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David Burns, MD wrote his book, Feeling Good forty years ago. It has sold over five million copies. He is an adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Standford University School of medicine. More than 50,000 mental health professionals have attended his workshops and millions have downloaded his weekly podcasts, Feeling Good. His website is FeelingGood.com Now he has a new book out, Feeling Great; The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety. This book offers a revolutionary idea, the paradoxical notion that your negative thoughts and feelings are actually caused not by pathology or mental disorder, but by what’s most beautiful and awesome about you and your core values. Research has shown that just be reading his Feeling Good book and doing the exercises it offers, over 60% of people can lift their anxiety or depression. Now, Dr. Burns believes he as a solution to many of the people who didn’t respond. What do you want this book to accomplish? How does this book relate to drugs for depression and anxiety What are the Cognitive Therapy basic concepts. Tell us a story that illustrates the important concepts from the book. What are some of the basic cognitive distortions? What makes your Feeling Great book different from your Feeling Good book? How do depression, anxiety, habits and addictions have positive aspects, beautiful and awesome, that cause resistance to change? What are advantages or benefits of negative thoughts? What do negative thoughts or feelings show us about your core values that are positive and awesome? What is the team approach? You talk about the magic button and magic dial Tell a story about the double standard technique. Different kinds of resistance—outcome and process. Difference between a want and a need. What are the four deaths? How do cognitive distortions affect politics? Differences between the left and the right? How are cognitive distortions manifesting in the time of covid? Why is empathy vital? Bottom-up angles? Connecting to others, to community? Relationships?
David Burns, MD wrote his book, Feeling Good forty years ago. It has sold over five million copies. He is an adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Standford University School of medicine. More than 50,000 mental health professionals have attended his workshops and millions have downloaded his weekly podcasts, Feeling Good. His website is FeelingGood.com Now he has a new book out, Feeling Great; The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety. This book offers a revolutionary idea, the paradoxical notion that your negative thoughts and feelings are actually caused not by pathology or mental disorder, but by what’s most beautiful and awesome about you and your core values. Research has shown that just be reading his Feeling Good book and doing the exercises it offers, over 60% of people can lift their anxiety or depression. Now, Dr. Burns believes he as a solution to many of the people who didn’t respond. What do you want this book to accomplish? How does this book relate to drugs for depression and anxiety What are the Cognitive Therapy basic concepts. Tell us a story that illustrates the important concepts from the book. What are some of the basic cognitive distortions? What makes your Feeling Great book different from your Feeling Good book? How do depression, anxiety, habits and addictions have positive aspects, beautiful and awesome, that cause resistance to change? What are advantages or benefits of negative thoughts? What do negative thoughts or feelings show us about your core values that are positive and awesome? What is the team approach? You talk about the magic button and magic dial Tell a story about the double standard technique. Different kinds of resistance—outcome and process. Difference between a want and a need. What are the four deaths? How do cognitive distortions affect politics? Differences between the left and the right? How are cognitive distortions manifesting in the time of covid? Why is empathy vital? Bottom-up angles? Connecting to others, to community? Relationships?
