Therapy at Hanover CBT
Evidence-Based Therapy for Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Families in Hanover, New Hampshire and Online
Therapy at Hanover Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapies begins with careful understanding: what is happening, what has been tried, what has not worked, what is getting in the way, and what support may help.
People come to therapy for many reasons. Some are looking for support with anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, attention, health-related stress, academic pressure, social challenges, relationships, family strain, substance misuse, grief and bereavement, or major life transitions. Others may not have a clear name for what is happening, but know that something in daily life has become harder to manage.
Clinicians take time to understand each person, the circumstances around their concern, what has not worked and what has helped, and what changes would actually matter. Diagnosis can be useful, but it is not treated as the whole story.
Evidence-Based,
Whole Person Care
Hanover CBT’s therapy services are grounded in evidence-based approaches, namely Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) and cognitive behavioral therapies provided within an ACT framework, such as exposure-based treatments, mindfulness skills, behavioral activation, motivational interviewing, DBT skills, and other well-supported methods.
Our methods are offered with intentionality and discernment, not as a fixed script. Therapy may involve learning new skills, building awareness, changing patterns of avoidance, strengthening relationships, practicing differengt responses, building self-compassion, or making choices that better reflect each person’s values and goals.
The deeper philosophy behind this work is explained on Our Approach. At its core, therapy at Hanover CBT is evidence-based, collaborative, individualized, compassionate, and shaped around each person rather than diagnosis alone.
Common Reasons People Come to Therapy
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Anxiety, worry, panic, social anxiety, avoidance, OCD, intrusive thoughts, compulsive patterns, trauma, stress, and difficult life experiences.
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Depression, low mood, loss of motivation, emotion regulation, grief, loss, major change, identity, self-understanding, and life transitions.
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Attention, executive functioning, ADHD-related challenges, school pressure, college pressure, work demands, performance pressure, perfectionism, burnout, and feeling stuck.
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Family conflict, parenting challenges, caregiver stress, relationship patterns, interpersonal difficulties, social challenges, loneliness, and difficulty connecting with others.
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Health-related stress, chronic illness, pain, adjustment to diagnosis, coping skills, and substance misuse.
This list is not exhaustive, and therapy is not limited to people with a diagnosis. Specialty-area language should help people orient themselves, not reduce anyone to a label. These concerns can appear at different ages and in different forms. A child’s anxiety can look different from an adult’s anxiety. Social challenges can show up differently for a child, teenager, college student, adult, or older adult. Therapy at Hanover CBT is shaped around each person’s developmental stage, circumstances, and needs
The best first step is often a conversation about what is bringing someone to therapy and what support will work best.
Therapy Across Ages and Life Stages
The therapy relationship and structure will look different depending on the age, developmental stage, needs, and goals of each person.
Child Therapy
Support for children and parents, with attention to emotional development, anxiety, social challenges, trust, family patterns, and practical strategies that can be reinforced at home.
Goes beyond the session. Trust-building, play, creativity, emotional language, support with anxiety or social challenges, and school collaboration may all be part of the work
Adolescent Therapy
Support for teenagers navigating anxiety, mood, identity, relationships, social pressure, school demands, autonomy, and family dynamics.
For adolescents, therapy often needs to balance privacy, autonomy, family systems, identity, advocacy, social pressure, and changing relationships. The work frequently involves helping teenagers understand themselves, build crucial skills, and navigate pressure without feeling like they are the problem.
Young Adult Therapy
Therapy for college-age and young adult clients working through independence, identity, academic or career pressures, relationships, executive functioning, emotional health, and major transitions.
For young adults and college-age clients, therapy may focus on independence, identity, life skills, academic or work pressures, relationships, executive functioning, emotional health, and the transition into adult responsibilities.
Adult Therapy
Therapy for adults and older adults seeking support with emotional health, relationships, stress, caregiving, work, health-related concerns, life transitions, substance misuse, and patterns that have become difficult to shift alone.
For adults and older adults, therapy may support emotional health, relationships, health changes, caregiving, work stress, retirement or later-life transitions, grief and loss, loneliness, family role changes, and patterns that have become difficult to shift alone.
Group Therapy
Group therapy at Hanover CBT brings people together around a shared concern or goal in a structured, clinically grounded setting. Groups can offer practical support, shared learning, skill-building, and connection while helping difficult experiences feel less isolating.
Offerings vary in focus and format and can include multi-week therapy groups, shorter programs, or one-time workshops. Each group has a clear purpose and is designed to help participants connect what they are learning to their own lives in a thoughtful, supportive way.
Health Psychology
Therapy for people navigating the connection between physical health, emotional wellbeing, behavior, stress, illness, and daily life, with support shaped around each person’s circumstances, needs, and goals.
Hanover CBT is a Collaborative Practice Around Therapy
Therapy at Hanover CBT does not sit in isolation from the rest of the practice. When helpful and with appropriate consent, therapists may consult with assessment specialists, psychiatric providers, parents, schools, physicians, dietitians, or other professionals involved in each person’s care.
When more than one family member is receiving care through Hanover CBT, clinicians can coordinate thoughtfully and with appropriate consent when that collaboration is clinically useful.
This can be especially useful when a person or family is navigating more than one concern, such as emotional distress alongside learning needs, attention difficulties, health questions, medication decisions, or school-based support.
Not every therapy client needs collaborative care across disciplines. But the structure of the practice allows for more connected thinking when that is useful.
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