In the 24 compelling episodes of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life, Professor Jason Satterfield will help you build your cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) toolbox. In learning to use these tools appropriately, you will build a life that is both more powerful and more peaceful than you had ever imagined.

We are wired to be overly sensitive to rejection, and while that might have been adaptive in our evolutionary past, it is not helpful now. Watch how Stephen responds to perceived rejection. Learn about the nature of rejection itself and which CBT skills can help Stephen, Amanda, and others address those habits of mind that can work against us.

To benefit from CBT, it's not enough to look only at your automatic thoughts. Use a new worksheet to identify your deepest beliefs and schemas, as well as your signature strengths. Functioning as an advanced thought record, your detailed core beliefs worksheet will help you understand what drives your automatic thoughts about yourself.

Learn about the numerous techniques for somatic quieting, including some that Dr. Satterfield has begun to use for himself. Watch as he suggests various behavioral activations for both Amanda and David. Although their issues and needs are very different, you'll see that behavioral activation is an important CBT tool for both.

Learn why cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is such a powerful and effective therapy to help you move toward Wise Mind: that state where your emotions and cognition are working together, each from its own strength, to support you in your best possible life. You'll meet Amanda, David, and Miriam and watch their initial CBT sessions.

ABUSED is an emotional roller coaster ride showing the legal system at work raising the question of how to treat women who kill men that have abused them. In June of 1987, 19 year old Susan Greenberg pled guilty to killing her “boyfriend” and was sentenced to twenty-five years to life for first degree murder.. After serving 19 years in prison, Greenberg was one of the first women to test a new state law that allows women convicted of murder to...

Explore the cognitions, behaviors, and emotions that come into play with procrastination. Learn to use your CBT thought record, core beliefs worksheet, and problem-solving therapy to identify ways in which you can reframe the task at hand. Watch how Amanda addresses her procrastination by employing the "four squares" technique developed by US President Dwight Eisenhower.

Have you ever found yourself worrying so much that you wished you could just turn your brain off? You're not alone; it's normal to worry from time to time. But when worrying becomes unproductive and continual, CBT tools can help you regain control. Learn several techniques, from distracting yourself to scheduling official worry time, that can help you redirect your thoughts and avoid rumination.

Life as we know it is changing and disrupting every sector of our lives in the age of COVID-19. The ramifications of the Coronavirus Pandemic have rippled across every aspect of our professional and personal lives. With governments enforcing stringent guidelines to protect its citizens there is much that can be done by businesses when it comes to the safety and wellbeing of employees. Planning how to manage office utilization in a way that members...

A full self-assessment is a foundational CBT skill, giving you a good sense of your strengths and areas for improvement. And as you move forward in your therapy, self-assessment will show you whether or not you've been progressing toward your goals. Learn how to access the NIH's free PROMIS system to collect the data you'll need for your self-assessment and case formulation.