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 Jun 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 Mai 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 Mai 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 Mai 201739min
035: Live Session (Mark) — Final Testing, Wrap Up (Part 7)
This is the last live therapy podcast with Mark, the physician who was convinced he was a failure as a father because of his difficulties forming a close, loving relationship with his oldest son. Alth...
8 Mai 201748min
034: Live Session (Mark) — Methods Phase, cont'd. (Part 6)
Using the Externalization of Voices, which is arguably the most powerful Cognitive Therapy technique ever created, David & Jill continue encouraging mark to challenge his negative thoughts. The goal o...
1 Mai 201744min
033: Live Session (Mark) — Methods Phase (Part 5)
David and Jill begin using M = Methods to challenge the Negative Thought Mark wants to work on first: "There must be something defective in my brain that prevents me from forming a loving relationship...
24 Apr 201749min
032: Live Session (Mark) — Agenda Setting Phase (Part 4)
Jill and David encourage Mark to develop his list of positives. Mark draws a blank at first. This is very common among patients and therapists alike. Most of us have not been trained to think about de...
17 Apr 201735min
