In this episode, we discuss the power of language and how language shapes and can reshape mental health

When it comes to mental health, we tend to talk about behaviours, habits, motivation, trauma, mindset, and emotions — but we rarely talk about the tool that shapes all of those things: language.

Language is the most important invention humans have created, but it is not just a communication device. It is a cognitive technology — one that shapes identity, determines self-perception, and silently reinforces habitual cycles that become a person’s life.

In fact, the science of predictive coding shows that the brain is constantly generating predictions about the world, the body, and the self — and language is the powerful mechanism the unconscious uses to communicate its intentions to our conscious awareness.

This is why Cognitive Response Therapy (CRT) places such a strong emphasis on language. It uses language not merely as a tool for talking about the mind, but for revealing the structure within it.

In this episode, Elliot breaks down how language shapes psychological identity, how it ties into predictive coding, and how CRT uses structured language systems to empower clients on their mental health journeys.

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