Jo-ann Petrucci Andrews

Usually it lasts about 10-30minutes, but can vary, sometimes longer. But average time is about 30 minutes

Overall I believe the benefit of cognitive behavioral health therapy is positive. But sometimes it's important to use focus solution therapy, where the client finds their own answers to their problems. CBT can present as if the therapist is coming up with the answer to help solve your problems. In focus solution therapy, the therapist asks you the questions to come up with your own solution. A good therapist asks the right questions, to get the client to come up with their own solutions to the problems. CBT appears to be more reliant on the power of the therapist and less about the client coming up with their own solutions to solve problems.

It's usually stress that brings people to therapy. We live in a stressed society. Stress is a universal concept . In America, anxiety disorders is the number one mental health disorder. Stress is not limited by age, population, culture, it has no boundaries!
it's a universal concept.The therapist offers tools and strategies to help reduce the Symptoms, and support with stress management. There are many modalities of treatment that are used to support stress management, like cognitive behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, solutions focus approach, mindfulness. Since Covid more people have gone to therapy who had never went to therapy before; from the very young, to older populations. Therapy is useful to support stress management.

Medication versus talk therapy? In my personal belief, aside from a thought disorder (which would be schizophrenia), stress management, mood disorders, can really benefit from talk therapy, as the first form of treatment. Because many times it's behavior changes that need to be changed. cognitive behavior therapy , mindfulness, and other forms of modalities of treatment, teach necessary skills to help with coping, and support behavior health diagnoses of mental health disorders. For instance, somebody who is depressed, may withdraw, not get adequate amount of sleep, Lack of movement, or not exercise, or eat healthy foods to support brain health. The therapist can teach clients skills to help them with behavior changes. There are no pills that can give you those changes. The person needs to make those changes. No pills can change behavior. If improvement in lifestyle happens then thoughts change then it leads to better behavior health. Having said that, therapy is an important part of treatment For anyone. I also believe that there are those who have some type of chemical imbalances, be it genetic, or whatever reason, then medication may be needed, but as a second resort, not as a First Resort. Learning ways to manage your stress, and healthy lifestyle changes, will improve overall mental health, and teach long lasting skills over your lifespan.