The CBT Dive

Rahim Thawer, MSW

Welcome to The CBT Dive: a video podcast that brings therapy skills to the real world! Each episode welcomes a new guest who wants to explore a challenging situation using the most common cognitive behavioural therapy tool: the thought record. Rahim Thawer is a queer, racialized social worker and psychotherapist based in Toronto. He's created this podcast to support folks who want to learn how to use this clinical tool and to demystify what therapy can look like.

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E12 On being the target of displaced hostility

The CBT Dive

05/03/22 • 76 min

Do you ever have to avoid some of your colleagues at work because you're certain a short exchange will end up being something bigger, something unnecessarily draining? What does this mean if you're the boss and anticipating the drain from your employees? In this episode, we talk to Lori-the-manager who begins to anticipate staff anger and hostility any time she attempts to introduce new policies to keep pace with the needs of an environment that regularly endures client crises. We explore the dynamics of a workplace where a woman of colour is in the driver's seat and collective experiences of trauma can collide to knock everyone off their feet at times.
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E22 The aftermath of being ghosted

The CBT Dive

10/02/22 • 109 min

When you’re ghosted by someone after a couple of dates, it’s legitimately infuriating. It’s okay to feel frustrated and even deceived. But, what else comes up for you in those moments? In this episode, we explore the underlying fears that get reawakened after a ghosting experience. These include fears of being unworthy or unattractive and also an overarching fear of never finding happiness. Through the therapeutic process, this guest unexpectedly challenges beliefs about the formulas and frameworks of relationship-seeking.
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ABOUT THE CBT DIVE PODCAST
The CBT Dive is a video podcast that brings therapy skills to the real world. Each episode welcomes a new guest who wants to explore a challenging situation using the most common cognitive behavioural therapy tool: the thought record.
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Rahim Thawer is a queer, racialized social worker and psychotherapist based in Toronto. He's created The CBT Dive podcast to support folks who want to learn how to use a thought record and to demystify what therapy can look like.
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E21 Interview: Culturally adapted CBT and treatment for complex disorders, in-person and online

The CBT Dive

09/04/22 • 44 min

In this interview, Dr. Farooq Naeem shares his longstanding research interest in CBT and culture. He discusses how CBT concepts can conflict with the beliefs of people in non-Western cultures and then delves into the various ways people can understand and approach depression and schizophrenia from their own worldviews. He also discusses his research on using CBT for psychosis and delivering CBT interventions by e-mail.
GUEST BIO: Farooq Naeem is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and a psychiatrist at the Centre for Addiction & Mental Health. Dr. Naeem pioneered techniques for culturally adapting CBT. These techniques have been used to adapt CBT in South Asia, North Africa, Middle East, Kenya and China. His research areas include CBT, psychosis and culture, with an overall aim to improve access to CBT. He has also published on issues related to health services and quality improvement. He works with a team of IT experts and has developed a CBT-based therapy program called eGuru that can be delivered through web-based and smartphone apps.
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E11 The time I cursed at myself over a small mistake

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04/18/22 • 86 min

Do you ever scold yourself for small mistakes? What's underneath that tendency to self-punish? In this episode, Dawn examines the time she cursed at herself for merely leaving a water bottle in her car. We did a deep dive to unearth a core belief around (in)competence and fears of future failures.

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E8 Applying for a job and hearing my mother's critical voice

The CBT Dive

10/31/21 • 57 min

Did your parents want you to be a doctor or an engineer? Perhaps they came from a place of precarity and unintentionally undermine your efforts to carve out your own path to be a creative, to freelance, to take risks. In this episode, Nino processes his preparation-avoidance ahead of a job interview. His avoidance is rooted in negative self-talk and self-doubt. But, who's voice is it? He worried he might be a disappointment, but to whom? Sometimes we subconsciously maintain loyalty to our family of origin by internalizing their critical voices.
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E15 Honouring my identity and being expereienced as righteous

