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Oct 13, 2009, 08:37 PM
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Has anyone read The Feeling Good Handbook by David D. Burns? I bought it a few years ago and started reading it but didn't get far. It has lots of written exercises that you are supposed to do. I have slowly started working through it and I was wondering if anyone has read it and how beneficial it was.
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Oct 15, 2009, 05:26 PM
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I have The Feeling Good Handbook, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy & Ten Days To Self-Esteem. All 3 are very similiar, he teaches CBT in all of them. I'm slowly going through the self-esteem book with my T. I've learned about some of his techniques, but haven't done much in learning how to apply them to my life. I think if I would put more in to it, his techniques would be helpful.
I would be interested in knowing how you like the book.
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Dec 18, 2009, 10:55 AM
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my wife read this book, She didn't like it, or it didn't help...
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Dec 18, 2009, 12:25 PM
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I worked through it a few years back. I didn't find it all that helpful though. CBT is just not something that can just be taught by a book. I found the book a bit tedious I guess. Certainly not a substitute for a good cbt therapist.
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Dec 18, 2009, 11:06 PM
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i read it years ago. some of the explanations of things like black & white thinking, catastrophizing, etc. were helpful, but i found there too be too many exercises to put into practice. i was quite overwhelmed at the thought of trying to do them when i was so depressed at the time.
one thing he said that stuck with me was that an extreme form of depression is when one is numb and feels nothing. i'd never experienced that but sometimes wonder if i am that way today. i don't feel depressed at all like i used to but then i'm not happy either. nah, maybe i'm just in neutral? 
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Jan 14, 2010, 12:06 AM
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I've used the book in the past and have found it very helpful. It's helped me put things in perspective. I used the regular book - not the field book.
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Jan 21, 2010, 12:40 PM
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DocJohn did a review of it a million years ago:
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net...ok&id=7&cn=158
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Jan 23, 2010, 08:20 PM
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"The Feeling Good" Book &
"The Feeling Good Handbook" Both I believe are excellent. Must Have's for everyone's library. I refer to it again & again! Superb! |
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Mar 18, 2010, 03:55 AM
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I bought it and read most of it. I tried the procrastination exercise and one of the depression exercises once but had trouble with them. I might go back and really put effort into doing the exercises. Overall I thought the book was interesting and somewhat helpful but I'm just too lazy to do the exercises. I wrote answers in the book like he suggests but didn't get much farther than that. The one thing that I really did find useful though is his depression and anxiety tests that tell you how depressed or anxious you are.
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#10
Mar 19, 2010, 05:51 PM
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Apr 07, 2010, 09:02 AM
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Really good information. CBT can be very helpful. It has been for me.
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