Feeling Good

The New Mood Therapy

By: David D. Burns MD

Narrated by: George Newbern

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other 'black holes' of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist David D. Burns, M.D. outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life.

Now, in this updated edition, Dr. Burns adds an all-new Consumer's Guide To Antidepressant Drugs, as well as a new introduction to help answer your questions about the many options available for treating depression.

• Recognise what causes your mood swings.
• Nip negative feelings in the bud.
• Deal with guilt.
• Handle hostility and criticism.
• Overcome addiction to love and approval.
• Build self-esteem.
• Feel good everyday.

Please visit www.feelinggood.com to access supplemental materials, the Feeling Good Podcasts, the Feeling Good Blog, and more!

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©1980 David Burns (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Great book for those dealing with depression!

I highly recommend this book if you struggle with depression. It is very helpful. Note, though, it'll take some work on your part, but it's well worth it.
Having read the Handbook first, and now having listened to this book, I actually recommend the Handbook version first. It forces you to do activities that will help you, whereas this book merely talks about it (in detail). I still liked this book, though, because it reminded me of everything I had done in the Handbook, which is about all I can do while I'm driving, anyhow. (Last I checked, the Handbook is not available in audio.)

The reader of this audio book is excellent. He actually sounds engaged, as though he's Dr. Burns himself, giving you the advice right then and there. Kudos to him. (My only pet peeve about him is he pronounces "often" as "off-ten." I was glad he didn't also say "soff-ten," "liss-ten," or "sall-mon.")

IMHO, you can skip the last 2-3 hours of this audio, which deals with antidepressant drugs. It's full of biology and chemistry lessons and lists of side-effects. He also talks ad nauseam about when or why to take drugs for depression. It's ad nauseam because his answer is always the same: therapy alone can work, or therapy plus drugs, but never drugs alone. Unfortunately he felt the need to say that over and over and over again.

Must read, not too good to be true!

I normally don't write reviews but this book is the best book I've ever read. I'm 20 years old and thought I was the only one who thought nasty thoughts all the time without thinking. This book shows you how to identify these feelings down to the root and work on changing your thoughts to feel the way you want. This book isn't opinion based and has a lot of research to back up key points. It gives advice for you if you're feeling like a hopeless loser like I have most of my life. I've struggled with depression most of my life and been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. This book has shown me that there is always hope no matter who you are as long as you're willing to put in the effort to help yourself. This book will most likely convince you that you are not hopeless and powerless. I hope you decide to read this book I cannot stress how much I love it! Doctor Burns you are a genius, God bless you.

therapy in a book

a lot of great information and useful tools. but it was hard to pay attention to at times. it is very clinical and has a monotone voice. overall its helpful and I think would be great to listen to if you had a notebook to summarize what you'd like to remember.

Perhaps better read than listened to

Lots of supplemental charts. Great content and soothing narrator. Useful exercises. Definitely recommend this book.

I respect this way of thinking it has transformed

I respect this way of thinking it has transformed my whole life and I am feeling like a rocket without negative emotion, and at least I started to laugh again.

Great Book!

I simply loved this audiobook! Easy to understand and full of great and life changing techniques for improving moods and thoughts!!

I love this book .

very relevant in today's world. must read. I recommend it to everyone I know. everyone can gain something from this book. thank you Dr Burns. You are a genius.

Great for seasonal depression

Where does Feeling Good rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Great informative book giving tools for people who struggle with depression.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Feeling Good?

The part about doing nothing is bad.

Break-Throughs

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by Dr. David D. Burns really helped me make some break-throughs in my thinking.

You’ve probably heard before that in order to grow, you need to break your old thought patterns that held you back, and establish new ones that will help you succeed. Feeling Good gives you actionable tools to actually accomplish that.

Reframing how I think about certain situations, and “demanding evidence of my emotions” has become much easier now that I’ve read Feeling Good.

Unfortunately, there’s a tad too much cursing for me to let my kids listen to it right now, but I’m fairly certain I’ll be handing it to my teen soon.

The audiobook was narrated by George Newbern, and I really enjoyed his narration. I highly recommend.

This is like a Bible for learning how to cope .

I have read this five times making it part of my everyday life. it's filled with wisdom and knowledge as I navigate my life's journey.