Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Providence

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or “CBT” is an approach to the alleviation of depression, anxiety, trauma, insomnia, and even the treatment of medical diagnoses such as chronic headaches that has met the “gold standard” of care in the eyes of the American Psychological Association. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a present-focused, problem-solving approach to treatment that helps clients realize that fixing disordered thinking fixes problem behaviors and troublesome symptoms like worry and sadness. Despite our recognition the CBT is a highly effective form of treatment we would be remiss if we did not mention that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is not the only scientifically-proven approach to treatment. The American Psychological Association has also given their stamp of approval to other approaches to treatment used by therapists in the Baltimore Therapy Group including Emotion Focused Therapy, Interpersonal Process Therapy, and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Meet Our
Cognitive Behavioral Therapists
in Providence

While therapists in the Providence Therapy Group use a variety of empirically supported treatments including Interpersonal Process Therapy, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotion Focused Therapy to help clients overcome the struggles that bring them to therapy, one of our therapists specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or “CBT”. Meet Jennifer McMillan, LMHC.

Jennifer McMillan, LMHC
Licensed counselor in Providence

Jennifer utilizes a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach while incorporating aspects of dialectical behavior therapy.  She also believes the relationship she builds with her clients is of utmost importance so she spends time cultivating a trusting partnership with her clients.  As a cognitive behavioral therapist, Jennifer focuses her work on those hoping to find relief from stress and anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, sadness and depression, life transition, identity struggles, and healthy communication.