Does Tapping Work?
Dear Doctor David, I am interested in your Scared Stiff anxiety workshop, as 95% of my primary care patients deal with this in some way, and I would argue that it is more common and in some ways more harmful than depression. I am a fan of CBT. Question: is TFT...025: Ask David — How do you handle a patient you don’t like (or who bores you)?
In this Podcast, David answers two intriguing questions posed by listeners, and one question posed by his host and colleague Dr. Fabrice Nye. How do you deal with a patient (or friend) who is boring? David describes a technique he learned from a mentor, Dr. Myles...
Which Book Will Help Me the Most?
Dear Dr. Burns I suffer from social anxiety and depression. I feel that I don’t need to see a therapist and believe that CBT will be enough to help me. I have purchased three of your books: The Feeling Good Handbook, Ten Days to Self Esteem and Intimate...
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Is Suicide Justified?
Dear Doctor David, I read your book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, with much interest. I think almost all what you say still applies today. But I have a question: in the book when you discuss suicide, you don’t mention physical pain as a reason. I...
Overcoming Resistance for Rapid Recovery
Comment: Hi Dr. Burns, I’ve read your book Feeling Good and it helped me greatly really and I want to thank you for that book. And now I just saw one of your interviews about TEAM-CBT and even just reading the case and applying the methods on myself helped me...Problems with Antidepressant Withdrawal
Hi Dr. Burns, I know this will probably not be read by Dr. Burns but I’m having serious difficulty tapering off my antidepressants that I’ve taken for eight years. I’ve used Dr. Burns techniques for anxiety and mild depression and I feel I’m...Why Does Therapy Fail? What’s the Solution?
Hi Web Visitors, One of my colleagues, Dr. Daniele Levy, who helps teach the Tuesday training group at Stanford, created a neat brief quiz for members of the TEAM-CBT list-serve. I have modified it slightly. If you want to submit your answers, I will try to publish a...A Drug Rep Speaks Out
Hi website visitors, A colleague sent me a link to a controversial YouTube video that does, in my opinion, contain some truth. It may be on the strong side, and might offend some individuals. However, I am convinced that there is a conflict between the needs of...