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Cognitive Therapy for Children & Adolescents
This section of the Web site, which is dedicated to serving children and adolescents, was made possible by the generous support of the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation. Please see the directory for a listing of therapists who specialize in treating children and adolescents.

Cognitive Therapy (CT) has been scientifically demonstrated in hundreds of clinical studies to be an effective treatment for a variety of mental and behavioral health disorders for adults, older adults, children, and adolescents. Below is a list of disorders for which CT has been demonstrated to be effective for children and adolescents.
  • Depression (among adolescents and depressive symptoms among children)
  • Anxiety disorders
    • Separation anxiety
    • Avoidant disorder
    • Overanxious disorder
    • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
    • Phobias
    • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Conduct disorder (oppositional-defiant disorder)
  • Distress due to medical procedures (e.g., cancer)
  • Recurrent abdominal pain
  • Physical complaints not explained by a medical condition (Somatoform disorders)
  • Chronic pain
If you would like more information about CT for children and adolescents, please click here for a review by Dr. Robert Friedberg and Dr. Aimal Khan (2007).
  
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