[CONNECTICUT, 2020] – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 60 percent of American adults experienced adverse experiences that resulted in childhood trauma. Most of these experiences stem from witnessing and/or experiencing a horrific event, such as community violence, abuse or personal loss.

Children and teens who experience these traumatic situations get affected and react in various ways, including feeling extreme emotions, withdrawing from family and friends, and developing feelings of hopelessness and depression.

These reactions to trauma can negatively impact young people’s lives and have a lasting effect through their adulthood. This is why the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health offers Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a type of psychotherapy that effectively addresses trauma.

Changing Children’s Behavior as a Result of Trauma

Based in Westport, Connecticut, the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health has been offering therapy services for children, teens and adults dealing with different kinds of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The practice specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people with trauma identify, understand and change their unhealthy thinking and behavioral patterns.

Each patient receives a customized treatment plan, which will teach them a specific set of skills that will help them change their unproductive way of thinking or behaving. The treatment plans are also designed to help them develop healthier strategies for managing their reactions to trauma. With children and teens, parents are also commonly involved in the process, learning about ways to support their child through their treatment journey.

With cognitive behavioral therapy from the Center of Cognitive and Behavioral Health, children and teens dealing with trauma can do so in less destructive and more productive ways.

About the Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health

The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health is a private group practice in Westport, CT. They are dedicated professionals committed to providing comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

Call The Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Health today at 1-888-745-3372 for more information about their services.