Randall Kitchen, LPC

Randall Kitchen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside other approaches to help people face life’s challenges. He focuses on practical skill-building and direct problem-solving. He encourages clients to take an active role in making changes they want to see.

He draws on 25 years of experience working with addiction, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, and grief. Randall emphasizes strengths and helps clients identify patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions typically include concrete strategies to change thinking and behavior, plus room to talk about emotions and values.

Randall works with people on a wide range of concerns, including stress, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and career stress. He also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver burnout, and the effects of trauma and abuse. When relevant, he can address adoption, blended family challenges, and issues tied to foster care history.

His approach blends client-centered listening with techniques from emotionally-focused and mindfulness approaches. He uses motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to change and narrative ideas to reframe difficult stories. This mix lets him tailor sessions to each person’s goals and pace.

Randall is comfortable addressing spiritual concerns if a person brings them up, and he aims to help clients reconnect with purpose and resilience. He offers video, phone, live chat, and text messaging sessions for people in Texas who prefer online support.

How CBT and Emotion-Focused Work Translate to Online Care

Randall uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and to practice new skills that change daily life. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and many forms of stress because it focuses on concrete tools and homework between sessions.

He also brings a client-centered stance and emotionally-focused ideas to sessions, which means he listens for what matters most to a person and helps them name and work through strong emotions. Those approaches can help with relationship strain, grief, trauma responses, and rebuilding connection to personal values.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss options, try methods together, and adjust based on what helps a person meet their goals. This collaborative process aims to match techniques to each person’s needs and pace rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face-to-face from a distance and are useful for longer sessions and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or reduce bandwidth needs. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, messaging between sessions, or people who prefer typed conversation. These options help make steady work possible around life commitments.