Mission

The Vermont Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy provides high quality empirically supported treatments for clients who struggle with a variety of psychological problems. The goal is to improve the quality of life of our clients through the delivery of ethical and effective psychological interventions. We provide a supportive therapeutic environment in which people can learn to make changes in their lives that will allow them to become happier, more successful, and more fulfilled.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy is devoted to the relief of human suffering using methods that have been show to work. The latest in scientific advances are used to design personalized treatments. In CBT the therapist and client work together to determine the goals for therapy, the agenda for eash session, home practice between sessions, the usefulness of each intervention, and how long to continue therapy.

Cognitive behavior therapy is a treatment approach that combines two very effective kinds of psychotherapy — cognitive therapy and behavior therapy.

Behavior therapy helps you weaken the connections between troublesome situations and your habitual reactions to them. Reactions include but are not limited to; fear, depression or rage, and self-defeating or self-damaging behavior. It also teaches you how to calm your mind and body, so you can feel better, think more clearly, and make better decisions.

Cognitive therapy teaches you how certain thinking patterns are causing your symptoms — by giving you a distorted picture of what's going on in your life, and making you feel anxious, depressed or angry for no good reason, or provoking you into ill-chosen actions.

When combined, behavior therapy and cognitive therapy provide you with very powerful tools for stopping your symptoms and getting your life on a more satisfying track.

The Practice

The Vermont Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy was founded in 2005 by Jennifer Gordon and Elena Ramirez, who have over 16 years of combined experience in both the principles and application of Cognitive Behavior Therapy.