The Ottawa Centre for Cognitive Therapy

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The Ottawa Centre for Cognitive Therapy provides cognitive therapy for Eating Disorders, Stress Management, Anxiety Disorders, Depression / Mood Disorders and Personality Disorders.  The treatment services are organized into four clinics, each with a Director responsible for the Clinic Program Management.  Clients may be assigned to one of a number of therapists at the Centre for Cognitive Therapy, depending on availability and a suitable match between therapist and client.  Both male and female therapists are available.

Cognitive Therapy is a relatively modern form of psychotherapy developed in the 1950's and 60's by Drs. Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck.  It was originally developed as an alternative to the  psychoanalytic approach developed by Freud.  Since then it has been proven to be effective for a variety of disorders in numerous clinical trials and outcome studies.  Dr. Arthur Blouin and Dr. Jane Blouin have contributed to this research, having published cognitive therapy outcome studies in eating disorders.