CBT keeps coming up when you research anxiety treatment for good reason: it is one of the most rigorously studied and effective approaches available.
What is CBT?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a structured, time-limited form of therapy based on the idea that thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are deeply connected. When you change how you think about something, you change how you feel and act.
For anxiety, this is particularly relevant because anxious thinking follows predictable patterns: catastrophizing, overestimating danger, underestimating your ability to cope.
How does it work?
In CBT you work with a therapist to identify automatic negative thoughts, challenge and restructure those thoughts by examining the evidence, gradually face feared situations through exposure exercises, and develop practical coping skills.
What does a session look like?
Sessions are typically 50 minutes and more structured than general talk therapy. There is usually a set agenda, homework between sessions, and measurable goals. A standard CBT course for anxiety is 12 to 20 sessions.
What does the research say?
CBT has decades of clinical trial evidence. It is as effective as medication for many anxiety disorders, and its effects tend to last longer after treatment ends because you have learned skills you can apply independently.
Our licensed therapists use CBT and other evidence-based approaches. Take the assessment to find the right fit.