153 - Ask David: Is it ok to touch patients? Does Depression ALWAYS result from distorted thoughts? And more!

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

🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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New Ask David Questions

Kelly asks: Would love to hear a podcast about to use or not to use touch in therapy. I personally feel touch is extremely helpful (what is more natural than to hug or put a hand on someone hurting), however I believe our profession has become so “professionalized” that is leaves out such a power act of healing. Did you ever use touch when you were practicing, and do you feel it is appropriate?
Against Machines Taking Over asks: You say that depression always results from distorted thoughts. But the sadness that results from a failure, rejection, or disappointment is not distorted. Can you explain a bit more about this?
Against Machines Taking Over also asks: Is there something you used to advocate for before but then you changed your mind?
Eduardo asks: How do you treat hypochondriasis. Almost all articles and advices I've read for hypochondriasis try to cover the writer's back by first and foremost telling you that you should get yourself checked for real causes for your concern.
Eduardo also asks: I've been struggling with anxiety, and after reading When Panic Attacks, I got very interested in giving The Hidden Emotion model a try, but it seems to be structure-less. It seems to require a lot of detective work with no clear sheet or procedure. It's just Detective Work, and then do something about it. Is there some newer technique to dig into what's eating you?

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Feeling Good podcast, where you can learn powerful techniques to change the way you feel.
0:16.3	I am your host, Rhonda Borovsky, and joining me here in the Murrieta studio is Dr. David Burns.
0:22.6	Dr. David Burns is a pioneer in the development of cognitive behavioral therapy and the creator of the new team therapy.
0:29.6	He is the author of Feeling Good, which has sold over 5 million copies in the United States and has been translated into over 30 languages. David is currently an
0:39.3	emeritus adjunct professor of clinical psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine.
0:45.3	Hello, Rhonda. Hello, David. How are you doing? Good to see you. Good to see you. It's really
0:52.0	excited. We just finished the intensive in South San Francisco, and it was fantastic.
0:56.1	It was our highest rated intensive in 25 years, and it was just like magic or like a series of miracles.
1:08.2	Part of it was people just opened their hearts, and so there was a lot of miracles. And part of it was people just opened their hearts.
1:12.2	And so there was a lot of crying, a lot of laughter, a lot of healing occurred.
1:18.2	The live demonstration on the night of day one that I did with Jill Levitt was just,
1:25.8	you can only, it was like a miracle.
1:28.9	It was just mind-blowing.
1:35.0	Just mind-blowing. And there was tremendous personal healing throughout, throughout the workshop. And so if you didn't get a chance to go to Calgary or to South San Francisco in
1:42.0	November, I'm going to have another intensive in Atlanta, Georgia. It's my
1:46.0	first East Coast intensive in more than 25 years. And I can't promise it'll be as good as these
1:53.0	others, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be a great one too. And then I've also got in October 3rd, I think, if you go to my website to the workshop page,
2:05.2	I've got a Five Secrets Workshop coming up one day with Jill Levitt,
2:10.1	and you can join that one from anywhere in the world online or come in person.
2:15.6	So today we're going to have, on podcast 153, we're going to do some great
2:20.7	Ask David questions. Thank you, all of you for writing and asking questions and submitting
2:26.9	your ideas for podcasts. We also have an important announcement before we dive into the Ask
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