Dr. Bruce Hubbard

Bruce Hubbard, PhD - Director

For over 20 years Dr. Bruce Hubbard has helped improve people's lives with Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. After establishing one of the first cognitive-behavioral practices in New York City, he went on to form the Cognitive Health Group where he pioneered the integration of cognitive-behavioral, mindfulness, and insight-oriented strategies. Dr. Hubbard is a faculty member at Columbia University, and former Clinical Instructor at New York University School of Medicine. He has published and presented papers on . . . read more


Sumati Gupta, PhD joins CHG staff

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The Cognitive Health Group welcomes our newest staff member, Sumati Gupta, PhD. Dr. Gupta specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for eating/weight problems and anxiety disorders. Specifically, she offers treatment for binge eating, bulimia, weight management, general anxiety, panic, obsessive compulsive symptoms, and posttraumatic stress. She will also be serving as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College in 2012. Dr. Gupta has published several papers on emotion regulation, eating disorder symptoms, and coping with trauma. read more

Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Obsessive Thinking, Worry, Rumination

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Worry is an anxious preoccupation with an anticipated negative event. Over the course of evolution, worry helped us adapt by directing awareness to true problems that once identified can be effectively addressed. In this way worry is adaptive, and helps us manage challenges. For some people, this process breaks down. Their minds become trapped in a endless process of “figuring it out.” They are plagued by thoughts and images of disastrous outcomes that in reality may never come to be. Worriers are particularly challenged by problems that have no clear solution. Instead of accepting and managing these difficult realities, they are viewed as evidence of the futility of even trying to work things out. read more

Dr. Hubbard Quoted in “O” Magazine

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In the January 2011 issue of “O” [The Oprah Magazine], Catherine Price wrote on improving self-esteem. She invited Dr. Hubbard’s contribution for his expertise in cognitive restructuring. In the article, Dr. Hubbard states: “You need to evaluate your judgments against yourself until clear thinking is as automatic as the hurtful patterns it’s meant to replace… This helps you separate the facts about who you are from the negative spin you’ve placed on your experience.” read more

Dr. Hubbard Speaks at the Actor’s Fund

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On October 13, 2010, Dr. Hubbard spoke at the Actors Fund. The talk was an expression of his mission to raise awareness of the nature of anxiety disorders, and their effective treatment with exposure-based cognitive-behavior therapy. Dr. Hubbard described anxiety as a neurobehavioral process called the “Fight-Flight Response.” He presented an evidence-based technique called “exposure” [...] read more