473: Ask David: Dr. Matt's Question!
Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy
Release Date: 10/27/2025
487: Meet the Incredible Dr. David Antonuccio, Part 1 of 2
Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy
Stories from a Giant and Gadfly Discover the Protest Music of !-- like "The Antidepressant Blues!" Today, we are delighted to spend some time with a dear friend and highly esteemed colleague, Dr. David Antonuccio. David is a retired Clinical Psychologist and Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine. In addition to his academic work, David had his own clinical practice for 40 years. He has published over 100 academic articles and multiple books, primarily on the treatment of depression, anxiety, or smoking...
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486: Doctor, why won’t you ever tell me how you really feel?
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“Doctor, why won’t you ever tell me how you really feel?” Therapist Self-Disclosure-- Featuring Dr. Carly Zankman This week, Dr. Carly Zankman joins us to discuss a really interesting and controversial topic—self-disclosure by a therapist. When is it helpful? And when is it an ethics violation? When I was a psychiatric resident, my supervisors (mainly psychoanalytic) cautioned me NEVER to share my feelings with patients. This felt really awkward at time, but is there some wisdom in that advice? And if so, what IS the wisdom? How does it work or help? And if that rule—never sharing...
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485: Ask David: Schizophrenia; OCD--What REALLY Works?
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Helping a Loved One with Schizophrenia Treating OCD! My Hands Might Be Contaminated! How To Mend an Angry, Broken Heart The answers to today’s questions are brief and were written prior to the show. Listen to the podcast for a more in-depth discussion of each question. Here are the questions for today’s podcast. Joel asks: How can we use TEAM CBT to help a patient or loved one struggling with schizophrenia? Jean asks: Since CBT won’t work with OCD, should we use exposure or the Hidden Emotion Technique instead? Jim asks: When someone has objectively hurt you, like your partner has had...
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484: Live Work with Madeleine, I'm Helpless! Part 3 of 3
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Live Work with Madeleine I'm Helpless! Part 3 of 3 Today, we are pleased to present the live and unedited follow-up session with Madeleine, a loving mother who became terrified when she realized that her oldest beloved daughter might be in mortal danger during her hear abroad while in college. Part 3 of 3 We were a bit rushed near the end of M = Methods in Part 2 because of a mistake that I (David) made. I forgot that we had extended this webinar by 30 minutes, so we wouldn’t be rushed at the end, so I wrongly concluded we were running out of time when we weren’t! In order to...
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483: Live Work with Madeleine, I'm Helpless! Part 2 of 3
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Live Work with Madeleine I'm Helpless! Part 2 of 3 Today, we are pleased to present the exciting conclusion of our work with Madeleine, a loving mother who fears that her eldest daughter might be in mortal danger during her year abroad. Last week, you heard about the T = Testing and E = Empathy phase of the live work with Madeleine, a mother feeling intense panic and helplessness and inadequacy because she fears that her daughter could be in grave danger of abduction and worse. This week, we will focus on A = Paradoxical Agenda Setting, using the Miracle Cure Question, Magic Button, Positive...
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482: Live Work with Madeleine, I'm Helpless! Part 1 of 3
Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy
Live Work with Madeleine I'm Helpless! Part 1 of 3 Today, we are pleased to present one of our favorite podcast topics—live work with a real human being who is suffering. We will be working with Madeleine, a woman who read a disturbing article while at the hairdresser and freaked out, sensing that one of her daughters might be in mortal danger. This live and unedited session was first presented as part of a free webinar on September 11, 2025. There was no preparation or role-playing—everything was absolutely real and spontaneous, exactly as it evolved in real time. We present Part 1 as our...
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481: Ask David: Memory Rescripting; Why Can't I Lose Weight? Demons!
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Past Projection vs. Memory Rescripting Why Can't I Lose Weight? Do Demons Cause Negative Thoughts! Featuring Our Beloved Dr. Matthew May The answers to today’s questions are brief and were written prior to the show. Listen to the podcast for a more in-depth discussion of each question. Here are the questions for today’s podcast. Rhonda asks: What’s the difference between Past Projection and Memory Rescripting? Slash asks: How do I overcome my resistance to losing weight? Constantina asks: Do negative thoughts come from demons? And here are the answers! Rhonda asks: What’s the...
