Welcome to Season 1 of caregiver tea time!
Episode 3
Let’s get it together with Cognitive behavioral therapy
“Please don’t let your thinking errors come between you and the people who mean the most to you!”
Val sought the help of a CBT counselor because CBT is goal oriented and she found herself at a loss after her son finished treatment and her caregiver duties were over. She was able to find a local CBT practitioner through the Psychology Today website.
Homework assignments are part of CBT and Val shares about her assignment to find her “core values”. As part of the assignment, Val printed a copy of her core values to carry everywhere as a reminder of what is most important to her. She found that making this podcast is in total alignment with her core values.
Val finishes the podcast by sharing a tool she learned to get rid of thinking errors – her unwanted thoughts that do not bring anything good to her or anyone else. She created a poem from a favorite tecipe to help her remember the steps. Check out the recipe for Sweet and Spicy Nuts here!