Dec 31, 2018

Answers to Great Questions from Listeners Like YOU!

1. Dylan asks: Do you believe in Freud’s “secondary gain,” in which patients resist change because they benefit from their symptoms?
2. Juleann asks: Is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) a real thing?
3. Ismail asks: Should I use the Daily Mood Log just when I’m upset,...

Dec 24, 2018

This is David and Fabrice's top ten list for the worst errors therapists make.

1. Failure to Measure (symptoms, empathy and helpfulness). Research shows that therapists’ perceptions of how their patients feel, or feel about them, are not accurate.

TEAM therapists measure symptom severity at the start and end of every...

Dec 17, 2018

How can you get rid of Self-Defeating Beliefs?

Although any of the 100 + TEAM-CBT methods can be used to modify an SDB, four methods will be highlighted in today's show.

• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Semantic Method
• Experimental Technique
• Feared Fantasy

For more information on how to change SDBs, you might want to watch the...

Dec 10, 2018

Rajesh asked:

• Is it possible to change an SDB?
• Does the mere knowledge of an SDB change it?
• How long does it take to change an SDB?
• How do you change SDBs?

Nikola asked:

• Aaron Beck said the SDBs never really go away. They just get activated and deactivated and activated again. Does this mean that depression is an...

Dec 3, 2018

I recently did two terrific interviews (Podcasts #92 and #111) with Stephanie James on her superb radio show and podcast, The Spark. Today, Fabrice and I are bringing you my third and final interview with Stephanie, as we describe how to convert conflicted relationships into loving, rewarding ones.

Stephanie said it was...