Review of David Burns, Feeling good. The new mood therapy

Abstract

If you wake up in the morning dreading the day . . . if you have to force yourself to do anything . . . if you believe your work worthless . . . if you wilt under criticism . . . if you avoid intimate contact because you’re convinced you’re unattractive . . . if you consider yourself a born loser . . . you will probably benefit from the scientific and revolutionary way of brightening your mood and lifting your spirits without drugs or lengthy therapy. The only tools you need are your own common sense and the easy-to-follow methods clearly spelled out in this book. With them, you can stop seeing things in ways that bring you down. You can say good-bye to procrastination, to sapping away of energy and ambition, to so many other forms of nagging depression, as you at last experience the joy of— FEELING GOOD