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040: Uncovering Techniques (Part 2) — The Interpersonal Downward Arrow
Episode 40
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 …
9 years ago
039: Uncovering Techniques (Part 1) — The Individual Downward Arrow
Episode 39
What are the root causes of depression? Anxiety? Relationship problems? In this, and the next two podcasts, you will discover the answer!
Cognitive T…
9 years ago
038: Ask David — Negative Messages from Society
Episode 38
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 m…
9 years, 1 month ago
037: Ask David — "My negative thoughts aren't distorted!"
Episode 37
"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 a…
9 years, 1 month ago
036: Ask David — Empowering the Victim With the Five Secrets
Episode 36
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 pro…
9 years, 1 month ago
035: Live Session (Mark) — Final Testing, Wrap Up (Part 7)
Episode 35
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 c…
9 years, 1 month ago
034: Live Session (Mark) — Methods Phase, cont'd. (Part 6)
Episode 34
Using the Externalization of Voices, which is arguably the most powerful Cognitive Therapy technique ever created, David & Jill continue encouraging …
9 years, 1 month ago
033: Live Session (Mark) — Methods Phase (Part 5)
Episode 33
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 …
9 years, 2 months ago
032: Live Session (Mark) — Agenda Setting Phase (Part 4)
Episode 32
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.…
9 years, 2 months ago
031: Live Session (Mark) — Agenda Setting Phase (Part 3)
Episode 31
In the early days of my career, I (Dr. Burns) would have assumed that Mark definitely wanted to change--after all, he'd been in a lot of pain for a l…
9 years, 2 months ago