Take a photo of a barcode or cover
4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
Meh, more of the same that I've read elsewhere, but maybe revolutionary if this was the first book you've read on cognitive therapy. There is some swearing in the role-playing dialogues, but considering this book is geared for the general populace and reflects the speech patterns of the general populace, it's not too distracting for this reader. I listened to the audiobook.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Very helpful book. Especially in this overly-medicated age. I learned easy principles in this book that I can use the rest of my life. Highly recommend to anyone struggling through anxiety or depression.
Very helpful book. Especially in this overly-medicated age. I learned easy principles in this book that I can use the rest of my life. Highly recommend to anyone struggling through anxiety or depression.
The start was slow but after the first 40ish pages there is a lot of good information. I think it's a great book for anyone who has down days. It expanded my outlook and way of thinking on some things, as far as being more optimistic. I think everyone could benefit some from reading it.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Informative. Could've been shorter.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
This book was recommended to me earlier this year, and I was dragging my feet to read a 700-page long self-help book. Guess what, it was a pleasant surprise and I do find the cognitive psychotherapy methods useful & sustainable to calm me down in times of self-doubts and anxieties (and diligently printed out the ten cognitive distortions and double-column technique tables). The timing was also perfect - a few months ago I might not have been so perceptive to such ideas.
I didn't like the tone of Burns sometimes, a bit too patronizing and self-congratulatory. But considering this book was first published in 1980, I'll let it pass. Oh, and don't dread the 700ish pages, 1/4 is appendix and 1/4 is just about antidepressant drugs that I flipped over gladly.
I didn't like the tone of Burns sometimes, a bit too patronizing and self-congratulatory. But considering this book was first published in 1980, I'll let it pass. Oh, and don't dread the 700ish pages, 1/4 is appendix and 1/4 is just about antidepressant drugs that I flipped over gladly.
Chocked full of actionable advice, this book laso contains a lot of common sense wisdom that is bolstered by credibility and research. It was written with a crystal clear prose that is probably very close to the voice Burns has when he talks to patients in his practice. The biggest takeaway for me was the list of cognitive distortions in Ch 3, and the application of their identification in the Two-column technique of Ch. 4.
However, I was delightfully surprised by parts of the book that went further. Specifically the chapters on anger surprised me. It seemed all too simpatico to the idea of tactical empathy in Never Split the Difference to be a coincidence (Voss of course would have taken inspiration from Burns, writing his book 35 years later).
While all the chapters had something new to offer, some were more “fluffy” than others. That, and addition to the book having a really poor structure, made me take off a star.
However, Burns seems like a wonderful man, and it is the simplicity of his words and the authenticity of his voice that allow his important suggestions to be received with warmth and optimism.
However, I was delightfully surprised by parts of the book that went further. Specifically the chapters on anger surprised me. It seemed all too simpatico to the idea of tactical empathy in Never Split the Difference to be a coincidence (Voss of course would have taken inspiration from Burns, writing his book 35 years later).
While all the chapters had something new to offer, some were more “fluffy” than others. That, and addition to the book having a really poor structure, made me take off a star.
However, Burns seems like a wonderful man, and it is the simplicity of his words and the authenticity of his voice that allow his important suggestions to be received with warmth and optimism.
EL LIBRO contra la depresión. Y no hay otro como este.