Feeling Good, David D. Burns
Feeling Good, David D. Burns
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Feeling Good
The New Mood Therapy

Author: David D. Burns

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 13 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/21/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

National Bestseller – read by seven-time AudioFile Earphones Award winner, George NewbernFrom renowned psychiatrist Dr. David D. Burns, the revolutionary volume that popularized Dr. Aaron T. Beck’s cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and has helped millions combat feelings of depression and develop greater self-esteem.Anxiety and depression are the most common mental illnesses in the world, affecting 18% of the U.S. population every year. But for many, the path to recovery seems daunting, endless, or completely out of reach.The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be alleviated. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life, enabling you to:Nip negative feelings in the budRecognize what causes your mood swingsDeal with guiltHandle hostility and criticismOvercome addiction to love and approvalBuild self-esteemFeel good every dayThis groundbreaking, life-changing book has helped millions overcome negative thoughts and discover joy in their daily lives. You owe it to yourself to FEEL GOOD!"I would personally evaluate David Burns' Feeling Good as one of the most significant books to come out of the last third of the Twentieth Century."—Dr. David F. Maas, Professor of English, Ambassador University

About David D. Burns

David D. Burns, M.D., a clinical psychiatrist, conveys his ideas with warmth, compassion, understanding, and humor unmatched by any other writer in the self-help field. His bestselling Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy has sold more than three million copies to date. In a recent national survey of mental health professionals, Feeling Good was rated number one—from a list of more than one thousand—as the most frequently recommended self-help book on depression. His Feeling Good Handbook was rated number two in the same survey.Dr. Burns's entertaining teaching style has made him a popular lecturer for general audiences and mental health professionals throughout the country as well as a frequent guest on national radio and television programs. He has received numerous awards including the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Through the Media Award from the Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology. A magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, Dr. Burns received his medical degree from the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is currently clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine and is certified by the National Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Roy

If you can love and respect yourself in failure, worlds of adventure and new experiences will open up before you, and your fears will vanish. It is an interesting statement on contemporary culture that practical, self-help books are often looked down on as lowbrow, unsophisticated, and unworthy o......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Yeah, I'm reading self-help books now. Surprised? There are a lot of components to Feeling Good that still grated on the self-help misanthrope-hopeless-fuckface-jaded-dickhead that I usually am, and it's mostly in David Burns's overtly assertive and "it's-so-simple" prose styling. Sometimes it's gre......more

‎دوستانِ گرانقدر، در این کتاب، در موردِ نظریهٔ شناختی و ارتباطِ حالاتِ روانیِ انسان با افکارِ خویش، به خصوص دربارهٔ مشخص ساختنِ عواملِ به وجود آورندهٔ افسردگی که همان خطاهایِ شناختی میباشد، پژوهش و بحث شده است... در کنارِ این موضوعِ ریشه ای، نویسنده رهنمودهایی برای بهبودِ روحیه که شاملِ تغییرِ افکار......more

Goodreads review by Eric

Here's the book in a nutshell: How you feel is entirely determined by your mental interpretation of things that happen to you. Nobody "makes" you unhappy, you decide that on your own. Most of the time, the information you use when deciding to feel depressed is based on false reasoning. Therefore, a......more