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Turan · psychologist, life and career coach

Psychology without the myths

Where the ideas in psychology came from, what they are, what the evidence actually says, and what you can use in your own life or in your professional practice.

Episode 1 · out now 01 Did Aaron Beck really invent CBT? Watson's Little Albert, Ellis who came first, Beck's dream experiment and the uncomfortable number from 409 trials. Read the notes

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Did Aaron Beck really invent CBT?

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  • CarouselsOne idea per carousel, to save and come back to.
  • StoriesOn different days of the week the stories come back to the episode's main idea. An idea you return to several times, with gaps in between, sticks better than one you meet once: memory research calls this spaced repetition.

The CBT series: 14 episodes

Series map

A new episode every Sunday. Where CBT came from, how it works in practice, how it is used for different disorders and what the evidence says, with open notes for every episode.

  1. 01How CBT was born — Aaron BeckOut now
  2. 03Cognitive distortions — Albert EllisComing soon
  3. 04Case conceptualization and session structureComing soon
  4. 05Socratic questioning and the thought recordComing soon
  5. 06Behavioural techniques and scalesComing soon
  6. 07Depression — Martin SeligmanComing soon
  7. 08AnxietyComing soon
  8. 09OCD and PTSDComing soon
  9. 10Insomnia, eating disorders, addiction, psychosisComing soon
  10. 11Borderline personality disorder, part 1 — DBT, Marsha LinehanComing soon
  11. 12Borderline personality disorder, part 2 — schema therapyComing soon
  12. 13The third wave — Steven HayesComing soon
  13. 14Evidence and criticismComing soon