This sixth podcast in the CBT for Low Mood series focuses on self-criticism. It looks at why we can be so critical of ourselves and when this can become a problem, and introduces three tips and tools to help you deal with unhelpful self-critici

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 5: Ten Tips for Coping in a Crisis

Feb 7th, 2022 16m 19s

This fifth podcast in the CBT for Low Mood series focuses on those times when you’re feeling most desperate, hopeless or overwhelmed, offering some practical suggestions for how to cope and look after yourself during a mental health crisis. Dep

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 4: A Tool for Dealing with Worry and Rumination

Jan 18th, 2021 16m 15s

This fourth podcast focuses on two patterns of thinking that often come with low mood and depression: worry and rumination. This fourth podcast focuses on two patterns of thinking that often come with low mood and depression: worry and ruminat

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 4: A Tool for Dealing with Worry and Rumination (Transcript)

Jan 18th, 2021

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 3: Rules for living (and how to break them) (Transcript)

Jan 18th, 2021

This third podcast focuses on the implicit “rules” affecting how you think and behave, helping you to spot when they’re serving you well and when they might be overly rigid or exacting. This talk focuses on the implicit “rules” affecting how yo

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 3: Rules for living (and how to break them)

Jan 18th, 2021 12m 33s

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 2: six troublesome thoughts and how to respond (Transcript)

Oct 15th, 2020

This second CBT podcast focuses on the "C" of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), looking at ways in which low mood and depression can affect your thinking and introducing the key cognitive techniques of thought monitoring and thought challeng

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 2: six troublesome thoughts and how to respond

Oct 15th, 2020 19m 4s

Introducing CBT for low mood and depression 1: doing more of what matters to you

Oct 15th, 2020 15m 37s

This first episode on CBT looks at some of the ways in which low mood and depression can manifest in students, and introduces a central cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) strategy known as "behavioural activation". Depression is among the most