Elisa Nebolsine has been providing clinical services to children, adolescents, and their families in the Washington, DC area for the past fourteen years. In her current practice, Cognitive Therapy for Kids, she utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help children and adolescents with problems ranging from depression to attention issues with a particular focus on anxiety disorders.

CBT is a problem-focused therapy that helps children and adolescents become their own therapists. In its simplest form, CBT seeks to help children and adolescents recognize the negative patterns of thinking that perpetuate their moods and work to change their cognitions.

Elisa Nebolsine has had the privilege of training with the founder of Cognitive Therapy, Aaron Beck, MD. Through the Beck Institute she has received comprehensive training in CBT with children. Elisa is also an Accredited Cognitive Therapist (ACT) through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, a rigorous credential begun by Aaron Beck in order to mark a "truly qualified and effective cognitive therapist."

Cognitive Therapy for Kids provides individual and group therapy to children and adolescents in the Washington, DC area. Elisa also is a consultant to clinicians in the District of Columbia Public Schools on CBT, is an adjunct faculty member at Catholic University, provides local and national trainings on CBT, and supervises and consults with professionals, schools, and centers both locally and nationally.

Cognitive Therapy for Kids is located in McLean, Virginia.
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