What to expect when starting services with Northwest CBT

Getting started

We typically start with a brief phone conversation to determine whether NWCBT is the best fit for your individual treatment needs and to provide additional information about fees, insurance billing, etc. Then we schedule an initial assessment appointment. Treatment typically begins with assessing what your needs are and providing psychoeducation. It then moves into a more active phase of treatment where you learn tools and strategies to manage and ultimately reduce the intensity of anxiety and other emotions. Practice of the strategies in session as well as outside of session is important to really mastering these skills long-term. The goal being that we want any changes you make in session to spread into your life outside of the therapy sessions.