005: A = Agenda Setting (Part 2) — How to Overcome Therapeutic Resistance: “Dr. Burns, I think I need help with my low self-esteem!”
In the last podcast, Dr. Burns described the eight most common forms of therapeutic resistance. In this episode, he describes his first session with an enraged, anxious, and severely depressed computer programmer from India who is convinced his co-workers are...
004: A = Agenda Setting (Part 1) —The Eight Most Common Forms of Therapeutic Resistance
In this Podcast, Fabrice and David answer the question: What is therapeutic resistance? You will find out that therapeutic resistance is NOT what you were taught in graduate school or read about in the writings of Sigmund Freud! You will also discover why overcoming...Answers to Questions from a Psychology Today Blogger
* ©2008 by David D. Burns, MD Do not copy, publish or reproduce without the written permission of Dr. Burns. Hi everyone. The following are some questions I answered for a Psychology Today blogger about psychotherapy. I had a lot of fun answering these questions, and...Error #3: Reverse Anxiety Hypnosis
* ©2012 by David D. Burns, MD Do not copy, publish or reproduce without the written permission of Dr. Burns. In my last blog, I discussed something I call “Reverse Depressive Hypnosis.” That’s where the patient inadvertently “hypnotizes” the therapist into believing...