Quirk and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Changelog Interviews #345)

Published: May 10, 2019, 9 p.m.

b'We\\u2019re talking with Evan Conrad \\u2014 for most of Evan\\u2019s life he has suffered from severe panic attacks, often twice per week. Eventually he stumbled upon a therapy method called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT for short, and saw positive results. This led him to create Quirk, an open source iOS app which allows its users to practice one of the most common formats of CBT. On the show we mentioned a new podcast we\\u2019re launching called Brain Science \\u2014 it\\u2019s hosted by Adam Stacoviak and Mireille Reece, a Doctor of Clinical Psychology. Brain Science is a podcast for the curious that explores the inner-workings of the human brain to understand behavior change, habit formation, mental health, and the human condition. It\\u2019s Brain Science applied \\u2014 not just how does the brain work, but how do we apply what we know about the brain to better our lives. Stay tuned after the show for a special preview of Brain Science. If you haven\\u2019t yet, right now would be a great time to subscribe to Master at changelog.com/master. It\\u2019s one feed to rule them all, plus some extras that only hit the master feed.'