Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
In cognitive behavioral therapy, we learn that life’s journey is shaped not only by the circumstances we encounter but by the choices we make in response to them.
Our approach employed at Heritage Treatment Link is based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT is a form of psychotherapy, developed by psychologists, Aaron Beck, and Albert Ellis that emphasizes the underlying role of how the way we think influences our attitudes and our behaviors.
In individual and group therapy, we provide tools to challenge and examine distortions in our thinking, including the resignation that people will always do things a certain way. We do not believe that people are programmed. Our objective is to enable individuals to re-frame their thinking in order to gain control of how they respond to situations and interactions with others that in the past have caused unnecessary unhappiness and lead to addictions.
Positive Thinking Leads to Positive Behavior
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an action-oriented form of psychosocial therapy that assumes that maladaptive or faulty thinking patterns cause negative emotions and maladaptive behavior. Maladaptive behavior is behavior that is counter-productive or interferes with everyday living. CBT focuses on changing an individual’s thoughts (cognitive patterns) in order to change his or her emotional state and behavior. It is one of the most researched and applied therapeutic techniques utilized in substance abuse and gambling disorder treatment programs.