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The Roles and the Rules\\u2014Psychoanalysis at Warp Speed!

Most of us run into conflicts with other people from time to time, or even frequently. In this podcast, you will discover precisely why this happens, and how you to change the beliefs that get you into trouble, if that\\u2019s what you want to do.

Psychoanalysts sometimes help people discover what they call \\u201ccore conflicts.\\u201d According to the highly regarded psychoanalytic researcher Lester Luborsky, PhD, an example of a core conflict might be, \\u201cMy needs will never be met in my relationships with others.\\u201d If you believe this, it will tend to function as a self-fulfilling prophecy, so you\\u2019ll constantly feel hurt, lonely, and rejected, and perhaps resentful when you try to get close to others. And you probably won\\u2019t realize you\\u2019re creating your own painful interpersonal reality. You\\u2019ll think that this is just the way it is.\\xa0Once you bring the painful system to conscious awareness, you can use a variety of powerful techniques to change your expectations and beliefs so you can enjoy far greater satisfaction and intimacy in your relationships with others.

David and Fabrice will illustrate a powerful, high-speed method that to bring your own Interpersonal Self-Defeating Beliefs to conscious awareness. David has\\xa0called it the Interpersonal Downward Arrow Technique. David and Fabrice will revisit the same clinical example from the last Podcast\\u2014the psychologist named Harold who felt devastated when his favorite patient unexpectedly committed suicide, but in this podcast they will examine how Harold sets up his relationships with his colleagues in a way that causes him to feel lonely, anxious, and resentful.

You can use the Interpersonal Downward Arrow Technique to identify anybody\'s Self-Defeating Beliefs in five to seven minutes, as opposed to spending five years or more free-associating on an analyst\\u2019s couch to get the same information. Not a bad deal!

During the podcast, you may want to download and print \\u201cThe Rules and the Roles\\u201d form that David and Fabrice will be using during the podcast. There will be an exercise for you to do while you are listening. But don\\u2019t do the written exercise if you\\u2019re listening while driving in your car!

In the next podcast, David and Fabrice will discuss a third powerful uncovering technique developed by the late Dr. Albert Ellis, a former psychoanalyst from New York who is considered the "Grandfather of Cognitive Therapy." It\\u2019s called the \\u201cWhat-If Technique," and Dr. Burns will bring it to life with an inspiring and dramatic story of a woman from San Francisco who had been suffering from years of mild depression and severe Agoraphobia\\u2014the intense fear of leaving home alone.

So stay tuned! And feel free to comment below or ask questions. Fabrice and I greatly appreciate your feedback and guidance!

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