The Center for Psychotherapy and Resiliency offers seminars (5- or 10-week sessions) for children, adolescents, and adults. Each group is based on cognitive-behavioral therapy to promote resiliency. The CBT model works to build resiliency; thoughts, feelings, physical sensations, and actions are interconnected, and each affects the others. CBT is based on the principle that problems are not caused by situations, but by how we interpret them in our thoughts; these can then affect our feelings and actions. How individuals cope with the pain, sadness, and emotional distress is exhibited through their behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. Each session will have a specific topic suitable for a specific age group; one theme clients learn is distorted beliefs, or how to identify a helpful versus unhelpful thought to determine a way to react to a situation. Sessions will also teach clients to rate how ‘real’ their thoughts are. Just because a person thinks something does not mean that thought is automatically true. This useful life skill will help you, or even your child, make better sense of your own interpretations of the world. Some other themes include communication skills, changing beliefs, and using CBT to manage stress. All of these lessons will equip a child with the tools to further develop resiliency. Our seminars will teach skills that can be used in life at home, school, and work. 

There is not only an influence of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, but also Mindfulness. By combining different practices, clients will have more ways to express themselves, communicate, explore their feelings, reconcile emotional conflicts, foster self-awareness, manage behavior, develop social skills, improve reality orientation, reduce anxiety, and increase self-esteem.

Combining these elements fosters Resiliency