Nov 30, 2020

Do Negative Thoughts or Hormones Cause Postpartum Depression and Anxiety?

And What’s the Best Treatment? TEAM-CBT or Pills?

We begin today’s podcast with a lovely endorsement, and an announcement that Rhonda’s new free Wednesday TEAM therapy training group will be open to therapists from around the world and...

Nov 23, 2020

Today's Ask David features four terrific questions.

1. Kevin asks: Why is the concept of worthwhileness and worthlessness so important to people and their emotional health?
2. Vallejo asks: Does the statement, "WHY AM I ALWAYS THE LAST ONE TO FIND OUT ABOUT ANYTHING?” correspond to overgeneralization, or self-blame? I’ve...

Nov 16, 2020

Ask David featuring four terrific Should questions, and more questions about “asinine, stupid, narcissistic, self-serving humans! “

1. Oliver asks: Can a thought be thought as moral or immoral?
2. Vincent asks: I have suffered from depression for about 3 years and say to myself, "I should have gotten better sooner."...

Nov 9, 2020

Last week, you heard part 1 of the live work with Sunny. Today, you will hear the dramatic conclusion of that session. My wonderful co-therapist is Dr. Jill Levitt, the Director of Training at the Feeling Good Institute in Mountain View, California. Jill also co-leads our Tuesday training group at Stanford. This session...

Nov 2, 2020

In today’s podcast, we will work on another common Self-Defeating Belief, the Approval Addiction. Here are two definitions:

• My worthwhileness as human being depends on getting approval.
• I need approval to feel happy and fulfilled.

I thought of calling this podcast “Curing a Case of Siliconitis” because here in...