Changes in work, family, and personal relationships are encouraged and supported. Cognitive therapy is used to change patterns of negative thoughts and self-defeating attitudes in order to generate healthy and positive thoughts, emotions, and actions. My experiences in both the biological-health and behavioral sciences oftentimes are useful in helping integrate and stabilize a person or relationship. My approach to treatment is multidisciplinary emphasizing cognitive-behavioral modalities to reduce and manage stress. Cognitive therapy uses the basic components of education to help understand responses to stressful situations.
Imagery is the rehearsal and practice of new coping skills.
Specific practices include direct action techniques and cognitive techniques to replace negative statements. Logic and rational thinking is encouraged to overcome catastrophizing which is viewing a minor setback as a catastrophe. Problems are opportunities to learn something new. Emotional reasoning is practiced to overcome the belief that one's negative feelings about a situation must be true. To change your feeling one needs to change some behavior.