--- title: "CBT — Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in DC — Cura Tempos" description: "CBT in Washington, DC — precise, practical therapy for anxiety, low mood, and stuck patterns. 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That's why we integrate — CBT handles the maintaining loops while depth-oriented work addresses where they came from. Surface and structure, together." } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Will there be homework?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes, and it will be small, specific, and obviously connected to your goals. The evidence is blunt: practice between sessions is where CBT's results come from." } } ] } ] --- [![Cura Tempos](/__l5e/assets-v1/50a70a4f-7979-497e-9338-0a69569aa15d/logo.png)Cura Tempos Washington, DC ](/) [Home](/)[Our Team](/team-3)[Specialties](/specialties)[Services](/book-online)[Office](/therapy-office-washington-dc)[Investment](/rates)[Journal](/blog)[Media](/media)[Contact](/contact) [Book a free consult](https://www.therapyportal.com/p/curatempos/) Our methods # Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Between an event and your reaction sits a layer of interpretation so fast it feels like fact. He didn't reply → I've annoyed him. The presentation stumbled → they've seen through me. CBT is the discipline of slowing that layer down, auditing it, and replacing bad math with better. It is among the most extensively researched forms of psychotherapy — and in the right hands it's anything but the worksheet-factory its reputation suggests. ## What CBT targets well - Anxiety loops: catastrophizing, checking, avoiding - The depressive spiral of withdrawal and self-verdict - Performance anxiety — boardroom, bedroom, or both - Perfectionism and its impossible accounting - Insomnia's racing-mind arithmetic - Habits maintained by short-term relief at long-term cost ## How we use it Collaboratively and precisely. We map your specific loops — the predictions, the rules, the avoidances that keep a pattern alive — then run experiments that test them against reality. Between-session practice matters because the change has to happen where your life is, not just in the room. CBT here rarely travels alone: it pairs with [psychodynamic](/approach/psychodynamic-therapy) depth when the rules have old roots, with [IFS](/approach/internal-family-systems) when a part of you enforces them, and with [EMDR](/approach/emdr) when the alarm is trauma-driven. Structure plus depth beats either alone. ## Practical details 55-minute sessions, $215 with [sliding scale](/rates) from $150–194, downtown or via [telehealth](/online-therapy-dc). CBT work is naturally goal-shaped — we'll define what better looks like and measure against it. FAQ ## Common questions ### Is CBT too surface-level for complicated problems? Alone, sometimes. That's why we integrate — CBT handles the maintaining loops while depth-oriented work addresses where they came from. Surface and structure, together. ### Will there be homework? Yes, and it will be small, specific, and obviously connected to your goals. The evidence is blunt: practice between sessions is where CBT's results come from. Related - [Anxiety therapy →](/specialties/anxiety-therapy) - [Depression therapy →](/specialties/depression-therapy) - [Our approach →](/approach) ## Ready to begin? The 15-minute consult is where most people begin. [Book a free 15-minute consultation](https://www.therapyportal.com/p/curatempos/)[Rates & investment](/rates) Curated mental health & wellness for a life fully lived. [Book a free consult](/book-online) Cura Tempos A boutique DC practice — sex-therapy-led, holistic, unhurried. 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