COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY in Maple Grove, MN

As experts in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove, our licensed professionals at NorthStar Regional understand that mental health problems are difficult to face, and that there are ways to train yourself to think and deal with problems differently.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove, MN

As experts in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove, our licensed professionals at NorthStar Regional understand that mental health problems are difficult to face, and that there are ways to train yourself to think and deal with problems differently.

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove, MN

NorthStar Regional offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove, MN. Looking for more information and what to expect in the process? When someone first goes to one of our Maple Grove therapists, they are generally asked what issues bring them in and how they want help. The answers often come down to wanting to feel better and act differently. Recovery from substance use and mental health disorders require changes in the way clients act and behave. By doing so, they will also feel better. Actions and feelings follow what we think and believe. Our Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Maple Grove requires recognition of past cognitive, or thinking, errors and creates challenges for each thought distortion. By confronting these distortions and negative thought patterns, behavior can change, and a person can become whole and healthy.

 

OUT-THINKING NEGATIVITY

Negative thoughts including inaccurate exaggerations, irrelevant thoughts, misperceptions, doubts, deceptions, and lies you tell yourself influence your feelings and actions and can undermine your emotional health. With mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar illness, these thoughts, feelings, and beliefs often become confused and distorted, leading to unhealthy behavioral patterns.

 

AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS

Our Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove can help those who struggle with anxiety, depression, and other mental health disorders which can cause distorted thoughts. Automatic Negative Thoughts (ANTs for short) are those deeply-held, often-repeated, pessimistic views that lead to intense emotions and unpredictable actions. Every ANT carries a crumb of truth. You may think you are dumb because you failed a test. The crumb of truth is that you failed the test. Calling yourself dumb is the distorted and inaccurate thought. When outcomes support these thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, the negative responses are reinforced and can become deeply held, yet irrational, ways of perceiving the world. The truth is, it may be difficult to identify the distorted thoughts. Negative thoughts are often unreasonable and blown out of proportion, fueling emotional problems, and making one resistant to change. They lower self-esteem, decrease judgment, increase fear, and warp reality.

 

THE 5Rs OF CHANGED THINKING

Consider the following five step process to change your thinking that are typically used in our Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove.

  1. Recognize negative thoughts.
  2. Refute negative thoughts.
  3. Replace negative thoughts.
  4. Rehearse positive substitutions.
  5. Repeat the process as necessary.

RETHINKING RECOVERY

Our Cognitive Behavioral Therapy recognizes the interaction between an activating event and the beliefs, the thoughts that follow, and the resulting consequences and emotions. Given this pattern, if you want to change how you act or how you feel, you have to change the way you think. Recovery is possible, not by trying to behave differently, but by changing what you believe and the way you think, confident that, as a result, your behavior can change.

Contact us today to learn more about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Maple Grove, MN and how it can help you reach your goals of feeling better and acting differently.

Additional Information

Our experienced cognitive-behavioral therapy staff in Maple Grove will: