#26 Therapy Demystified Part 2: A CBT Session in Action

College Is Fine, Everything's Fine · Mar 10, 2023 · 38m · transcript

Last week we gave you a bird’s eye view of a first therapy session. Now the fun part. What does a cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) therapy session look like when you start to do the work? What kinds of questions get asked? Do you need to share your deepest darkest secrets? What if you don’t *know* why you feel the way you do?

Liz and Sarah break down the key ingredients of CBT, such as:

*Looking at how thoughts, actions and our body signals work together

*Collaborating with the student on therapy goals

*Deciding together what skills and new habits will help the student get “unstuck”…