125: Ask David — How Do You Treat Chronic Laziness?

125: Ask David — How Do You Treat Chronic Laziness?

More Great Questions from Listeners
  1. Kevin asks: After your initial improvement from treatment or from reading your book, Feeling Good, what can one do moving forward to give yourself "booster shots?"
  2. Umatsagir asks a related question: I feel great right after reading your book, Feeling Good, but the effect diminishes over time. What should I do?
  3. Umatsagir also asks: Is there an anxiety masterpiece equivalent of your book, Feeling Good?
  4. Kyle asks: What can I do, as a therapist, about the passive patient who just shrugs when I ask what he wants to work on, and says, "My Mom thinks I should come to see you." When I try to dig deeper to try to find out what patients like this want help with, I run into resistance and then they typically drop out of therapy. What should I do?
  5. Benjamin asks a somewhat related question: How do you treat chronic laziness? In your book, Feeling Good, you call this "Do-Nothingism," which is a lack of motivation that you often see in depression. In your book, you talk about ten different types of procrastination, with a different approach for each. If the patient feels overwhelmed by many things he or she is procrastinating on, how can you help that person, since he or she probably can't do the psychotherapy homework, either! It's a Catch-22, since they cannot find the motivation to do anything, but have to do the homework to improve!
  6. Jim asks another related question: How about doing a podcast on psychotherapy homework? "What do you have your patients do for homework? This is particularly important since I have 45 minute sessions and can only see my patients for 45 minutes every two or three weeks."

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