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. Seeing oneself as the cause of a negative event over which one actually has no influence is the cause of personalization of the problem. Therapy concludes when an individual is equipped with management techniques which allow for better coping strategies. A person is able to return to enjoyable life and is better able to survive and achieve.