Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapists in Scottsdale, AZ

I provide counseling for individuals who suffer from anxiety disorders, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder. I use a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy and structural strategies to assist children, adolescents and adults manage the multidimensional aspects of anxiety disorders.

What is more important than the quality of your life? Relationships are the cornerstones to your personal well being. I work to take a close look at bonds that continue to influence your present experience. I have worked extensively with couples, including pre-maritial and marital, individuals, teens to address such issues depression, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, relationships, substance abuse, grief, stress. My approach is strength based, goal-oriented, and includes cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, strategic intervention and family systems.

I'd like to help you explore the root causes of your suffering and move toward lasting relief. Do you want a deeper understanding of the core issues underlying your relationship problems, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, substance use, or other issues? Are you curious about how early life experiences may be driving your current problems? Our early wounds are often obvious, like abuse, neglect, or abandonment. But some hurts are more subtle. Even when we have a so-called "happy childhood," we may still go through a lot of "less-than-nurturing" experiences that have a profound impact on our emotional lives as adults.

Change can happen. Feeling better is possible. I work with teenagers and adults who are on a path of self-discovery. We will work together to empower you through an eclectic approach of strength-based techniques such as motivational counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, and educational mental health. My counseling style is rooted in the belief that we are wired for connection, within ourselves and to others.

Dr. Francis is the founder and owner of Scottsdale Premier Counseling and is an expert in the treatment of Body Image. Dr. Francis provides a caring and safe environment for clients who are experiencing difficulty in their relationship with food, sexual health, romantic relationships, and life transitions. Dr. Francis provides exceptional therapeutic services along with privacy.

Anxiety, panic attacks, and OCD in adults and teens are my specialties! I take a whole-person approach; focusing on biology, lifestyle, and psychological factors which contribute to symptoms. I utilize multiple treatment approaches that are individualized to you including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ( CBT ), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP for OCD/Anxiety), Interoceptive Exposure Therapy for Panic, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), EMDR, Self-Actualization/Spiritual work. For OCD, I use a formalized approach for treatment based on research (ERP and ACT).

I am a Certified Eating Disorders Dietitian (CEDS) with over 30 years of exclusive eating disorder experience. I have treated thousands working at every level of care since 1995. In 2018, I opened my own outpatient practice specifically to offer alternative treatment solutions to the typical care that is available. I offer individualized "out of the box" evidence based medical nutrition therapies and treatment plans. I carefully combine emotional, cognitive and behavioral therapeutic strategies that best apply to each individual and coordinate your care with a team to help you get the right care not just the typical care.

THE CHOICE... One of my clients said that she wished that choosing a therapist was like finding a new puppy. You get a sense of the breeding, temperament and capability and then you know from a heartfelt connection that you have the right one. Here you must decide from an exhaustive list of similar sounding credentials. So what I want to offer is some background and then hopefully you can have the experience she wished for everyone.

Finding peace, clarity and happiness isn't easy when life brings confusion, pain, loneliness and disconnection from yourself and others- and I'd like to help. There is hope for change. I know because I've been through struggles too, and because you are reading this now I believe this is your time to reach out and claim your inner power and authentic self waiting to bring you joy. To assist in your journey, I use experience together with training I receive as a therapist at The Meadows, a world-renowned treatment facility for anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship issues, along with several other treatment models.

I believe that the most important part of therapy is the relationship between the client and therapist. My goal as your therapist is to first and foremost build a relationship with you that allows you to feel safe and comfortable opening up about areas of life that can be difficult to talk about. My therapeutic approach encourages you to use your own strengths to help reach your goals, and to uncover your full potential. I believe that one of the biggest steps in the therapeutic process is just being willing to show up.

If you are currently struggling with family issues, feel free to email me or call. I am currently taking patients through a video chat called Doxy.me. I will teach you how to effectively communicate, be less anxious during this stressful time and become more self-assured in your everyday decisions. I see individuals ages 11+, couples, families and seniors. Our work will empower you to make the changes that you need to make in order to live a more fulfilling life. I am currently seeing clients through both telehealth and in person.

Life is filled with ups and downs, highs and lows. And when we are struggling sometimes it's easy to pick ourselves up while other times, we need help. My role, as a licensed clinical social worker, is to assist help adolescents and adults, in my care, to process and cope with overwhelming feelings of stress, depression, and anxiety that they face. I believe that you are the expert of your life, and it is through the collaborative experience that, together, we can navigate the barriers and challenges to your success.

Dr. Shelton is an adult private practice sport and performance psychologist located in Scottsdale, AZ. She offers services through a variety of platforms including in-office visits, telephone, and virtual telepsychology appointments. Her practice utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy combined with performance psychology strategies to focus on examining the interaction between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to best achieve goals, improve functioning, and increase performance.

The Healing Quest specializes in the Relief & Remission of Anxiety/Panic Attacks from session 1. THQ ideal client has experienced the gamut of the traditional medical/mental health approach of managing anxiety/panic attacks, often through medications, and is now ready to eradicate once and for all the debilitating, life robbing attacks. THQ has created a unique and effective protocol utilizing hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioral training which allows you to end anxiety/panic attacks in 3-7 sessions. After first session you will not experience a full blown panic attack, for the majority they are alleviated.

Welcome to my private practice in Scottsdale, AZ where I have provided psychotherapy since 2001. I enjoy having a variety of clients to work with including couples, individuals, children and families. My clinical approach is solution-focused, rooted largely in cognitive -behavioral therapy. I specialize in mood and anxiety disorders, family systems therapy, behavioral issues with children/teens, relationship issues and state of life changes. My clinical style is goal-oriented, direct, open in provision of observations and always seeking your feedback regarding the efficacy and the outcomes you are experiencing in therapy.

Susan Charney MSW,LCSW has been practicing her unique style of caring and direct thereapy for over 20 years. She emphasizes honest appraisal and guided self-reflection as a means of confronting issues head-on. In addition to general practice for individuals, couples, and family, she is experienced in successfully counseling workplace issues including trauma, job changes, complyee/employer relations and other HR-related conficts.

Life is very challenging! As you navigate this stressful world you may sometimes feel that your moods and behaviors are out of your control. While we were taught many subjects in school, we never had a class to learn effective strategies on how to manage our thoughts, feelings and actions. You're finding that your efforts to feel better on your own haven't been working for you. Some of the things that you’ve tried may have even made everything worse. Perhaps you feel bad that you can’t seem to get unstuck on your own. However, it’s not your fault, because you were never taught the skills you really needed!

As a Integrative psychotherapist, over the last 34 years in practice, I have developed a fusion of state of the art treatment modalities that allow me to look at your current difficulties from a big picture vantage point. By considering affective, cognitive , behavioral, physiological and environmental factors that maybe contributing to your difficulties I am able to tailor make your individual treatment, utilizing the best of different psychotherapeutic techniques to fit your unique needs,circumstances and personality. My job is to help you tap into your natural healing mechanism, and assist you to explore, repair and transform into the Optimal You.