Module One: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 1
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Evidence Against Your Client’s Negative Thinking
SESSION 3 OF 5
Duration 11mins 44secs
TAKE THE QUIZ:
In this demonstration session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz continues working with “Julia,” a client struggling with depression and self-defeating thoughts about her intelligence. Building on previous sessions, this session focuses on helping clients identify emotionally compelling evidence against their negative thoughts. Dr. Josefowitz demonstrates how to gently challenge thoughts like “I’m too stupid to understand this” by asking structured, compassionate questions that highlight overlooked successes, alternative explanations, and supportive perspectives. Using a simple worksheet and reflective prompts, she guides Julia to discover that her difficulties in a challenging economics class don’t define her intelligence, revealing a more balanced and self-compassionate narrative. Dr Josefowitz emphasises the therapist’s role in expanding, grounding, and emotionally anchoring alternative views, creating powerful shifts in self-perception.
ALL SESSIONS IN THIS MODULE: CBT for Depression 6 (Demonstrations)
04
Creating Balanced Thoughts
In this demonstration session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz guides her client Julia through the process of developing a balanced thought to challenge a core belief fuelling her depression. Building on previous work that identified and examined this negative thought, the session focuses on reviewing the evidence for and against it, and collaboratively generating alternative, balanced perspectives...
05
Developing Resilience
In this session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz and her client Julia reflect on the therapeutic journey they’ve taken together. The session revisits the key CBT interventions used throughout, including behavioural activation, problem solving, and cognitive strategies such as identifying and reframing negative thoughts. Julia shares the progress she’s made, noting her improved mood, stronger social connections,...
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Identify Dysfunctional Thought Patterns
In this session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz demonstrates the cognitive component of the CBT four-factor model for depression, moving beyond behavioural strategies to identify the negative automatic thoughts (NATs) that fuel depressive symptoms. Dr. Josefowitz guides her client Julia through a structured exercise to examine a recent episode of distress using a CBT worksheet that includes...
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Evidence for Your Client’s Negative Thinking
In this session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz demonstrates how to use cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to explore the evidence supporting a client’s negative self-beliefs. Continuing work with a client named Julia, who struggles with depression and academic challenges, Dr. Josefowitz helps her examine her negative thoughts. Using the “Examine the Reality of Your Thoughts” worksheet,...
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In this demonstration session, Dr. Nina Josefowitz continues working with "Julia," a client struggling with depression and self-defeating thoughts about her intelligence. Building on previous sessions, this session focuses on helping clients identify emotionally compelling evidence against their negative thoughts. Dr. Josefowitz demonstrates how to gently challenge thoughts like "I'm too stupid to understand this"...
ALL MODULES IN THIS SERIES
Module Two: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 2
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module Three: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 3
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module Four: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 4 (Demonstrations)
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module Five: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 5 (Demonstrations)
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
Module Six: 5 Sessions
CBT for Depression 6 (Demonstrations)
with Dr Nina Josefowitz
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