What is CBT
Based in decades of research and proven effectiveness, CBT is an active and goal directed treatment that that helps you build resilience, leverage your own strengths and build upon them to ultimately become your own therapist. CBT has been shown to be highly effective in the treatment of many psychological challenges, including anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, OCD, insomnia, stress-reduction, depression, mood disorders and more.
CBT teaches you to apply practical, present-focused strategies to overcome challenges that have been holding you back. It is empowerment focused, to help you gain the self- awareness and skills needed to improve your life and well-being.
What is DBT
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based, structured form of cognitive-behavioral therapy initially developed to treat borderline personality disorder (BPD). It is now widely used for a range of mental health conditions, especially those involving emotional dysregulation, relationship challenges and high intensity emotions. DBT-informed therapy uses DBT strategies and skills (like mindfulness, distress tolerance, or emotion regulation tools) while being flexible and specifically tailored to each individual client’s needs and goals.
DBT informed therapy is most suitable in the following situations:
If someone has a severe or high-risk condition, full model DBT is typically recommended.
Why CBT
At YCBT we are dedicated to expertise in the collection of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy interventions that will be individually tailored to your goals for therapy.
Making the choice to begin Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is the first step in a process aimed at teaching you the skills, strategies, and understandings to overcome these barriers and ultimately become your own therapist.
Our focus is evidence based treatment, meaning all of the strategies and techniques we used have demonstrated efficacy in a wide group of people. We also emphasize measurement based care, meaning that we proactively monitor progress towards your goals.
YCBT Services is proud to be the Bixby Knolls - Long Beach, CA regional clinic for the National Social Anxiety Center, which was established to make quality psychotherapy services available to those in need.
Through research, collaboration and educating clinicians and the public, NSAC is committed to improving services and care for people seeking help for social anxiety. Visit NSAC here for more information about Social Anxiety.