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View the full archive of Dr. Beckham's Podcast Working on Relationships--Improving Communication-II This podcast describes six more specific ways of improving communication between partners. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Creating Positive Behavior Change in Relationships by Ed and Cecilia Beckham This podcast focuses on positive reinforcement and prompting as two of the most direct ways of having a positive influence on the behavior of our significant others. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Part IV by Ed and Cecilia Beckham This podcast presents some very specific suggestions for coping with the anxiety and tension associated with PTSD, including relaxation, developing a place which feels safe to the person, and so on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Part III by Ed and Cecilia Beckham This podcast begins a discussion of different therapy techniques and processes often used with PTSD. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Part II by Ed and Cecilia Beckham This podcast explores the effects of trauma on the beliefs of the individual about their safety and about the nature of the world. It also discusses the various factors which can contribute to the trauma having a greater or lesser effect on the individual. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Part I This is an introduction to the disorder of PTSD. It discusses the major types of situations which can lead to PTSD and also the symptoms of the syndrome. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Problem with Perfectionism While some people see perfectionism as a worthwhile and attainable goal, it can often be a trap psychologically, leading to depression, low self esteem, anger, procrastination, and problems in relationships. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Working on Relationships--Improving Communication-III This podcast emphasizes the importance of couples learning to talk about their communication as a way of improving it. It also discusses the two basic ways of trying to influence each other's behavior. One way is to prompt the other person using positive assertiveness. The other is through using positive reinforcement whenever the partner exhibits positive behavioral change. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More on Negative Thinking This continues the discussion of negative thinking in depression and anxiety. Three types of negative thinking are discussed in this segment: all or nothing thinking (believing that we have to be the best or else we are the worst), mindreading (arbitrarily concluding that others are having negative thoughts about us), and fortune telling (jumping to negative conclusions about the future without sufficient evidence). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Negative Thinking in Depression This podcast discusses the role of negative thinking, especially how it relates to depression. It outlines the specific types of negative thinking which can occur. It also points out how each type of thinking is illogical. This is based on the cognitive therapy of Aaron Beck, M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Working on Relationships--Improving Communication-I This podcast describes specific ways of improving communication. It discusses the first 6 of 12 positive changes that couples can make in how they talk, discuss, and problem solve in their relationships. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Working on Relationships--Improving Intimacy This is the first in a series of podcasts dealing with relationships. This podcast outlines five different types of intimacy and how they are important to building relationships and preventing problems from developing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Note About These Podcasts and the Book Referred to In Them This podcast clarifies the nature of the book referred to in the podcasts and where it can be downloaded. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping With Anger--3 This podcast demonstrates the use of the four column technique with anger. It is accompanied by a .pdf file showing use of the four column chart. The four column chart is located in the handouts section of the website. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Attitudes of Depression Some types of negative thinking are not surface thoughts but lurk as underlying attitudes in the background of our thinking. These include the need to be 1. achieving at all times; 2. in control at all times; 3. perfect in all we do; 4. approved of by everyone; or 5. loved. While each of these is a normal desire when approached in moderation, the depressed person sometimes approaches one or more of these as dire needs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three More Types of Negative Thinking This segment finishes off the discussion of specific types of negative thinking in depression. It specifically addresses emotional reasoning (basing thoughts on feelings rather than vice versa), mislabeling (giving minor problems very negative labels), and personalization (arbitrarily deciding that we are the cause of an external negative event). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping With Stress-2 This discusses specific types of coping which a person can use when confronted with stressful situations. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping With Stress--1 This is the first podcast in a series of 2 on the nature of stress and how to cope with it. The importance of using active coping strategies is emphasized. However, it is also pointed out that both active and passive coping strategies have their place. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Welcome to DrBeckham.com Podcasts This is an introductory podcast explaining the nature and purpose of the podcasts on this site. These podcasts are produced for educational purposes and are not meant as therapy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coping With Anger--2 This podcast is in two parts. First, it examines the issue or whether people make us angry, or whether we make ourselves angry. This issue is important as we learn to deal with anger and channel it into appropriate responses. Secondly, it looks at the spectrum of possible responses to anger, and which are helpful and not helpful. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website