Starting counselling with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is similar to driving. When steering a car, your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours influence your direction. Some roads are smooth, while others are challenging, with unexpected detours or heavy traffic.CBT helps you recognize patterns that impact your journey. Together, we explore the thoughts shaping your emotions and behaviours, like checking road signs and adjusting your route. Some sessions may feel like driving through a storm, but you don’t have to navigate it alone. With time and practice, driving becomes more intuitive, as does managing your thoughts and emotions. You gain a clearer understanding of the road ahead, making it easier to handle obstacles.
I am a registered clinical counsellor (#19428) trained in CBT. I help individuals identify how their feelings impact their thoughts and behaviours.
Through CBT, we explore how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours impact your daily life. We also explore past experiences, such as unresolved childhood issues or trauma.
At Ease Counseling, I integrate CBT into in-person and online sessions for adults and youth. I am here to ensure you feel seen, heard, and supported as you work towards lasting change.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy is an evidence-based approach focusing on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. It helps individuals identify and reframe negative thought patterns contributing to emotional distress, leading to healthier coping mechanisms and improved mental well-being.
CBT is based on the principle that our thoughts influence our emotions and actions. By becoming aware of unhelpful thought patterns and replacing them with more balanced perspectives, individuals can experience meaningful and lasting change. This structured, goal-oriented therapy is widely used to support individuals on a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, and stress.
CBT is effective for individuals struggling with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, and stress. It is also helpful for those who struggle with overthinking and negative thoughts.
CBT is a structured and goal-oriented therapy that focuses on present thoughts and behaviours. Unlike traditional talk therapy, which may explore past experiences in depth, CBT emphasizes practical tools and strategies for making positive changes in the present.
Yes, CBT is one of the most researched and evidence-supported therapeutic approaches. It has been proven effective in numerous clinical studies for treating a variety of mental health conditions.
Yes, CBT is widely used with children and teens to address anxiety, depression, behavioural challenges, and self-esteem issues. It provides practical tools to help young individuals understand their thoughts and emotions while building resilience.
CBT can be integrated with other approaches in counselling. I will work with you to determine how best to support your needs and help you achieve your goals
CBT sessions are structured and collaborative. I support you in achieving your goals by sharing tools and strategies to help shift your thinking pattern. So you can move away from thinking traps like catastrophizing or black-and-white thinking. Over time, you learn to cultivate self-kindness and a more compassionate inner dialogue. I share handouts with exercises to support you, which I will email after the session.
At Ease Counselling sessions focus on meeting you where you are and working at your pace alongside you with compassion, kindness, and curiosity in Burnaby and online.
At Ease Counselling services, I incorporate evidence-based modalities in every session. I am trained in various evidence-based modalities, including Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Each of these modalities equips me to support your unique needs, and we work together to achieve your counselling goals.
