In today’s high-pressure IT landscape, stress isn’t just an occasional nuisance—it’s a productivity killer, a morale sapper, and a major contributor to burnout. Enter CBT. Not Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, but “Connecticut Bank & Trust Mods Tape,” free, community-contributed utilities for IBM mainframes dating back to the 1970s—providing source code, tools, and virtual tape downloads. It continues to be a vital supplement to physical media and serves as a hub for mainframe developers and administrators.

This session explores CBT Tape’s history, its evolution from magnetic reels to modern web access, and the astonishing breadth of mainframe wisdom it contains—from PDS maintenance to arcane assembler gems. Along the way, we’ll reflect—cheekily—on how having the right tool at the right time can feel a lot like therapy.

Whether you're new to the platform or still hoarding JCL from 1986, come discover how CBT can help you stress less, debug faster, and achieve more—without paying a therapist or lying on a couch.