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What is the Vancouver CBT Centre?

 
We offer evidence-based psychological treatment and assessment for anxiety, depression, and related problems, as well as offer training in CBT to licensed mental health professionals.
  

What is CBT?

 
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, or CBT, is an evidenced-based psychological therapy. With over 350 research studies investigating it, CBT has been found to be one of the most effective treatments for a number of problems, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and trauma.
CBT involves understanding the behaviours we engage in and the thoughts we have that contribute to feelings of distress, and maintain or worsen the problem areas in our lives.
With CBT, individuals learn new skills to better manage problematic situations. In short, CBT teaches you how to become your own therapist, and to develop a sense of control over anxiety and distress rather than feeling controlled by it.
For more information on CBT and whether it might work for you, please click here.
  

 



 

 

Welcome to the Vancouver CBT Centre.
We are a group of psychologists and psychiatrists with extensive and specialized experience in evidence-based treatments, including cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) and pharmacological (medication) treatment.
We are the former clinical team from the UBC Anxiety Disorders Clinic. We specialize in treating complex and severely disabling anxiety conditions, as well as conducting research that has assisted in better understanding and treating anxiety and related problems.

  
 

TREATMENT CENTRE

The Vancouver CBT Centre provides private (fee for service) assessment and treatment for adults and teens experiencing anxiety, depression, and associated problems. Our clinical staff all have specialized training in CBT, as well as in complex or severe anxiety and depression. We also offer CBT for eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating problems.
Please see a listing of the services that we offer here.

you hold the key
 
clients can be seen by a doctoral-level psychology intern for a reduced fee
 

CBT TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONALS

The Vancouver CBT Centre is proud to offer a variety of workshops, supervision, and training programs to assist medical and mental health professionals in learning and mastering the principles of CBT. 
We also offer corporate and public workshops on anxiety and the self-help based application of CBT in daily life.
Please see our listing of training options here.

 cbt training for professionals
 

MBCT WORKSHOPS FOR PROFESSIONALS

Dr. Mark Lau of the Vancouver CBT Centre is proud to offer a number of workshops on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). MBCT is a relatively new psychological approach originally developed to help individuals stay well after recovering from repeated bouts of depression. MBCT is based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn.MBCT combines the ideas of cognitive therapy for depression with meditation pactices from MBSR designed to cultivate mindfulness. Please see a listing of upcoming workshops here.