Hello and welcome to the Feeling Good podcast.

I am your host, Fabrice Nye.

And joining me here in the Murrieta Studios is Dr. David Burns.

Hi, David.

Hi, Fabrice.

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

Feeling Good, which has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, and has been translated into

over 20 languages.

He is an emeritus adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Welcome to episode 86 of the Feeling Good podcast.

Back again with the wonderful Tuesday group members.

We're going to have an interesting session tonight, or today,

if you're listening in the morning. Today we're going to demonstrate the feared fantasy role

play, and our volunteer today is Liz, who's brought her worst fears that David and Rhonda, who was our co-therapist last time,

and Stephanie, who's actually also a podcast host. Maybe David will tell us a little bit

about Stephanie. But Stephanie, Rhonda, and David will tell us a little bit about Stephanie.

But Stephanie, Rhonda, and David will be playing the role of Liz's worst fears.

We should broadcast this on Halloween.

I don't know why we're doing it now.

So let's hear it for the fear and fantasy.

What is this about, David?

Well, one of the themes in treating anxiety and insecurity, and we see a lot in the therapist in our training groups, almost all of them at some point or at a good period of time have

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