Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life

by Jason M. Satterfield

You talk to yourself all day long. We all do. Most of what we say carries no emotional weight, but sometimes, what we tell ourselves affects the very quality of our lives: “Of course I didn’t get that job. My father was right; no one’s going to hire me at my age.” In the 24 compelling half-hour lectures of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life, Professor Jason Satterfield will help you build your cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) toolbox, giving you the skills you need to change those stories that hold you back and that keep you from experiencing your fullest life possible. In using these tools appropriately, you will be building a life that is both more powerful and more peaceful than you had ever imagined.

The CBT approach helps us because it’s almost never just the situation that directly affects our emotional health - it’s our thoughts about the situation. No matter what difficulties we face in life, it’s how we address those challenges that makes the difference.

In Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life, you’ll have the opportunity to be the proverbial fly on the wall of the therapist’s office. As you see actors portraying clients, you see Dr. Satterfield discussing his thoughts about the six clients - explaining what he learns from what they do say and do not say, their body language, their willingness to take on and accomplish homework assignments, and more. He also explains which specific CBT tool(s) he chooses for each of them and why. Since several of these clients are shown in multiple sessions over time, you’ll see firsthand how they benefit from the implementation of CBT in their lives. And as you follow them, you’ll be developing the CBT tools you can use to help yourself and maybe those you love. These tools and skills will not only help you address problems, but will also help you learn to create and savor positive experiences that bring greater happiness, satisfaction, and meaning to your life.

Disclaimer: Please note that this recording may include references to supplemental texts or print references that are not essential to the program and not supplied with your purchase.

Genres: Audiobook, Nonfiction, Psychology, Self Help, Mental Health, Health

13 pages, Audible Audio

Published October 9, 2020

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting and very useful. It was included in Audible’s plus catalog until recently. Pity I discovered it so late. Would have enjoyed listening to it once more instead of speeding through it before it disappeared from the catalog at 1,6 speed…
Frustratingly enough professor Satterfield introduces the course by telling his students how they decided to bring the tools of CBT free of charge to everybody by creating this Great Course… and so it was, I am sure, until one day when The Great Courses became a part of Wondrium. And Wondrium charges a monthly fee for listening, so the closest one can get to the ‘free’ access nowadays is when Audible includes it in its Plus catalog which is obviously only available for those that pay a monthly fee ….

Anyway, it contains a lot of tools and techniques that I am sure all of us could use some time in our lives to improve our self image, conquer small fears, or just get going with being a better version of ourselves.

[Yaaresse]

DNF@35%
I've tried enough material by this author that I should know by now that he works my last nerve. Ironic given the topic.

[Nikolai Maksimov · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had definitely learned something

[Stanley Bartkus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the classroom lecture settings with clinical examples.

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Professor Satterfield lays out all the basic tools of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and applies them to a variety of different therapeutic situations. While this is all quite useful to counselors such as me, Satterfield is primarily trying to make CBT techniques accessible to the average person. This is fundamentally a self-help audiobook. CBT is “simple, but not easy.” It is the crown jewel of psychological interventions, as it is based on a great deal of good research.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life is a class of 24 lectures. They are:

1. A CBT Toolbox: Toward Wise Living
2. Laying a Foundation: Assessments and Goals
3. Behavioral Activation: Potent Mood Boosters
4. Advanced Behavioral Techniques
5. Capturing Thoughts and Making Connections
6. Cognitive Restructuring and Thought Records
7. Worry, Rumination, and Sticky Thoughts
8. Digging Deeper: Rules and Core Beliefs
9. Toolbox in Action: Stress and Assertiveness
10. Understanding and Managing Emotions
11. Key Steps to Solving Problems
12. Grief, Sadness, and Depression
13. Panic Attacks and Anxiety
14. Addiction and Pain Medications
15. Embracing Imperfection
16. Beating Procrastination
17. Soothing Rejection, Embracing Connection
18. Early Childhood Trauma and Neglect
19. Managing Chronic Disease
20. Coping with Chronic Pain
21. How to End Insomnia and Finally Sleep
22. CBT for the Beginning of the End of Life
23. Expanding CBT with Technology
24. Reclaiming and Rewriting Our Own Stories

For each, Satterly provides information to the listener and plays clips of therapy sessions he is conducting with real patients using these techniques. I particularly liked lecture 13. It involves Satterfield sitting with a patient who has been experiencing panic attacks. At his suggestion, they engage in hyperventilation-like breathing together to intentionally generate an anxious/fearful level of physical arousal in a safe setting. Over time, this can help people become de-sensitized to these body sensations, and therefore be able to manage them in other settings without entering a full panic attack. The person can practice self-regulation skills in counseling sessions, and therefore be ready to practice them in the community.

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Citation:
Satterfield, J.M. (2020). Cognitive behavioral therapy for daily life . The Great Courses. https://www.audible.com/pd/Cognitive-...

Title: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Daily Life
Author(s): Jason M. Satterfield
Year: 2020
Series: The Great Courses
Genre: Nonfiction - Psychology
Date(s) read: 4/27/24 - 5/7/24
Book #96 in 2024
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[Brad · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow - this book is great, and this book is applicable. I chose this book primarily because of the review quality and because it's some kind of "therapy" - which I knew very little about. That in mind, it exceeded my expectations.

The book begins by describing the relationship to it's counterpart predecessor - but says you can read in either order. This is excellent. Even without reading the "first" book, I learned plenty, and I look forward to moving on to the other book at a later date.

Overall, this book teaches the relationship of cognition, behavior, and emotion; then teaches many tools to affect one and all. Then, in the second "half" of the book, it shows how to apply these tool to several common problems. Throughout, there are references to public resources to help build your toolbox. Plus, the accompanying guide is there to help you remember everything.

This book can be both informative and life-changing. I definitely recommend a read if you have any interest in topics from psychology; to insomnia; to anxiety; to learning more about yourself. Satterfield and his narration get the job done.

[Jeffrey Merkus · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you strive to be the best person that you can, strive to understand who that person would be and importantly how to take the steps to be that person, CBT provides the toolbox to learn and grow. My experiences have forced me to seek out answers how to learn how to love the people in my life the way they need to be loved by understanding myself, my thoughts, my behaviours, my emotions and be empathic to myself and others. As I continue to learn and use the CBT toolbox I can be even more than the person I always wanted to be.

CBT is a life changer, I hope everyone gives it a chance! Be kind to yourself, “accountability without blame”.

[Lee Radford · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really appreciate the therapeutic potential of cognitive behavioral therapy. And I think that Jonathan Haidt’s application of cognitive behavioral therapy principles to our national political culture is an important contribution. This set of lectures was useful, if a bit disorganized.

[Steve Lewis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tough and touchy subject. Also a moving target but Satterfield's approach presents the basics (and a tentative how-to guide) in a format that's easy to digest.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, gives good intro and examples of what is CBT and how to use it, need to relisten and put time in the provided PDF to actually start using it

[Joseph L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Watch a detailed review along with my favorite ideas and takeaways at:
https://youtu.be/3ndlQp1zFu4

[Scottie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Skip this one. The author splashes widely rejected pseudopsychology to cover up for the misapplied CBT methodology. It's a real shame.

[Nick Traynor · Rating 3 out of 5]

The clinical vignettes weren't very interesting and there wasn't much new material compared to the the earlier CBT course.

[Raven · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal and helpful.