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FEELING GOOD --- THE MOOD THERAPY
by David D. Burns, preface by Aaron T. Beck. A Signet/New American Library, 1980

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PREFACE (pvii-viii)


Aaron T. Beck appreciates Burn's popularization of basic cognitive therapy training methods.


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (pvix)

INTRODUCTION (1-6)

PART 1--- THEORY AND RESEARCH (p7-48)


1) A breakthrough in the treatment of mood disorders (p7-8)

2) How to diagnose your moods --- the first step in the cure (p9-18)

3) Understanding your moods --- you feel the way you think (p28-47)


PART 2 --- PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS (p49-50)


4) Start by building self-esteem (p51-74)

5) Do-nothingism --- how to beat it (p75-118)

6) Verbal judo --- learn to talk back when you are under the fire of criticism (119-134)

7) Feeling angry? What is your IQ? (p135-177)

8) Ways of defeating guilt (p178-203)


PART 3 --- "REALISTIC" DEPRESSIONS (p205-229)


9) Sadness is not depression (p207-229)


PART 4 --- PREVENTION AND PERSONAL GROWTH (p231-356)


10) The cause of it all (p233-155)

11) The approval addiction (256-273)

12) Love addiction (p274-287)

13) Your work is not your worth (p288-308)

14) Dare to be average! --- ways to overcome perfectionism (p309-334)


PART 5 --- DEFEATING HOPELESSNESS AND SUICIDE (p335-356)


15) The ultimate victory --- choosing to live (p337-356)


PART 6 --- COPING WITH THE STRESSES AND STRAINS OF DAILY LIVING (p357-372)


16) How I practice what I preach (p359-372)


PART 7 --- THE CHEMISTRY OF MOOD (p373-398)


17) The consumer's guide to antidepressant drug therapy (p375-398)


SUGGESTED READING (p399-400)

INDEX (p401-415)

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