What is cognitive behavioral therapy? (& How to do CBT)

Free acceptance-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) self-help ebook; see more examples of how to do CBT techniques:
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Cognitive behavioral therapy, said aloud as CBT represents not one therapy but a class of therapies, unified by a science of the heart, mind, and body. CBT involves understanding both the role of cognitive experience (thoughts, feelings, sensations and memories) and behavior (what you do or say). A simple CBT intervention is to track what you think and how it impacts what you do next. Take for example if you have the thought "it's going to rain today" that might impact your behavior, especially if that thought is highly believable. You might find yourself packing a raincoat or umbrella. Although this is an innocuous example, imagine the myriad of painful thoughts, feelings, sensations, and memories that can rule one's behavior. CBT specifically targets your cognitive experience simultaneously with a focus on what you do to create new patterns of responding and therefore living.
The ACT Deck. 55 acceptance-based CBT practices you can do right now to increase psychological flexibility:
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The ACT Approach. An introduction and how-to guide on a cutting-edge acceptance-based CBT:
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1. Conflict of interest: I am an author, I will link to my own books and paid resources as well as use affiliate links. I promise to tell you in videos when I'm being paid (if ever) to advertise during a video.
2. Self help: This channel provides accurate and authoritative information, it is not a substitute for psychotherapy and does not count as a social work service. If you are in need of help, seek out professional services from a licensed healthcare professional.
3. Community: Although this work is my own, I am inspired and supported by a group of clinicians and researchers under the banner of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.

[@annepayette]

I REALLY like how it doesn't feel like a magic trick. Providing pertinent information.

[@monicaclare146]

Thank you. You are a great teacher.

[@nancyventuroli6828]

You are amazing!

[@nschmidt4993]

Great video! Thank you!

[@candiceburch3600]

Wonderful and Informative!

[@TimothyGordon]

Thank you for the kind words. 💛

[@juandgm5636]

The comments become so funny when you know the other meaning of the CBT acronym

[@TimothyGordon]

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[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Interesting approach...

[@TimothyGordon]

Thanks Ken! Please take a look at other videos I have on working with different approaches. I plan on doing more soon.

[@chantalnaoum8053]

Love ur videos

[@TimothyGordon]

Thank you so much for saying so! :)

[@renata5290]

THANK YOU

[@TimothyGordon]

Thank you for taking the time to comment. :)

[@Oh_So_Nat]

Hi! Thanks for the info! I looked for the free course with ceu. Page could not be displayed.

[@TimothyGordon]

Oh no. Sorry about that Natalie. Thank you for the positive feedback about this video. I appreciate it. 🙏🏼

[@Oh_So_Nat]

@@TimothyGordon no problem! Do you still offer the course?

[@TimothyGordon]

No, I wish I could. Sorry about that. I have low fee paid courses here: thezensocialworker.thinkific.com

[@Oh_So_Nat]

@@TimothyGordon thanks a bunch!

[@MrRedstardude]

I found thought challenging in regular CBT to be quite useful in temporarily relieving negative emotions. However, I found the behavioural aspects lead to longer lasting change.

[@TimothyGordon]

Thanks so much for commenting! That makes perfect sense to me. I have a similar experience where I find in a good relationship with a client, I can use challenging to point out thinking as a problem but I’ve also found that mostly the behavioural intervention is what sticks in the long-term. Let me know what other videos you’d like to see. :)

[@ekoutso8730]

@@TimothyGordon I love all your videos and can't have enough. :) Thanks to this video I now understand the difference between CBT and ACT. I came across ACT at a webinar for sleep issues. It resonated with me because in general I tend to resist the "bad things" and end up trapped in that struggle. I would like to see more videos of HOW to link the Acceptance with the Commitment part. I find it hard to take leap in some cases for practical reasons. Imagine for instance someone with chronic fatigue; you cannot simply tell them "accept your pain, leave your bed, ignore the pain, and go dancing!". In the cases of physical ailments, I would like to see how you would reconcile the two edges of the arrow (from your ACT matrix/lifemap video :) ). Thank You!

[@vikasswarnkar8652]

Sir I am going through insomnia can you please help me over this.. I am from india sir.

[@TimothyGordon]

Thank you for writing and sharing. First thing’s first - if you can email me (email address on my website) I’d like to send you an audio recording on practices for getting better sleep. There’s also a specific CBT program called CBT-I, which is cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment of insomnia. It doesn’t work immediately but with consistent practice, it works. Here’s a video on the topic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5uteJl6faiUeLc I also recommend Breethe, this is an app with meditations and programs focused on sleep. Please note it is paid but I don’t have an affiliate code or anything to make money from your enrolment in the app; I use it myself and recommend it. 🙏🏼

[@thisisbob1001]

Been doing CBT for 6 years and not really worked for me. Been trying act this year. Either way it's going to take lot of repetition and time to change how you think about things.

[@Ahrbok]

How's it going for you a year later?

[@NGU7754]

@@Ahrbok He's probably balless.

[@MrMattias87]

Sounds like you have tight stagnant core beliefs that you're holding onto.

[@altaccount4573]

CBT

[@subhasinigiri9068]

💛💙

[@T-wreckz]

Where's the how to?

[@TimothyGordon]

Hi Travis! I think you’re right to point out that I’ve missed giving specific directions. I’ll make you a deal, I’ll produce a new video that is only about practicing CBT yourself, can you give me some examples of what you’d like me to address in the video?

[@duaakhaled4223]

I'd like you to address how to forgive ourselves especially after a mistake_ How to stop guilting ourselves for everything

[@DarylSkinner]

Compulsive basic training

[@TimothyGordon]

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But you are unlovable -🤣🤣🤣

[@TimothyGordon]

Since 1984.