Ami Olinger

CBT is an evidence-based approach that helps you understand the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By identifying and challenging unhelpful thought patterns, you can develop healthier ways of thinking and coping with life's challenges. CBT is practical, goal-oriented, and focuses on building skills to manage stress, anxiety, and other issues effectively.

SFBT is a goal-directed, strengths-based therapy that focuses on solutions rather than problems. Instead of dwelling on past issues, SFBT helps you identify your goals and the steps needed to achieve them. Together, we’ll build on your existing strengths and successes to create practical, actionable strategies for positive change in a short time.

Using CBT, a clinician would help clients identify and challenge unhelpful thought patterns contributing to their anxiety, replacing them with healthier, more constructive beliefs. They’d also teach coping strategies like mindfulness or relaxation techniques. With SFBT, the focus would shift to identifying small, actionable steps to reduce stress and build confidence, emphasizing solutions and strengths to create a sense of immediate progress and empowerment.

In addressing family conflict, a CBT approach would explore underlying beliefs, communication patterns, and behaviors that contribute to tension, helping each family member adopt healthier ways to express themselves and resolve disagreements. With SFBT, the clinician would guide the family to identify goals for improved relationships and take small, actionable steps to foster understanding and harmony, focusing on past successes to create hope and momentum.

A CBT approach to relationship issues would involve identifying and addressing negative communication patterns, unhelpful beliefs, or unresolved conflicts that may be damaging the relationship. The clinician would help partners develop healthier ways to interact and solve problems. Using SFBT, they’d highlight the couple’s strengths, past successes, and shared goals, guiding them to take practical steps toward rebuilding trust and improving their connection.