#LetsTalkAboutIt: What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [CBT]?

#LetsTalkAboutIt: What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy [CBT]?

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We're breaking down cognitive behavioral therapy [and how CBT works]! Changing what you are thinking—or changing what you are doing—can have an impact on how you feel.

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(cheerful music) – I'm Dr. Whitley Lassen. I'm the Clinical Director at Psych Hub, and a licensed clinical psychologist. Today, we wanted to talk
about a specific type of evidence-based therapy, called
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT for short. I'm so excited today to be
joined by Dr. Andrew Bertagnolli. Dr. Bertagnolli is a licensed
clinical psychologist and a psychology professor. He was actually my professor in an Intro to CBT course
in graduate school, and what I learned from
him really inspired me to learn more about CBT,
and to get more training, and pursue becoming a
CBT therapist myself. So welcome Dr. Bertagnolli. – Thanks for having me. Excited to be here and talk
to you about one of the things that I really enjoy about
doing psychotherapy, is doing it from a cognitive
behavioral perspective. – [Whitley] The first
question is, what is CBT? – CBT stands for Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, and it's a theory that's
used to help understand people's psychology, as well
as psychological distress. The C in Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, refers to cognitive. Cognitive is our thoughts, our
beliefs, and our attitudes, the way we think about things, and what we think about things. And the B, the behavioral,
refers to what we're doing. So the main idea behind
CBT is that our thoughts, our feelings, and our behaviors have a powerful effect on each other, and they can create a cycle of sorts. The cycle can either be helpful, and allow us to cope with everyday events, and live a life that we find
fulfilling and productive, or sometimes the cycle can get in our way. It can make it hard for
us to adapt to changes, to bounce back from
setbacks or disappointments. And then we can begin to have
prolonged emotional distress, and often engage in behaviors,
which can then block us from living the kind of
life that we want to live. So the theory shows that making a change in either what we're thinking,
meaning the self-talk, or the internal dialogue that we have, or by changing what we're
doing, or sometimes not doing, that can have a lasting
and powerful impact on how we're feeling
on a day-to-day basis. – So what you're saying is that thoughts can influence our feelings, and if we change our thoughts,
that can change our feelings, or our emotions, or changing our behaviors can also change our feelings or emotions. And when you work with a CBT therapist you would look at changing both your thoughts and your behaviors. Am I getting that right? – CBT with a therapist tends to start out with helping you develop an awareness of what you're thinking? So the idea is that we are constantly kind of talking to ourselves in our heads, as we go through life. So what you'll do in CBT, is looking at whether a
thought is accurate or not. Maybe I was walking down the street, and I saw you, Whitley, on
the other side of the street, and I waved, and I even
yelled out “Whitley, Whitley,” and you just walked by. You didn't acknowledge me. I might have a thought, she's mad at me. She doesn't like me. I did something wrong
that she's upset with. Now those thoughts I was
having in the moment, started making me feel bad. But if you're working with a therapist, they might say, “Well, let's
look at one of those thoughts.” And maybe it's the thought I identify as that, she's mad at me. That would be horrible,
if Whitley was mad at me. And then you and your
therapist would work together to figure out, well let's look at it. Is that thought 100%
accurate in that moment? So then, I might be encouraged
to look for evidence. What have you done that
would make Whitley angry? And I would then say,
“Well what have you done that would demonstrate that,
that thought isn't accurate, that she isn't angry? What else could be a reason why she's not waving back at you?” So maybe it is, I didn't
respond to Whitley's e-mail. I didn't return her phone call. I didn't like something
she posted on social media. Those all may be evidence to support why Whitley might be mad at me, but then let's also look
at why maybe she's not. Maybe she didn't hear me. It was a busy street. There was lots of traffic. There were four lanes of
traffic and there was a bus. Maybe she didn't see me. Maybe she was busy doing
something else or preoccupied. What you would then work with
your therapist on, is say, is trying to do that same
activity in real time, so that when you're walking
in the street, I wave to you. You don't wave back. Rather than me starting to feel depressed, having thoughts that you
don't like me, I might say, huh, that's interesting,
Whitley didn't wait back. Wonder what's going on? Maybe she didn't hear me. Maybe she didn't recognize me, 'cause I'm wearing different
glasses, or my beard is bigger, and then my action might be different. Rather than my first action might be, maybe avoid you, 'cause I
don't want to confront you, or I don't want you to tell me you're mad. Maybe I'm like, you know what? I'm gonna shoot Whitley a quick text. Hey, just saw you
walking down Main Street. Hope you had a good day,
a very different behavior. So that's the way that
your therapist would work, is identify the thoughts,
evaluate the thoughts, and then determine, are there
more helpful thoughts to have, and then also look at ways
different ways of behaving? – I think that's a really great example. Thank you for explaining
a little bit about what it might be like
to work with a therapist who's using CBT. And if you need some help in finding a trained CBT
therapist, a great resource is the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapists. The website is FindCBT.org/FAT. Be sure to Subscribe
to our YouTube channel, follow us on social media,
and visit PsychHub.com to learn more about our Mental
Health Ally Certification. Leave us comments, and
questions, and suggestions on what you'd like to learn more about. Dr. Bertagnolli, it was a
pleasure to have this conversation with you today about CBT. – Thanks Dr. Lassen. I enjoyed it as well, and I do hope that folks are able to get
the help that they need, and hopefully, CBT will be a
part of that solution for them. (cheerful music)

