by Dr. Burns | Nov 12, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In this Podcast, Dr. Burns describes his work with a severely depressed, suicidal, hospitalized woman with rapidly cycling bipolar illness, who’d had 15 years of failed treatment with drugs and psychotherapy. She was telling herself: This f___ing disease has ruined my...
by Dr. Burns | Oct 24, 2013 | Ask Dr. David
* ©2008 by David D. Burns, MD Do not copy, publish or reproduce without the written permission of Dr. Burns. Hi everyone. The following are some questions I answered for a Psychology Today blogger about psychotherapy. I had a lot of fun answering these questions, and...
by Dr. Burns | Oct 24, 2013 | Ten Worst Errors Therapists Make
* ©2013 by David D. Burns, MD Do not copy, publish or reproduce without the written permission of Dr. Burns. In this blog I will focus on the biggest therapist error of all, by far—the failure to set the agenda. This may come as a surprise to therapists who think they...
by Dr. Burns | Oct 17, 2013 | Ten Worst Errors Therapists Make
* ©2012 by David D. Burns, MD Do not copy, publish or reproduce without the written permission of Dr. Burns. When a patient complains of relationship problems—such as a troubled marriage or a conflicted relationship with a family member, colleague, neighbor, or...
by Dr. Burns | Oct 7, 2013 | Ten Worst Errors Therapists Make
* ©2012 by David D. Burns, MD Do not copy, publish or reproduce without the written permission of Dr. Burns. In my last blog, I discussed something I call “Reverse Depressive Hypnosis.” That’s where the patient inadvertently “hypnotizes” the therapist into believing...
