Hi and welcome to Finding Your Way Through Therapy. I am your host Steve Bisson. I'm an author and

mental health counselor. Are you curious about therapy? Do you feel there is a lot of mystery about

therapy? Do you wonder what your therapist is doing and why? The goal of this podcast is to

make therapy and psychology accessible to all by using real language and straight to the point

discussions. This podcast wants to remind you to take care of your mental health just like you

would your physical health. Therapy should not be intimidating. It should be a great way to

better health. I will demystify what happens in counseling, discuss topics related to mental health

and discussions you can have with your therapist. I also want to introduce psychology in everyday life

as I feel most of our lives are in meshed in psychology. I want to introduce the subtle and not

so subtle way psychology plays a factor in our lives. It will be my own mix of thoughts as well

as special guests. So join me on this discovery of therapy and psychology. Hi and welcome to

episode four. On episode four, I really want to talk about the most effective type of therapy.

And it's not what you think. And I keep on saying that, but I'll get to my little punch at the end

there. Hopefully some of you have figured it out. But it's hard to quantify what therapy is best.

So let me start off by saying none of a cognitive behavioral therapist will trained by assumption

college. And I do actually have a degree that says that I am specializing in cognitive behavioral

therapy. It also says that I'm specializing in children and family. But I don't work with children

or families at this point, which makes it a mood point. But you know, always keep your eyes open

for what interests you and how it may change over time. So kind of behavioral therapy. It's really

well known. Arendt back the institute that officially recognizes assumption college as a cognitive

behavioral therapy school is the founder of that. And there's a lot of great people that have done

CBT. And there's a lot of different types of CBT treatment. My favorite being David Burns and his

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