043: Ask David — The Hidden Emotion Technique for OCD
Listeners submitted questions on OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder): Is it an organic illness? Are drugs necessary in the treatment? What's the best book to read if you want to heal yourself? What's ...
3 Heinä 201739min
042: Shame-Attacking Exercises
The late Dr. Albert Ellis developed a technique to help individuals struggling with shyness. It's called Shame-Attacking Exercises. Essentially, you do something bizarre in public to overcome your fea...
26 Kesä 201723min
041: Uncovering Techniques (Part 3) — The What-If Technique
The third uncovering technique is called the "What-If" Technique, developed by the late Dr. Albert Ellis. The What-If Technique can will help you identify a terrifying fantasy under the surface that f...
19 Kesä 201734min
040: Uncovering Techniques (Part 2) — The Interpersonal Downward Arrow
The Roles and the Rules—Psychoanalysis at Warp Speed! Most of us run into conflicts with other people from time to time, or even frequently. In this podcast, you will discover precisely why this happe...
12 Kesä 201738min
039: Uncovering Techniques (Part 1) — The Individual Downward Arrow
What are the root causes of depression? Anxiety? Relationship problems? In this, and the next two podcasts, you will discover the answer! Cognitive Therapists believe that negative thoughts, or cognit...
5 Kesä 201739min
038: Ask David — Negative Messages from Society
A listener named Daisy describes her despair at being unable to have a baby, despite intensive efforts at a fertility clinic. She gets well-meaning messages from friends, family and support groups tha...
29 Touko 201725min
037: Ask David — "My negative thoughts aren't distorted!"
"My problems are real! The world really IS screwed up! And that's not a distortion. So what can I do about my severe depression and anxiety?" David and Fabrice discuss two questions submitted by Feeli...
22 Touko 201725min
036: Ask David — Empowering the Victim With the Five Secrets
A blog reader made a fairly strong and impassioned comment that sometimes asking the patient to examine ways she or he may be contributing to the problem may be a mistake when the patient really IS a ...
15 Touko 201739min
