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 Do not quote or reproduce without express written permission.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...
by Dr. Burns | Dec 16, 2013 | Feeling Good™ Blog
I cannot imagine anything more horrible and depressing than the belief that you’ve hurt or killed someone you love very dearly. To read about the man who thought he killed his son. click here. [polldaddy poll=7656873]
by Dr. Burns | Dec 9, 2013 | Feeling Good™ Blog
Hello Dr. Burns, My name is Robert. I want to thank you. I WAS suffering from high amounts of anxiety and panic for weeks straight, until now. I have been reading your book, When Panic Attacks. I was fortunate enough to come across the “What-If Technique”...
