We don't lay on the couch and talk about the past. We work on the present to give you actual tools. Several of my clients expect #CBT to be more like traditional talk therapy where we discuss the past and how it impacts your issues. In CBT, we do get a thorough history to understand you better. After getting a really good understanding of you as a person, your strengths, your weaknesses, your life in general, and the diagnostic picture, we move forward with a more structured