What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?

Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD

Aureen Wagner, PhD

Specialist in cognitive-behavioral/exposure therapy for anxiety/OCD in children, teens and adults for 25+ years; developed the child-friendly Worry Hill® CBT approach. International speaker, training clinicians in CBT; livestreamed and in-person workshops on CBT for anxiety and OCD for professionals and for parents. Author of over ten books, professional kits, and streamable resources for clinicians, children and parents. Awarded the Self-Help Book Recommendation by the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) for the highest level of evidence-based best practices for Worried No More: Help and Hope for Anxious Children, Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and What to do when your Child has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions. Resources for professionals include Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents: Professional's Kit, and Worried No More: Teaching Tools and Forms.

 

What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?  ADAA Member Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD shares an introduction to CBT as a treatment option for your mental health journey including what CBT’s goals and core principals are, when it is generally used, and what to expect if seeking CBT treatment.

 

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Aureen Pinto Wagner, PhD

Aureen Wagner, PhD

Specialist in cognitive-behavioral/exposure therapy for anxiety/OCD in children, teens and adults for 25+ years; developed the child-friendly Worry Hill® CBT approach. International speaker, training clinicians in CBT; livestreamed and in-person workshops on CBT for anxiety and OCD for professionals and for parents. Author of over ten books, professional kits, and streamable resources for clinicians, children and parents. Awarded the Self-Help Book Recommendation by the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) for the highest level of evidence-based best practices for Worried No More: Help and Hope for Anxious Children, Up and Down the Worry Hill: A Children's Book about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and What to do when your Child has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies and Solutions. Resources for professionals include Treatment of OCD in Children and Adolescents: Professional's Kit, and Worried No More: Teaching Tools and Forms.