108. The Inevitable CBT Episode (with Alyssa Davis, LMFT)

Of course we were going to end up doing an episode about CBT eventually. Emily describes visiting a CBT therapist who seemed uninterested in doing any real work, and Alyssa Davis joins us to cognitively restructure our beliefs about therapy models. Plus, some notes on EMDR, common factors, and deliberate practice. This episode has a bit of everything.

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Introduction: 0:00 – 8:36

Part One: 8:36 – 40:09

Part Two: 40:09 – 1:15:06

Part Three: 1:15:06 – 1:36:40

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Show Notes:

• Donate to Ancient Forest Alliance
• Alyssa Davis, LMFT: Website / Instagram
• Learn Psychotherapy: Website / YouTube / Apple Podcasts / Spotify
• MFT California
• Does Practice Really Make Perfect? A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship Between Therapist Experience and Therapy Outcome: A Replication of Goldberg, Rousmaniere, et al. (2016)