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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 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
