LOS ANGELES, CA — June 9, 2025. Los Angeles Therapy Institute (LATI) has launched a structured eight-week Intensive CBT Program, expanding access to cognitive behavioral therapy in Los Angeles at a time when demand for evidence-based outpatient care is outpacing supply across the region. The new program is now enrolling adults seeking targeted treatment for anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma-related conditions, with sessions available at LATI's three clinical locations and via telehealth for California residents.

The program's expansion comes against a backdrop of sharply rising need. A 2023 report from the American Psychological Association found that CBT remains the most empirically supported psychological intervention across a range of conditions, with remission rates exceeding 50 percent in controlled trials for anxiety and depressive disorders. In urban centers like Los Angeles — where therapist waitlists routinely stretch three to six months — access to structured, protocol-driven CBT has become a measurable gap in the mental health treatment landscape. LATI's Intensive CBT Program is designed to close that gap by compressing a full course of treatment into a clinically supervised, eight-week framework that maintains fidelity to validated CBT protocols.

The program is staffed entirely by licensed psychologists and licensed clinical social workers with documented specializations in cognitive behavioral approaches. Each clinician completes an internal credentialing review and receives ongoing peer supervision — a structural safeguard that differentiates LATI's model from general outpatient practices that may offer CBT as one modality among many. Since its founding, LATI has served more than 4,000 patients across its Los Angeles locations, with the majority of referrals coming from primary care physicians, psychiatrists, and employee assistance programs that have verified the institute's clinical outcomes over time. For referring clinicians, the new program includes a formal coordination protocol: intake assessments are completed within five business days, and referring providers receive written progress summaries at weeks four and eight.

The Intensive CBT Program also addresses a specific unmet need within anxiety therapy Los Angeles providers have long identified: patients who have tried weekly therapy without sufficient progress often benefit from a higher-frequency, skills-based structure. The program incorporates between-session assignments, structured workshop modules, and measurable progress benchmarks tied to validated instruments such as the GAD-7 and PHQ-9. For patients navigating the cost and complexity of mental health treatment Los Angeles residents routinely face, LATI accepts most major insurance plans and offers a sliding-scale fee structure for qualifying individuals. The CBT therapists Los Angeles patients work with inside this program carry an average of nine years of post-licensure clinical experience.

"What we kept hearing from patients — and from the clinicians referring to them — was that the standard once-a-week model wasn't giving people enough runway to actually practice the skills between sessions. This program is built around the idea that CBT works best when it's immersive. Eight weeks is enough time to genuinely shift the cognitive patterns that keep people stuck, if the structure supports it."
— Dr. Sarah Okonkwo, PsyD, Clinical Director, Los Angeles Therapy Institute

About Los Angeles Therapy Institute
Los Angeles Therapy Institute is a multi-location outpatient mental health practice with clinical offices in West Los Angeles, Silver Lake, and the San Fernando Valley. LATI's licensed clinical team specializes in evidence-based therapy LA residents can access for anxiety, depression, OCD, PTSD, relationship concerns, and life transitions — offering individual, couples, and group modalities for adults and adolescents. Since its founding, the institute has served more than 4,000 patients and maintained active referral relationships with physician networks and hospital systems throughout Los Angeles County. To learn more or request a referral packet, visit www.losangelestherapyinstitute.com.


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