Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is based on the principal that one’s cognitions, behaviors, and emotions are reciprocally intertwined.
When one has a maladaptive approach in any one of these areas, that can then create unhelpful life patterns in the others.
One’s cognitive distortions and maladaptive behaviors can be a part of developing and maintaining specific psychiatric disorders.
In this form of therapy, Dr. Randall focuses on challenging one’s unhelpful thought patterns, behaviors, and emotions by developing empowering coping strategies to target current identifiable problems that are causing the unhelpful responses.
This type of therapy is primarily problem-focused and oriented in action, meaning the patient is given assignments to practice effective coping strategies and information processing skills to target the identified stressor, thereby decreasing unhelpful symptoms of the disorder.