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NEW GAHANNA OFFICE LOCATION
How to make your initial appointment with CCBT:
New patients must CALL prior to being scheduled so that intake information
can be taken, insurance contacted when appropriate, and suggestions
for staff be provided. Please do not use email to make an initial
appointment as those emails will not be answered. New patients must
call 614.459.4490.
CCBT is pleased to announce that eight of its Independent
Practicing Affiliates will be attending, in October 2009, the 2-day basic
training from the Gottman Institute for couples/marriage therapy. CCBT is
providing stipends for the tuition costs to build CCBT's capacity to provide
empirically supported couples/marriage therapy.
CBT and Behavior Couples Therapy Noted as
Empirically Supported
A newly published article in Newsweek magazine reviews the problems in
psychotherapy that result from a lack of scientific grounding in treatments.
It mentions specifically cognitive-behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy,
and behavior couples therapy as methods that have been shown to have an
effect on many patients. If you would like to read the article, here is the
link:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/216506
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Thinking Errors: A Psyhcoeducational Group on How to
Control Your Thoughts
The hallmark of Cognitive Therapy is the identification and correction
of thinking errors. Sometimes referred to as cognitive distortions,
these errors in thinking are usually automatic, and often occur so
quickly that you might not even know you thought the idea.
Some of these errors are
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Mind Reading—Thinking you know what other people think of you
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Catastrophizing—Thinking the absolute worst about the future, as if
there is no other outcome
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Jumping to Conclusions—Drawing inferences about a situation
arbitrarily Minimizing—Discounting the value or meaning of important
positive events
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Magnifying—Over-emphasizing the meaning or importance of single event
in your life
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All-or-None—Thinking in black and white without considering the shades
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Thinking
errors can be a major source of depression, anxiety, or unhealthy
patterns, and Cognitive Therapy uses specific strategies to change
these unhealthy thought patterns. The Group covers teaching about
thinking errors and their effects, how to monitor your thinking
errors, how to change thinking errors, and how to take control of the
automatic ways you create a way of understanding your world.
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