Have you ever paid attention to the chatter or thoughts that go on daily in your mind? If your thoughts include taking things personally, lots of “should’s” and “ought to’s”, getting stuck on the worst possible case scenario, very black and white thinking, putting yourself at fault if things not in your control turn out wrong or mistaking your feelings for reality than Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, just may be the thing for you. These types of thought patterns, or “cognitive distortions” can lead to depression, anxiety, insomnia, stress, low self-esteem as well as a host of other problems that can really have a negative impact on the quality of your life. Utilizing a cognitive behavioral approach, both you and your therapist will identify the problem areas in your life, look at your thought patterns and emotional beliefs stemming from those thought patterns and develop a plan to reshape negative or inaccurate thinking. How does this help you? It’s fairly simple but very powerful. When we can identify and change our inaccurate thinking, our actions and how we deal with the world around us changes in dramatically positive ways. Thoughts truly are the things that govern our behavior. Cognitive… Read more »