Why Our Intake Process Matters

At Kati Wells CBT, we believe thoughtful care starts with the right fit. Our intake process is designed to better understand your needs and connect you with the provider or services that can best support your goals. We know beginning therapy can feel intimidating, which is why your first session is focused on getting to know you—not pressuring you to share everything all at once. Watch the video to learn more about our approach to intake and client care.

Psychotherapy

Individual Therapy: Ages 12+
Family Therapy
Couples Therapy

Diagnostics

Psychological Diagnostic Testing: Ages 14+

METHODS  USED IN OUR CLINIC

Traditional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Every provider in our clinic is advanced trained and treatment-focused in the cognitive model.  This means we value structure in our sessions, rate session-to-session progress, and utilize the time outside of the session to focus on our dedicated goals.  With this approach, we assist you in understanding how thinking patterns are impacting your day-to-day life.  Once that is identified, we can begin to change the negative thinking patterns with a specific set of interventions.  We work to enhance your treatment outcomes by utilizing behavioral skills and experiments to promote change.  Together, the two will shift negative perceptions and give you evidence to show that you can do things differently with success.

Trial-Based Cognitive Therapy (TBCT)

Trial Based Cognitive Therapy has emerged from Brazil as a targeted and focused method of CBT that streamlines the patient’s experience with the use of tools that build on each other throughout the treatment process.  Derived from traditional CBT, TCBT focuses on putting our thoughts on trial to determine their accuracy and change the way we behave.  Our clinic has been trained in TBCT as a team for the last year by experts in the model across the globe.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

TF-CBT is an approach dedicated to treating the impacts of trauma, acute stress, and PTSD.  TF-CBT has three phases which are:
  1. Stabilization
  2. Trauma Narration and Processing and
  3. Integration and Consolidation

TF-CBT was ideally designed for ages 18 and younger. However, our providers have adapted the model and supplemented other CBT methods that have yielded significant benefits and are an effective treatment alternative to EMDR therapy.

Schema Therapy

Schema therapy is largely based in CBT, but also utilizes other influences like attachment theory and Emotion-Focused Therapy.  Schema therapy evaluates core beliefs that are formed throughout childhood as a result of unmet needs.  These unmet needs can develop into significant emotional and mental distress in adulthood if left untreated.  For this reason, schema therapy is extremely effective in treating complicated mental health issues that typically do not respond easily to treatment, such as personality disorders.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is a modified type of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others.  DBT is considered first line treatment for intense emotionally dysregulating mental health issues such as Borderline Personality Disorder. 

Recovery Oriented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Recovery Oriented Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a treatment approach designed to promote empowerment, recovery, and resiliency in individuals with serious mental health conditions without relying on symptom reduction as the primary intervention. 

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP/ExRP)

Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP/ExRP) is a type of CBT that assists in treating a wide range of anxiety disorders such as OCD, phobias and PTSD.  The goal of ERP is to slowly expose the individual to situations that produce fear and teach healthy responses.  With the assistance of the controlled environment, this type of intervention is one of the most effective for the aforementioned anxiety issues. 

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a specific type of psychotherapy for PTSD, trauma and critical incidents.  CPT is short term in nature, typically not requiring more than 12 sessions.  In CPT, you can expect your therapist to help you confront feared thoughts and memories associated with the traumatic event that still bothers you today.  It is designed for people who feel stuck in their thoughts and feelings about the trauma.  CPT is considered a first line treatment for trauma related issues and has shown significant benefit to law enforcement, first responders, healthcare workers and other field related high stakes jobs. 

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What to expect

We have several clinical staff members that have dedicated their careers to studying and applying these treatment options to have an effective, long-lasting result in the therapeutic process.  Our clinic does not deviate much from the above-listed methods, and your consent and collaboration will be utilized throughout the process to determine what fits your needs. In addition to the models we use in therapy, we align ourselves with a clinical approach to therapy.  In short, a clinical approach means we evaluate and focus on more than just how the last week has been for you. 

We focus on determining if you could benefit from medication and being ethical and appropriate about those recommendations.  Our staff work closely with medication providers that support our therapy methods and are knowledgeable about psychiatric medications.If you are a good fit for a medication assessment, our staff will initiate your referral during treatment. Another resource we use in our clinical approach is psychiatric diagnostic testing. 

Mental health diagnoses are sometimes extremely difficult to determine, causing delays in the best treatment and frustrations with the process.  We collectively believe that the authority in psychiatric diagnostics is a Clinical Psychologist due to their scope of practice and overall role in providing an accurate diagnosis. 

If your therapist determines diagnostic testing could be meaningful for your treatment, you will be referred to our staff psychologist for this service. Our certified staff is ready to put together a plan for you by selecting the best therapist for your specific needs and determining the frequency of your visits.  This means that the therapist you see the first time will not necessarily be the one you continue with since we are trying to find the best match, which is impossible to predict by selecting a therapist’s online profile.  Your questions will be well answered in your intake appointment, which mostly gathers your history, determines goals, and outlines the most effective psychotherapy treatment that can be delivered to you.