Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

by David D. Burns

Overview

National Bestseller – Over five million copies sold worldwide!

From 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 bud
• Recognize what causes your mood swings
• Deal with guilt
• Handle hostility and criticism
• Overcome addiction to love and approval
• Build self-esteem
• Feel good everyday

This 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780380731763
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/06/1999
Edition description:	REVISED & UPDATED
Pages:	736
Sales rank:	11,181
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.18(d)

About the Author

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.

Editorial Reviews

"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

"A book to read and re-read!"

|Los Angeles Times

"A book to read and re-read!"

Los Angeles Times

"A book to read and re-read!" — Los Angeles Times

"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

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