Can you dispute a “secondary disburbance”?
A reader asks what David Burns means in Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy when he says that you cannot dispute a feeling, you can only dispute a thought. Originally posted 2012-09-21 05:22:16.
Are you afraid of roller coasters?
Are you afraid of snakes? How about roller coasters? Does that make you a “chicken?” See how two individuals handled these fears differently Originally posted 2014-05-30 05:53:45.
Assert your right to make a few mistakes!
How do you feel about making mistakes? How do you deal with others when they make mistakes? Please click the blue link below to join the discussion and share your ideas. Originally posted 2017-06-25 21:39:45.
Disputing Overgeneralizations
A new reader asks how to dispute an “overgeneralization“ Originally posted 2017-06-07 00:00:23.
David D. Burns, author of the now-classic, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy was Part of Beck’s team that developed CBT at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1980s . . . Originally posted 2019-02-26 22:11:09.
A Bouquet of Dr. Burns Classics For You
Originally posted 2018-12-17 12:00:58.
Dare to Be Average!
One of the most unusual, attention-grabbing, and in my opinion, important chapter titles ever in a self-help book of this kind. But what on earth could be the reason for such a seemingly negative, almost “anti-American” sentiment? Originally posted 2013-04-29 18:16:46.