The Feeling Good Handbook

by Burns, David D.

• ISBN13: 9780452281325
• ISBN10: 0452281326
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

Filled with charts, quizzes, weekly self-assessment tests, and a daily mood log, "The Feeling Good Handbook" actively engages its readers in their own recovery. "A wonderful achievement."--M. Anthony Bates, clinical psychologist, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Preface to Revised Edition	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxxi
Understanding Your Moods
You Can Change the Way You Feel	p. 3
How to Measure Your Moods	p. 32
How to Diagnose Your Moods	p. 49
Should You Change the Way You Feel?	p. 61
Feeling Good About Yourself: How to Conquer Depression and Build Self-Esteem
How to Change the Way You Feel: The Four Steps to Happiness	p. 73
Ten Ways to Untwist Your Thinking	p. 97
How to Develop a Healthy Personal Value System	p. 120
Cognitive Therapy in Action: How to Break Out of a Bad Mood	p. 137
Why People Procrastinate	p. 169
A Prescription for Procrastinators	p. 183
Feeling Confident: How to Conquer Anxiety, Fears, and Phobias
Understanding Anxiety	p. 209
How to Fight Your Fears and Win	p. 221
Dealing with the Fear of Death	p. 261
Social Anxiety: The Fear of People	p. 272
Public Speaking Anxiety	p. 297
How to Give a Dynamic Interview When You're Scared Stiff	p. 319
Test and Performance Anxiety	p. 340
Feeling Good Together: How to Strengthen Relationships Through Better Communication
Good and Bad Communication	p. 363
Five Secrets of Intimate Communication	p. 376
How to Change the Way You Communicate	p. 411
How to Deal with Difficult People	p. 420
Why People Can't Communicate with Each Other	p. 442
Mood-Altering Medications
Answers to Your Questions about Commonly Prescribed Medications	p. 467
The Complete Consumer's Guide to Antidepressant Medications	p. 484
The Complete Consumer's Guide to Anti-Anxiety Medications	p. 612
For Therapists (and Curious Patients) Only: How to Deal with Difficult Patients
The Ingredients of Therapeutic Success--and Failure!	p. 637
Empathy: How to Establish Rapport with the Critical, Angry Patient	p. 647
Agenda Setting: How to Make Therapy Productive When You and Your Patient Feel Stuck	p. 657
Self-Help Assignments: How to Motivate Patients Who Sabotage the Therapeutic Process	p. 678
Index	p. 705
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