#LetsTalkAboutIt #Cognitive #Behavioral #Therapy #CBT

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@ayodike 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Thank you.
@BeOz66 28 July 2025 at 08:36

So CBT is stolen or borrowed from Buddhism…..nice!
@Ichdesire 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Thank you for the explanation
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@danielkowalski9261 28 July 2025 at 08:36

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@carissamatipwiri1272 28 July 2025 at 08:36

can we have more videos on CBT in particular conditions eg. depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, mania, etc ?
@ImranMinhas-pv2hl 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Thanks sir buudl of thnx
@ImranMinhas-pv2hl 28 July 2025 at 08:36

I want course in cbt
@idlikemoreprivacy9716 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Is CBT only about invalidating what patients think and feel?

This seems to be all these "therapists' core belief" 🙃
@marjiB7603 28 July 2025 at 08:36

This was such a great video explaining CBT. Thank you!
@lmelange8352 28 July 2025 at 08:36

I m dealing with panic attacks for 3 years since my father's death, and this year im experiencing severe ones to the point that i dont know what is going on in my body, i got some medicines frm a generalist doctor, went on a treatement for three months, finished the treatment, but sometimes i take the pills whenever i feel it coming, and now my brain keep telling me i will die, no one will help me, something bad is going to happen, alongside nausea, if i started CBT Alone, will it be effective? Because i cannot afford going to a therapist
@nadeemakhtar6754 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Thanks a lot, the example is great, can we have some more examples to under stand the concept better. Regards Dr Nadeem
@princekalender2154 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Thank you for the video!
@davidrankine4662 28 July 2025 at 08:36

This is all obvious, it's called mood changes. This could be you or another person. A bit like you may call your friend on the telephone but they don't answer. What would your next thought be, melt down, feeling ignored or even hated. Wouldn't it be more likely your friend wasn't able to answer the phone. You may pay a lot of money to reach this solution. I gave it for free
@oobenoob 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Is this different from CBT ball stretching?
@cola_314 28 July 2025 at 08:36

CBT has been near and dear to me. It’s helped me tremendously with my PTSD which really heightens during the end of the year.
@GreatestBeatlesSongs 28 July 2025 at 08:36

CHANGE YOUR THINKING TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. SAY YOURSELF, I WILL LIVE A GREAT LIFE AND YOU WILL LIVE A GREAT LIFE.
@mymylyly1259 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Thank you. I started this just for reporting but understanding it helped me realize that maybe I should change my POV at things. Im stressed, Depressed and other emotions that are commonly felt by my peers.
@VirakNgauv 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Love the CBT example he gave!
@SuperRomanHoliday 28 July 2025 at 08:36

Has this guy got a massive lithp, or it is just my internet thpeed?
@ballinbalgruuf8198 28 July 2025 at 08:36

CBT, Dr. Freeman, is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
@stealthisaccount433 28 July 2025 at 08:36

cbt (cock and ball torture)
@frogkingthe555 28 July 2025 at 08:36

funnyist shit i have ever seen