CBT St. Louis
How anxiety-focused cbt (cognitive-behavioral therapy) can help you, your kid, or your teenager in St. Louis.
When you or your loved one experiences anxiety, it can feel overwhelming. Anxiety has a tendency to bleed into every situation - to feel overwhelming at home, school, and during extra curriculars, even when you look successful on the outside.
CBT is an evidence-based therapy that’s really awesome for anxiety and anger management work.
At Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, our therapists use a lot of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which means we want to take a step back and help you or your child figure out
1. what's going on in your brain
2. how it impacts your emotions, and
3. what reactions it's leading to
That way, we can walk through this cognitive triangle (thoughts, feelings, behaviors) and figure out, what's something more helpful I can tell myself? What's a way to make sure I can keep my emotions calm and in check? What are better reactions I can choose, or some relaxation skills I can incorporate that will feel more helpful?
(Note: While all of our counselors are CBT trained, and we also have an art therapist and certified TF-CBT therapist on staff, so we can bring in a really specialized intervention as needed! Learn more about our St. Louis anxiety therapists.)
At Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, our child therapists and teen counselors use CBT for anxiety, for anger management, for trauma, for perfectionism, and for stress management skills.
Read more: CBT for Anxiety in Perfectionists
CBT is a foundational therapy that can be a really exceptional framework when it comes to breaking down what’s happening and why.
We also love to use CBT to help empower you or your kid in recognizing what is actually changeable, instead of feeling like anxiety or anger just happens to you.
You get to recognize that you’re in charge of your thoughts - not your thoughts being in charge of you.
You’re in charge of your feelings, not other people.
And you’re in charge of your behavioral reactions, too. It’s up to you to choose what you want to do!
At Compassionate Counseling St. Louis, CBT is a great starting point for anxiety therapy and anger management therapy.
Which is why we recommend scheduling an initial, free phone consultation today to talk more about foundational CBT skills and how they can help you or your child with anxiety and anger management problems.
Kelsey Torgerson Dunn is the author of When Anxiety Makes You Angry and founder of Compassionate Counseling St. Louis. She works with anxious teens, college students, and adults.
Compassionate Counseling St. Louis specializes in anxiety therapy for teens, kids, and college students, along with partnering with parents through parent coaching - basically therapy for parents here in St. Louis. We’re located in Clayton and work with clients throughout the St. Louis region. To schedule a free phone consultation, please use our contact page.
