Podcast 260
TEAM-CBT Games, featuring Amy, Heather, and Brandon
In today’s podcast, three of our most creative TEAM therapists describe a number of innovative games they’ve created to facilitate learning key TEAM-CBT techniques in group settings. Our guests are:
Amy Specter: Amy is a Level 3 certified TEAM therapist, licensed marriage and family therapist and credentialed school counselor. She works with at-risk youth in schools and has an online private practice specializing in shyness and breakup recovery. She can be reached at amy@amyspecter.com. For a free copy of Flirty Dice or to purchase Tune In, Tune Up head over to https://www.feelinggreattherapycenter.com/
Amy Spector
Brandon Vance, MD: Brandon is a Level 4 certified TEAM trainer and therapist for individuals, couples and groups. His most recent TEAM related project is an international book club to support people in reading Feeling Great. He can be reached at: brandonvance@gmail.com
Brandon Vance, MD
Heather Clague, MD is a Level 4 certified TEAM therapist and psychiatrist who works in private practice and at Highland General Hospital in Oakland. In addition to teaching and writing about TEAM CBT, she runs Berkeley Improv that holds in-person and online improv classes for all levels. You can a reach Heather at: www.heatherclaguemd.com
Heather Clague, MD
Tune In / Tune Up, a card game which features spontaneous speaking situations using the Five Secrets of Effective Communication. Heather, Brandon, and Amy guided us while we played and explained each of the following games during the podcast:
- Love Feast, where you make fake, over the top introductions of other people in the group
- Flirty Dice, where you have to flirt with some using a specified facial expression, a specified type of question, and a specific affect.
- Future Projection, where you talk back to a Negative Thought from the perspective of your wiser, happier self from the future.
The group also discussed how these types of games can help individuals with social anxiety develop greater courage, spontaneity, and interpersonal skills.
We also did a group Shame Attacking exercise and briefly described the use of this tool in the treatment of social anxiety.
You can also reach Heather, Brandon, and Amy at the Feeling Great Therapy Center, where you’ll find links to Tune In / Tune Up, Flirty Dice and more Improv Games.
Thanks!
Rhonda and David
Dr. Rhonda Barovsky practices in Walnut Creek, California. She sees clients mostly via Zoom, and in her office. She can be reached at rhonda@feelinggreattherapycenter.com. She is a Level 4 Certified TEAM-CBT therapist and trainer and specializes in the treatment of trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Check out her new website: www.feelinggreattherapycenter.com.
You can reach Dr. Burns at david@feelinggood.com.
This is the cover of my new book, Feeling Great. The kindle and audio versions are available now too!
It is currently on sale on Amazon and is ridiculously cheap! Act now if you want your own copy!
E squared (E x E) : Entertaining and Educational; especially the segment on fart sound simulating.
I hope Brandon brings this up in the FG book club! (He might want to start with the underwater therapy first.)
Hi David, Rhonda, Amy, Heather and Brandon
Thank you for this absolutely wonderful podcast!! It was so funny to listen to you all, I laught so much!!
I think these games are brilliant!
Many greetings
Caroline
Thanks, Caroline,
I have forwarded your wonderful comments to our gang of crazies! Warmly, david
Thanks, sent your kind words on to the gang of crazies! d
Awesome! You all are so fun! And informative.
Love this!!!
Thanks so much, Leigh! Warmly, david
Hi David hope your keeping well?
This is an unrelated question but I really value your opinion. What is your opinion on Joe Dispenzias work on the power of the mind in regards to restructuring the brain by unlearning old habitual actions which keep people stuck in the past as he says with mental issues or lack of self esteem? He mentions something similar to what you mentioned in the death of the ego, but he says death of self in order to meditate in which to imagine that what you want or strive to be has already happened, and by doing so rewires new brain path ways which helps you become more positive and become the person you want to be. Thanks David
Dale
thanks, Dale, sounds good! d