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480: Ask David: Helping Someone Who's Suicidal; Worrying about My Daughter's Anxiety; Disarming Yourself
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Am I Helping People Who Are Suicidal? Should I Worry about My Daughter's Anxiety? Disarming Yourself The answers to today’s questions are brief and were written prior to the show. Listen to the podcast for a more in-depth discussion of each question. Here are the questions for today’s podcast. George asks: Would my approach help someone who is suicidal? No Name asks: Do I need to worry about my daughter’s anxiety? Jeffrey asks: Can you disarm yourself? George asks: Would my approach help someone who is suicidal? Dear David, Please tell me if this is too close to medical or...
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479: Ask David: Why do I obsess? Why do I have to be perfect? How can I share my feelings effectively?
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Ask David Why do I obsess? Why do I have to be perfect? How can I share my feelings without oversharing? The answers to today’s questions are brief and were written prior to the show. Listen to the podcast for a more in-depth discussion of each question. Here are the questions for today’s podcast. Zhang asks: I have intrusive daydreams and obsess about getting things perfect? What’s causing this? And what can I do? Yevhen asks: How can I use “I Feel” Statements without oversharing? But first, we start today’s podcast with a comment from Susan, one of our podcast fans. She extends...
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478: Yikes! I've Relapsed!
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Relapse and Relapse Prevention for Overeating Featuring Dr. Angela Krumm On today’s podcast, we proudly feature an old friend, Dr. Angela Krumm, on the topic of relapse prevention for habits and addictions. This is certainly a top of incredible importance, since all treatments for all habits and addictions seem to have extremely high relapse rates. Anything we could do to reduce that would be a major contribution. Angela was on our Feeling Good Podcast #270 on Nov 29, 2021 describing some TEAM CBT methods she’d developed to deal with her own weight gain. In podcast #270 she taught...
info_outlineAsk David, Dr. Matthew May asks--and helps us answer--the most common question he hears from his patients and fans: How do I help a loved one, friend, or colleague who's upset, agitated, angry, anxious, and more?
- Matt asks: People ask me about a loved one who is anxious, and want to know what to do to help that person. Example:
"My daughter is hooked on social media. She's literally 'addicted'. She has terrible insomnia, low self-esteem, anxiety, hopelessness, depression, anger and fits of rage when we try to take her phone away. When my daughter is online, she texts things like:
- Is this really happening? This can't be happening
- OMG! This is terrible! How awful!
- Why am I so unpopular? I'm totally alone
- I shouldn't have posted all that stuff
- Everyone thinks I'm an idiot
- I have to do something to fit in
- Everything's hopeless. I give up.
- Is someone monitoring and recording me?
- All those creeps are evil and deserve worse than what they're getting
On the podcast, Matt, Rhonda and David demonstrate effective and ineffective ways of responding to your loved one, or to anyone who is complaining and feeling upset. They use role-playing to illustrate the Five Secrets of Effective Communication, and you will see how hard it can be to hit it out of the park, even for experts!
Thanks for listening today! In the upcoming weeks, we'll have several more Ask David episodes with these questions and more.
- Julia asks: is it more important to do positive reframing on feelings (anxiety, anger, frustration) rather than on specific thoughts («I should be calmer»)?
- Charlotte asks: What’s the best way to use the “20 Qualities I’m looking for in an ideal mate?”
- Charlotte also asks: What’s the best way to find out if someone you’re dating is going to be loyal, faithful, and honest?
- Jenn asks: Are you getting old and cranky now?
- Zhang asks: I have intrusive daydreams and obsess about getting things perfect? What’s causing this? And what can I do?
- Yevhen asks: How can I use “I Feel” Statements without oversharing?
- George asks: Would my approach help someone who is suicidal?
- No Name asks: Do I need to worry about my daughter’s anxiety?
- Jeffrey asks: Can you disarm yourself?
Thanks for listening today!
Rhonda, Matt, and David