Individual Therapy for Adults in West Hartford, CT: CBT, DBT Skills and Trauma-Focused Therapy

Therapy is a treatment with a method, not a standing appointment to vent. At New Horizon Behavioral Health in West Hartford, Connecticut, you and your clinician agree on what you are trying to change, pick an approach known to work on that, and check out loud whether it is working. Sessions are 50 minutes, weekly at the start and spaced out as things settle, in person, for adults 18 and over.

The approaches, and what each is for

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Structured, present-focused work on the thoughts that drive how you feel and what you do next. Often used for depression, generalized anxiety, panic, social anxiety and insomnia. Sessions usually come with something to practice in between.

Behavioral activation. A deliberately simple approach for depression that schedules activity first, on the understanding that motivation follows action. Useful when getting out of bed is the actual obstacle.

Exposure and response prevention (ERP). For fear that has organized your life around avoiding something. You build a ladder of situations and work up it at your pace. ERP is the version used for OCD, where the compulsion is what gets interrupted.

DBT skills. Distress tolerance for the spike, emotion regulation for the pattern, interpersonal effectiveness for the conversations that keep going wrong, and mindfulness underneath all three. Taught one-on-one inside individual sessions here, not as a full DBT program.

Trauma-focused therapy. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE) and trauma-informed CBT, at a pace you agree to. You do not tell the full story at the first session. Early sessions build brakes before gas: grounding skills, a plan for the drive home, help with sleep. The goal is a memory that stops hijacking the present, not a memory that disappears.

Acceptance and commitment therapy, psychodynamic therapy, grief and adjustment counseling, and motivational interviewing are also used where they fit the problem.

What brings people in

Depression, generalized anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, PTSD and trauma, OCD, grief, work stress and burnout, life transitions, relationship difficulties, anger, sleep problems, low self-worth and adjustment after illness. If what you are dealing with is not on the list, call anyway.

Who this is for

Adults 18 and over, seen individually. New Horizon does not currently provide couples or family therapy and will say so rather than take the appointment. All sessions are in person at 10 Princeton St, Ste N. The practice does not offer telehealth.

Therapy and psychiatry in one chart

When you see both a therapist and a prescriber here, they share a record and coordinate your plan. Medication for sleep, nightmares or co-occurring depression can be built into the same plan as trauma work. Treatment-resistant depression has a further option on site, Spravato (esketamine), decided at a psychiatric evaluation.

How a course runs

Session one is an evaluation: history, current difficulties, goals, and which approach your clinician recommends and roughly how long they expect it to take. Progress is reviewed out loud. If months pass with nothing moving, the approach changes, the clinician changes, or you agree together that therapy is not the tool this problem needs.

Starting

No referral is needed. The office verifies benefits and tells you your expected cost in writing before scheduling. Read the therapy, CBT, DBT skills and trauma therapy guides, or request an appointment.

New Horizon Behavioral Health
10 Princeton St, Ste N, West Hartford, CT 06110
Phone: (860) 838-8799
By appointment, Monday through Friday. In person only. Adults 18 and over.
In a crisis, call or text 988, or call 911.