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The Feeling Good Handbook

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Make life an exhilarating experience!

With his phenomenally successful Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Dr. David Burns introduced a groundbreaking, drug-free treatment for depression. Now in this long-awaited sequel, he reveals powerful new techniques and provides step-by-step exercises that help you cope with the full range of everyday problems.

* Free from fears, phobias, and panic attacks
* Overcome self-defeating attitudes
* Discover the five secrets of intimate communication
* Put an end to marital conflict
* Conquer procrastination and unleash your potential for success

With an up-to-date section on everything you need to know about commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs and anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, this remarkable guide can show you how to feel good about yourself and the people you care about. You will discover that life can be an exhilarating experience.

729 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1989

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Format
729 pages, Paperback
Published
May 1, 1999 by Plume
ISBN
9780452281325
ASIN
0452281326
Language
English

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David D. Burns is an American psychiatrist and adjunct professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is the author of bestselling books such as Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, The Feeling Good Handbook and Feeling Great: The Revolutionary New Treatment for Depression and Anxiety.
Burns popularized Albert Ellis's and Aaron T. Beck's cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) when his books became bestsellers during the 1980s. In a January 2021 interview, Burns attributed his rise in popularity and much of his success to an appearance in 1988 on The Phil Donahue Show, to which he was invited by the producer after helping her teenage son with depression.

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TheGavin
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April 16,2025
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اگر از من بپرسید یک کتاب مناسب در زمینه شناخت درمانی که برای عموم مناسب باشد چیست کتاب از حال بد به حال خوب نوشته دکتر دیوید برنز با ترجمه مهدی قره چه داغی پیشنهاد من است.

کتاب در زمینه روانشناسی می باشد ؛ نویسنده معتقد است ریشه بسیاری از مشکلات افراد را باید در عدم شناخت کامل آنان از خود دانست.

شناخت درمانی مبتنی بر نظریه ساده ای است که می گوید به جای حوادث بیرونی افکار و طرز تلقی های شماست که روحیه ی شما را شکل می دهد.

یکی از اصول مهم شناخت درمانی قضیه ای به ظاهر مهمل است و آن اینکه نقطه ضعفهای شما می تواند نقاط قوت شما گردد.نواقص شما می تواند ، اگر آنها را بپذیرید و بر آنها گردن نهید ، تبدیل به بزرگترین سرمایه های شما شود. با تمریناتی که در هر فصل ارائه شده شاید دستیابی به اهداف یاد شده غیر ممکن نباشد.

کتاب شش بخش و ۲۷ فصل دارد ؛ شناخت روحیه ، احساس خوب ،احساس اطمینان ، چگونه با ارتباط بهتر روابط بهتر ایجاد کنیم و.... از مطالبی قابل خواندن در این کتاب است.
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yukisoiu
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April 16,2025
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Can't afford counselling? Well, they've actually studied this book and found it has clinical effectiveness very similar to a course of cognitive behavioural therapy. I found the bit about interpersonal communication especially helpful. Find the truth in complaints against you. Who knew?
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EdenMarino
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April 16,2025
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I see I gave this book 4 stars a few years ago and I get why; the theory and techniques make logical sense and the exercises are laid out in a way that’s easy to follow. I was seeing a therapist at the time who I emphatically told that I was not interested in psychotherapy, I just wanted to learn how to change some of my thinking patterns and habits that were resulting in anxiety and extreme negativity, and this book was at the top of her recommended reading list for that style of therapy. But, 3 years later, what stuck with me the most was that the book really seems to be geared toward men, and most of the examples are distractingly set in a previous generation/adhere to traditional gender roles. And he also says stuff like women are naturally really social, therefore social anxiety is more of a problem for men. That is just so out of touch and left me feeling terribly misunderstood. :/ I think the book has great bones, but it is desperately in need of a new edition and, I’ll say it, a female co-author. I also think maybe it’s a good book for therapists to use as a reference guide, maybe assigning certain exercises for homework and discussing results in subsequent sessions, but maybe not so much for some people to read and work through on their own.
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tounoyaboys
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محتوای قوی نداشت. اونجور که باید افسردگی رو به چالش نکشیده بود. مثل نوشته های زرد بود. فکر نمی کردم یه روانشناس انقد پیش پا افتاده بنویسه. از مسائل محدودی هم حرف زده بود. خوندنش توصیه نمی شه ازین که وقتم رو پاش گذاشتم عصبی و افسرده تر شدم.
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Noblicaa
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April 16,2025
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Stupid book gave me anxiety about how to fix my anxiety. I gives you a guilt trip in the beginning about not taking the exercises seriously enough. I got rid of it.
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Kaiomaar
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April 16,2025
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ممکن است روش خلع سلاح را نپسندید، زیرا وقتی کسی از شما انتقاد میکند، احساس خشم می کنید و صدایی در درون شما فریاد برمیاورد: حق با من است، حق دارم ازخودم دفاع کنم؛ اگرتسلیم این ندای درونی شوید و این وسوسه همیشه قدرتمندی است، تن به جدلی بی فایده و تقریبا همیشه بی سرانجام میدهید. بحث و جدل با انتقاد کننده تقریبا هرگز به نتیجه نمیرسد، اما در تایید منتقد حرف زدن همیشه موثر است و تاثیر جادویی دارد.
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Soiku
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April 16,2025
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The Feeling Good Handbook outlines cognitive errors that people make, and it is so helpful in cognitive therapy. It makes things clear and easy to understand. I also have The Feeling Good book... but I found that this handbook was much easier to follow along with, it had a better layout, and an easier format to continually refer back to. It says I read it 5 times, that wasnt' cover to cover, this book just is so handy to keep going back to.
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April 16,2025
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SUCH a good book! I was given this by a friend who has shelves upon shelves of self help books, and I was very skeptical at first. To me, all self help books are just fluff, I mean can it be that easy to improve your life just from reading a book? YES! This book is pretty intimidating with its large size but it is absolutely chalk-full of amazing information and ways to deal with the everyday stresses of life. I will recommend this book to every person who wants to change their life for the better.

This is my go-to Self Help Bible, it really has EVERYTHING, and it's all so incredibly helpful! If you're thinking about getting it, DO IT.
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