Atlanta CBT Information

We also have the experience and understanding needed to help clients with other challenges like depression; grief and loss; drinking/drug use; binge eating; chronic pain; managing or adjusting to injury or chronic medical or health issues; trauma; relationship difficulties; parenting; racial stress and anti-racism; and career or school concerns. We especially enjoy working with creative types, executives, professionals, and students. In addition to therapy offered on an individual basis, we offer parent training for parents wishing to gain skills necessary to guide children with anxiety and or positive discipline. Further, we offer couples and family therapy for the purpose of enhancing individual therapy by involving the couple or family system when useful and desired by clients. CBT is referred to as evidence-based because researchers find it to be effective for many people. CBT is usually short term and can often work in 6-25 sessions; some clients come back for booster sessions every once in a while after they complete a course of therapy. Some of clients stay in therapy for longer amounts of time, especially if they have a particularly severe and sticky symptoms and or if they get relief from their primary concerns but then find other issues they wish to work on. Researchers continue to refine CBT. Our Founder and Director, Dr. Leah Farrell-Carnahan, Ph.D., is a former clinical researcher. All therapists at Atlanta CBT stay up-to-date on new treatment developments so you can get treatment that works. While specific CBT techniques and strategies are often necessary components of an effective therapy experience, the relationship between the therapist and client is equally essential. When selecting a therapist, you want both tools and a good relationship. This is what we seek to provide. We do not apply a one-size-fits-all CBT approach. Rather, we collaborate with clients to determine the most efficient and effective ways to engage them in the process of reflection and change, all the while fostering a ...