right" choice, what we can do is make our choices right. Commitments, are living things that needs to be nurtured.

Paying close attention to a body sensation makes that sensation stronger. This is simply how attention works. The more closely you monitor your anxiety, the more intense and "loud" the sensations become.

There are three important factors at play when someone finds themselves facing insomnia. They are commonly referred to as the three "p"s.

Trauma can change more than how you remember a painful event. It can also change how you think about yourself, other people, and the world. You may begin to believe: "It was my fault." "No one can be trusted." "I am permanently damaged." "I should have done something differently." Cognitive Processing Therapy, commonly called CPT, is an evidence-based form of cognitive behavioral therapy designed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. It helps people identify and change the

Often, we use the words pain and suffering interchangeably. However, in psychology, they are two different experiences. Understanding the difference is the first step toward taking back control of your life.

How do you define competence? Your answer to this seemingly simple question can have a large impact on how you interpret your achievements.

A "great life," however it looks like for you, should maximize your ratings and satisfaction across many dimensions.

The Choice Point is a simple visual model that helps us recognize the decisions we make moment by moment

Are you doing the thing? If you're not doing the thing, TEAM-CBT interventions can help get you unstuck and move forward.

The just-world hypothesis leads people to believe individuals get what they deserve and deserve what they get. It can offer comfort and predictability but also has a darker side: it can lead to victim-blaming, self-judgment, and a lack of empathy for those who are suffering.

ACCEPTS is one of the most well-known distress tolerance skills taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).