Cognitive Behavioral Mental Health Review & Resources
Goals
- Identify cognitive distortions leading to subsequent unhealthy negative emotions and poor coping strategies. Mental health screeners may help highlight areas on which to focus.
- Cognitive Restructuring to replace distortions with new, non-distorted thoughts leading to subsequent healthy negative emotions & improved coping strategies.
- Design Experiments reinforcing new, non-distorted thoughts and increase tolerance for healthy negative emotions and coping strategies
Medicines like Esketamine (Spravato), Racemic ketamine (by mouth, by iv or other route), and other psychedelic medicine and non-medicine practices (like meditation) have been studied and prescribed alongside psychotherapy and various other types of human support for over 100 years.
Psychedelic coaching offers support for maintaining those new connections by practicing and applying what you begin in psychotherapy.
Oana David
While initially used in the sports field, coaching is currently considered a domain at the intersection of various disciplines (e.g., andragogy, psychology, behavioral sciences, consulting), which is defined by different theories (e.g., adult learning theories, counseling, psychotherapeutic approaches, and positive psychology). Coaching is primarily conceptualized as an adult learning strategy, using focused conversations between a coach and coachee, where the coach acts as a catalyst for the coachee’s learning process in relation to their goal/issue. Change processes are facilitated by the coach through the use of effective questioning – derived from counseling - meant to assist the coachee in order to formulate realistic goals, overcome obstacles and implement effective steps in reaching their goals. (David, O. (2019). REBT in Coaching. In: Bernard, M.E., Dryden, W. (eds) Advances in REBT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93118-0_12 )
Michael DeMarco, PhD
(20250: "Technology-enabled coaching, as part of a blended care platform, improved depression, anxiety, and transdiagnostic emotional processes. Participants with higher baseline depression and anxiety reported greater improvements, highlighting coaching’s effectiveness for people with elevated needs."
JustinBegin with an assessment of your mental health
8. Cognitive Restructuring
Nourish with self compassion
12. Hierarchy of Needs
From Burnout through Transcendence to Joy
14. Examining the Evidence
A Deeper Review of the Research
Michael DeMarco, PhD
Michael DeMarco, PhDMichael DeMarco, PhDMichael DeMarco, PhDMichael DeMarco, PhDMichael DeMarco, PhDCurated by humans. Ai could never. Psychedelic medicine guides are ai-proof, since AI cannot have a psychedelic, ego-dissolving (dissociative) experience.
