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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Worth every penny! What a gem of a book! It includes self-assessment quizzes and written exercises, which I believe are the book's real strengths - writing down your thoughts and experiences from day to day really helps you keep track of how you're doing! :) So, this really isn't for people who want to be passive therapy subjects - user participation is an essential part of this book. There are also basic CBT-based bits, like types of negative thought you should be looking out for and such (they're basically the... more info
Good, but not the whole story A book that describes the link between what we feel and what we think. Even though the book helped me recognise the way I looked at things, I do not think that there was enough emphasis on the way one has to cultivate a gentle approach to oneself. I would also recommend books by Dorothy Rowe. She approaches depression from the emotional, instead of the thinking, aspect of the brain. Together I think that both approaches compliment one another.
Good ideas but not very user-friendly When I first looked at Feeling Good by David Burns, I thought it was an excellent book. It's packed with practical ideas for improving mood and breaking out of depression. Unfortunately, when I tried to use the book's suggestions when actually depressed, I found them of little use. The theory behind the exercises is sound (as I know from successfully using CBT in other contexts) but the way the book is written and laid out does not seem to have the depressed reader in mind. Burns clearly wanted to pack... more info
Seems not the best book for applying cognitive therapy for oneself Cognitive therapy makes sense, but I've read this book several times and have gotten little from it. I also tried the "Feeling Good Handbook" and didn't find that helpful either. However Burns apparently has had a key role in spreading the value of cognitive thereapy and this book played a key part. My difficulty may not be with cognitive therapy but using this book (and handbook) on a regular basis. I've just found another, "Mind over Mood" by Greenberger and Padesky. It is also introduced by Aaron... more info
