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Living with Regrets, Part 1 of 2

Episode 376 Published 2 years, 6 months ago

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Live Work With Jessica--

Living with Regrets

Rhonda and I recently did live work at a TEAM-CBT intensive in Mexico City. Our "patient" was a 40 year old mental health professional named Jessica with many years of unhappiness because of a decision she made when she was just 17. Perhaps you've also looked back on your life and thought, "If only I would have . . . " done something I didn't do," as well as, "I wish I hadn't done X, when I was young."

Today you'll hear the initial Testing and Empathy portions of the session, and next week you'll hear the Assessment of Resistance, Methods, and final Testing..

Part 1

T = Initial Testing

DAVID WILL SUMMARIZE SCORES ON BMS AND DML

You can also see her scores on the emotions table of her Daily Mood Log here.

Emotions	% Now	% Goal	% After	Emotions	% Now	% Goal	% After
Sad, depressed, unhappy	90			Foolish	100
Anxious, worried, nervous	90			Discouraged	97
Bad, ashamed	95			Frustrated, stuck, defeated	100
Inadequate	90			Angry, mad, resentful, annoyed	95
Lonely	92			Other

As you can see, these negative feelings were all incredibly intense.

E = Empathy

Jessica, who grew up in Florida, explained that she started ballet dancing at the age of 3, and when she was 17, she won a prestigious full scholarship to study and have the chance to join a world renowned ballet company. Jessica was incredibly excited, but her mom did not see ballet as a "true career." In addition, her mother was quite protective, which was not uncommon in the Cuban community, and told Jessica she could only accept the scholarship if s