062: Ask David — The Five Secrets of Effective Communication & Psychotherapy Homework

Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy

David Burns, MD

Clinical, Therapy, Anxiety, Psychotherapy, Depression, Health & Fitness, Cognitive, Mentalhealth, Mental Health, Behavior, Education, Self-improvement, Psychology, Relationships, Addiction, Happiness, Personalgrowth

4.4 • 856 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Will people manipulate you if they catch on to the fact that you're using the Five Secrets of Effective Communication? Is it fair to ask depressed patients to do psychotherapy homework between sessions when they're already struggling with a loss of motivation?

In today’s podcast, David and Fabrice address two questions submitted by listeners:

Robert asks whether it would be a problem if you are using the Five Secrets of Effective Communication (the Disarming Technique, Thought and Feeling Empathy, Inquiry, "I Feel" Statements, and Stroking) with someone who is already familiar with these techniques. Isn't there a danger that they might see through you and therefore thwart your efforts and manipulate you?
Avi asks about the importance of psychotherapy homework in TEAM-CBT. He points out that the loss of motivation is one of the central symptoms of depression, so aren't we in a catch 22 type of situation since patients might not have the strength and perseverance to do their homework?

David and Fabrice love your questions so keep them coming!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Feeling Good podcast.
0:12.4	I am your host, Fabrice Nye.
0:14.7	And joining me here in the Murrieta Studios is Dr. David Burns.
0:19.0	Hi, David.
0:20.0	Hi, Fabrice.
0:23.8	Dr. David Burns has been a pioneer in the development of cognitive therapy, and he is the creator of the new team therapy. He is the author of
0:30.2	Feeling Good, which has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, and has been translated into
0:35.5	over 20 languages. He is an emeritus adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School
0:43.0	of Medicine.
0:44.8	Welcome to episode 62 of the Feeling Good podcast.
0:49.5	Today we have another Ask David episode.
0:54.0	We've had an accumulation of questions and questions. we have another Ask David episode.
1:00.8	We've had an accumulation of questions, and so we need to get to those.
1:08.5	Before we do so, I wanted to tell our listeners that since we've been tracking our numbers, it's been quite interesting to see how people are
1:11.7	listening to us and where from. Back in October, when we first started tracking, we had 22,000
1:20.1	downloads. And so far in November, we have 14,000. So we're doing pretty good. Sounds like
1:27.2	people are happy to listen
1:29.1	to our podcast, David. Yes, and if you like them, tell your friends, spread the word, use all
1:33.9	these social media tricks to see if you can help us expand our audience. We really appreciate
1:39.4	all of you who are listening to our podcasts. Yeah, one of the ways you can support us is by leaving your own comment or question on the podcast
1:51.4	show notes.
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