Candy Katoa, Psy.D.
Evidence-Based Therapy for Anxiety and OCD
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavior Therapy has been shown to be highly effective for the treatment of anxiety, depression, OCD and related disorders. I have utilized CBT for over 15 years and have seen many people get better from our work together. CBT is a treatment approach that can help you change problematic thoughts or behaviors, which then changes the way you feel. CBT focuses on the here-and-now, so that you can learn practical and effective strategies for coping. Our work will be collaborative and goal-oriented, which allows many people to experience symptom relief within a short period of time.
In addition to the standard CBT, I also utilize other forms of CBT that include:
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD and other anxiety disorders
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Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) for values based living
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Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for emotion regulation
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Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) for trichotillomania and dermatillomania
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Comprehensive Behavior Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
More information about CBT can be found at:
"What is CBT" from The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
"The Reasons I Chose CBT" from the Huffington Post, written by Judith Beck