Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy · David Burns, MD
Ask David: Perfectionism, Procrastination, and More!
August 11, 2025·1 hr 5 min·5 clips
David Burns explains why therapists fail with procrastinators by trying to motivate them instead of breaking tasks into tiny steps.
As heard by us
A practical TEAM-CBT discussion of procrastination and the anti-procrastination sheet.
This episode tracks TEAM-CBT as the work gets firmer once a person is ready to engage. After empathy and agenda setting, the therapist shifts into accountability, and the discussion of procrastination stays grounded in carrots, open hands, and becoming the voice of resistance.
Why you'd press play
If you keep postponing the thing you swear matters, this one talks straight to that mess.
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