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Jennifer Caspari Ph.D.

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Jennifer Caspari, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist working in a group practice in Denver, CO, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Associates of Denver, CBT Denver. Caspari has over a decade of experience as a clinical psychologist and specializes in general and health psychology, delivering evidence-based psychotherapies to adults experiencing a variety of presenting concerns. She earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from American University, a master’s degree in community counseling from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from the University of Denver. Prior to joining CBT Denver, Caspari worked at the University of Colorado within the Division of Hematology, and at VA medical centers in Washington, DC, and Portland, OR.

Recent Posts
Stretching Distress Tolerance
Struggling with or avoiding unpleasant emotions or physical sensations increases their intensity. Aim to stretch your distress tolerance to respond to discomfort in helpful ways.
Promoting Perseverance
Perseverance helps you reach meaningful goals and builds confidence and a sense of capability. Here's how to strengthen it.
Are New Year’s Resolutions Helpful?

Are New Year's resolutions helpful? It depends. If setting a resolution, start small, be realistic, and connect it with your larger personal values.

Are New Year's resolutions helpful? It depends. If setting a resolution, start small, be realistic, and connect it with your larger personal values.

Decrease Reactivity: Pause and Tune Into Internal Experience

You can decrease emotional reactivity and have more control over your behavior by building self-awareness, pausing, tuning into your internal experience, and breathing.

You can decrease emotional reactivity and have more control over your behavior by building self-awareness, pausing, tuning into your internal experience, and breathing.

Thoughts Are Just Thoughts

Thinking of thoughts as "the truth" increases their power and can lead to unhelpful behavior. Cognitive defusion allows thoughts to arise without acting on them.

Thinking of thoughts as "the truth" increases their power and can lead to unhelpful behavior. Cognitive defusion allows thoughts to arise without acting on them.

Are You Preoccupied With Pain?

Shifting attention away from pain reminds you that your life is bigger than your pain and offers more opportunities for happiness.

Shifting attention away from pain reminds you that your life is bigger than your pain and offers more opportunities for happiness.

Increasing Psychological Flexibility Through Mindfulness

Mindfulness skills help you connect with the present moment, notice and observe your thoughts and feelings, and create a greater sense of psychological flexibility.

Mindfulness skills help you connect with the present moment, notice and observe your thoughts and feelings, and create a greater sense of psychological flexibility.

How to Build Body Acceptance

Inaccurate and inflexible body-thoughts create dissatisfaction and distress. Creating flexible, and helpful thoughts enables greater body acceptance.

Inaccurate and inflexible body-thoughts create dissatisfaction and distress. Creating flexible, and helpful thoughts enables greater body acceptance.