Cognitive Therapy

Individuals struggling with mental disorders, negative thoughts, and other issues plaguing their daily lives can find the clarity and support they need with our cognitive therapy services. 

Solstice Counseling & Wellness Center is a family-owned treatment facility that cares about providing all patients with a holistic approach to treating mental health concerns, which is why our counselors offer licensed cognitive therapy for a wide range of conditions.

What Is Cognitive Therapy?

Cognitive therapy is a type of psychological therapy that addresses how thoughts influence emotional responses and behavioral patterns. This approach operates on several core principles, including the idea that identifying and challenging cognitive distortions can lead to healthier emotional responses.

Therapy sessions often use cognitive restructuring to modify unhelpful behavior and improve overall emotional health. An active participant in their own therapy, the individual works closely to explore central ideas behind their mental health condition.

Of course, that’s just a brief summary of cognitive therapy. For a more in-depth explanation, consider speaking with one of the experts at Solstice Counseling & Wellness Center.

Cognitive Therapy Can Address Many Mental Health Conditions

Through cognitive therapy, patients can take the first steps toward conquering a wide range of mental health disorders. While speaking with a licensed professional is in your best interests if you want an accurate assessment, some of the few possible conditions that cognitive therapy can help treat include the following:

Depression

For individuals experiencing depression, cognitive therapy targets the thinking that reinforces negative feelings and emotional challenges. Through talk therapy, a therapist helps patients recognize cognitive distortions such as selective abstraction and replace them with more balanced thoughts. With their guidance, patients can develop coping skills that support improved mood and better decision-making in daily life.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Cognitive therapy also has the potential to help those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as it focuses on changing behavioral responses to intrusive thoughts. Psychological treatment helps individuals confront fears and resist compulsive actions. Unlike psychiatric medications, cognitive therapy equips patients with practical tools for long-term control over their mental health condition.

Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder may sometimes require a combination of psychiatric medications and cognitive therapy to address. While medications stabilize mood, therapy sessions focus on reducing emotional difficulties by teaching patients how to manage extreme swings in emotional health. Patients explore how cognitive distortions and unhelpful behavior contribute to manic or depressive episodes and develop behavioral components that help maintain balance in daily life.

Addictions

Cognitive therapy also plays a crucial role in treating substance use disorder and other forms of substance abuse. By addressing the psychological issues underlying addiction, such as relationship conflicts or past trauma, this form of psychological therapy helps patients break unhealthy behavior patterns. Through cognitive therapy, patients can also learn coping strategies that can help them better handle stressors without resorting to harmful habits.

Our Comprehensive Treatments Include:

• Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs
• Outpatient Treatment Programs
• Individualized Treatment Programs
• Medication Assisted Treatment

We’ll Help You Take Your First Steps Toward Recovery

At Solstice Counseling & Wellness Center, our mission is to provide those struggling with anxiety disorders, eating disorders, and other mental health concerns with the support and professional assistance they need to turn their lives around. Call our CARF-accredited treatment facility for further information on our cognitive therapy services and to schedule an appointment.

Solstice Counseling & Wellness Center Is Proud to Help Patients Across the Following Locations:

• Cherry Hill
• Woodbury
• Pemberton
• Deptford
• Burlington
• Lindenwold
• Mullica Hill
• Pennsauken
• Gloucester County
• Burlington County
• Camden County
• Washington Township