by Dr. Burns | May 17, 2014 | Feeling Good™ Blog
Hi all, This is a blog for therapists, but I’m posting it here for the general public as well. Today I had the wonderful opportunity to be interviewed by Michael Yapko, PhD for the Erikson Foundation. They will be publishing an edited print version in their...
by Dr. Burns | May 5, 2014 | Feeling Good™ Blog
A psychologist recently wrote asking for a referral for a troubled couple who seemed to be failing in therapy. My colleague, Jill Levitt, PhD and I both sent him some information about referrals in our group, but also pointed out some of the pitfalls in working with...
by Dr. Burns | Feb 27, 2014 | Feeling Good™ Blog
Some recent cutting edge research by Anke Ehlers, Ph.D. and colleagues published in the American Journal of Psychiatry has confirmed two predictions that Dr. Burns has made: 1. People can be treated intensely rather than in hour long sessions once a week. In fact, in...
by Dr. Burns | Jan 22, 2014 | Feeling Good™ Blog
Dear colleague, I have posted something on my general public blog that might also be of interest to you. As you probably know, along with several colleagues, I lead a free weekly training group at Stanford each week from Stanford students, including psychiatric...
by Dr. Burns | Jan 22, 2014 | Secrets of Self-Esteem
Every Sunday I lead a hike for several hours through trails near our home in Los Altos Hills. Members of my weekly psychotherapy training group at Stanford attend these hikes. Afterwards, we have a brunch, so the total experience is about four hours. During the hikes...
by Dr. Burns | Jan 20, 2014 | The Lost Chapters
I appreciate your visiting my website. When I have published books in the past, there has always been some tension between my own thinking and the ideas of the publishers and editor. Book publishers have the belief that shorter is always better, so they cut cut cut....
by Dr. Burns | Jan 17, 2014 | Feeling Good™ Blog
Copyright © 2014 by David D. Burns, MDWhy do we overeat? Why do we use drugs or drink too much?Many experts believe that people overeat because of emotional problems, such as depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, boredom, loneliness, irritability, or stress. According...
by Dr. Burns | Jan 15, 2014 | Secrets of Self-Esteem
Defeating All-or-Nothing Thinking Copyright © by David D. Burns, M.D. 2014. Do not reproduce or quote without written permission. I send out an email report to the therapists in my Tuesday night psychotherapy training group at Stanford every week after we meet. I...
by Dr. Burns | Jan 10, 2014 | Ten Worst Errors Therapists Make
By David Burns, M.D. Copyright © 2008 by David D. Burns, M.D. Revised, 2014. Any reproduction, electronic or otherwise, is strictly prohibited without expression written permission of the author. Question “I am a psychology graduate student and I need some advice. One...
by Dr. Burns | Jan 6, 2014 | Secrets of Self-Esteem
Negative Vs.Positive Distortions* By David D. Burns, M.D. * Copyright © 2010 by David D. Burns, M.D. Revised, 2014. Do not reproduce without permission. Do not quote or reproduce without express written permission. In my book, Feeling Good, I listed ten cognitive...
