Regarding Telehealth Services: Centra will do their best to update our website regarding telehealth reimbursement.
At present, pay parity appears to remain in effect until 12/31/2023 based on Governor Murphy
signing legislation on 12/21/2021. You should be reimbursed at the same rate as an in-person visit.
We still recommend you check with your insurance company regarding any reimbursement for our out of network services.
Centra Articles
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
By: Jane Beckmann, MSW, LCSW
CBT is a structured collaborative effort between client and therapist aimed at problem solving and modifying distorted thinking. Cognitive therapy is a useful method treating anxiety and depression. It helps the client recognize automatic (negative) thoughts and come up with behaviors and alternative thinking that challenge those thinking patterns.
Keeping written records of thoughts and the emotions they conjure is used in CBT. A client is taught to record his automatic thoughts and to counter them with alternative thinking that is more realistic and motivational.
CBT can be used in conjunction with medication. Data indicates Therapy enhances a person’s response to a drug.
Cognitive therapy teaches us to view ourselves with more compassion, to control painful moods and self-defeating behavior, and as we feel better about ourselves, to experience more energy