The CBT Dive

06/14/22 • 107 min

Friendships come easily to some of us while others struggle to be seen, understood, and affirmed. In this episode, we explore the story of someone who felt outcast by a group of peers who saw him as inconsistent around his values and behaviour. And, the skills to mend the ruptures were hard to conjure up on both sides of the divide. BrownGayRealness examines his subsequent fears about the possibility of maintaining long-term relationships with people.
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Episode 5: Trepidations of being a "bottom" on Grindr

The CBT Dive

09/15/21 • 72 min

We're so proud of ourselves for having secured rights and increased representation of queer people in popular media. But there's so much that continues to be problematic within our own communities that needs attention. For gay men, femmephobia and bottom-shaming top the list (no pun intended). In this episode, we explore what is at stake in connection seeking when gay men own their preference for being sexually receptive partners.
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#vodcast #podcastersofinstagram #cognitivebehavioraltherapy #thoughtrecords #mentalhealth #psychotherapy #clinicalsocialwork #thecbtdive #queertherapy #cbt #msw #lcsw #interventions #corebeliefs #automaticthoughts #cognitiverestructuring #mindovermood #gaysex #hookupculture #grindr #femmephobia #bottoms #tops #queer #jozi #jnb #southafrica #gaymen #shame #resilience

Episode 3: Big ideas and difficulty following through

The CBT Dive

08/17/21 • 57 min

Do you (or someone you know) struggle with following through on personal projects? It's really hard to have a brilliant mind and always second-guess yourself. This is the struggle for many adults living with ADHD including this week's guest on The CBT Dive. In this episode, we explore how Zee compares himself to others whose job performance and career trajectories seem linear and straightforward while he worries that his knowledge and lived experience don't measure up. The cycle of ADHD is clear: Zee has great ideas and lots of ambition but struggles in certain domains (time, organization, self-esteem); then, he "drops the ball" and feels like a failure, which reinforces his beliefs about not being good enough without having given his ideas a try.
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REVIEW copies of completed thought records from each show at http://affectiveconsult.ca/the-cbt-dive.php
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Follow this vodcast on IG @thecbtdive
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#podcastersofinstagram #cognitivebehavioraltherapy #thoughtrecords #mentalhealth #psychotherapy #clinicalsocialwork #gaymen #thecbtdive #bodyimage #muscles #bodybuilding #queertherapy #cbt #msw #lcsw #interventions #corebeliefs #automaticthoughts #cognitiverestructuring #mindovermood #adhd #adultadhd #anxiety #Adderall #Concerta #Dexedrine #Ritalin #Strattera #selfesteem #brilliance #neurodiversity #livedexperience #neuroatypical

E18 Self-criticism as a motivator or reinforcer of low self-worth

The CBT Dive

07/26/22 • 61 min

You have a work assignment but you avoid getting started, worry about failure, catastrophize, and then negate positive feedback when it's been submitted and reviewed. Sound familiar? In this episode, we explore a common but frustrating pattern. We query the possibility of Adult ADHD and locate its roots in childhood family dynamics. Sebastien leaves the session more insightful about how he came to believe that self-criticism was a good motivator.
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Episode 2: Muscles and my fear of being overlooked

The CBT Dive

08/03/21 • 51 min

Gay men talk quite a bit about body image concerns and pressures to either achieve or maintain a particular physique. This preoccupation is about optimizing the ways they can participate in gay men's spaces, including dating and hookup culture. In this episode, we meet Al who seemingly has the body he's always wanted but we dig a bit deeper into the culture of 'never being enough' that begins with a fear of being overlooked and lands him in a place where he questions his worthiness.

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How many episodes does The CBT Dive have?

The CBT Dive currently has 35 episodes available.

What topics does The CBT Dive cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Therapy, Podcasts, Cbt, Social Work and Sexuality.

What is the most popular episode on The CBT Dive?

The episode title 'E21 Interview: Culturally adapted CBT and treatment for complex disorders, in-person and online' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The CBT Dive?

The average episode length on The CBT Dive is 57 minutes.

How often are episodes of The CBT Dive released?

Episodes of The CBT Dive are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of The CBT Dive?

The first episode of The CBT Dive was released on Jul 20, 2021.

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Rahim Thawer, MSW

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