Dr. David Burns

He's the author of Feeling Good, which has sold over 5 million copies in the United States and has been translated into over 30 languages. His latest book, Feeling Great, contains powerful new techniques that make rapid recovery possible for many people struggling with depression and anxiety.

He's the author of Feeling Good, which has sold over 5 million copies in the United States and has been translated into over 30 languages. His latest book, Feeling Great, contains powerful new techniques that make rapid recovery possible for many people struggling with depression and anxiety.

Dr. Burns is currently an emeritus adjunct professor of clinical psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. Hello, David, and hello, Matt May. Hello to all of our listeners throughout the world and throughout the galaxy. This is the Feeling Good podcast, and you're listening, or you're about to listen, to episode 412. We're doing another Ask David today, and...

Dr. Burns is currently an emeritus adjunct professor of clinical psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. Hello, David, and hello, Matt May. Hello to all of our listeners throughout the world and throughout the galaxy. This is the Feeling Good podcast, and you're listening, or you're about to listen, to episode 412. We're doing another Ask David today, and...

We're going to follow up on what we started last week. Some of our questions are related to self-esteem. I'm going to read someone's endorsement and then go back to their question. Owen wrote us something really simple. He just said, I am a longtime listener of your great podcast and a huge fan of your book, Feeling Good.

We're going to follow up on what we started last week. Some of our questions are related to self-esteem. I'm going to read someone's endorsement and then go back to their question. Owen wrote us something really simple. He just said, I am a longtime listener of your great podcast and a huge fan of your book, Feeling Good.

Yeah, so Ollie wrote a pretty interesting question. I think we could rift off this for a while. Could team therapy, team CBT therapy be helpful to someone in solitary confinement? Dear David, I'm so glad the app is finally available to the public. I was one of the lucky people who got to take part in the beta testing, and I got to personally experience what a life-changing tool it could be.

Yeah, so Ollie wrote a pretty interesting question. I think we could rift off this for a while. Could team therapy, team CBT therapy be helpful to someone in solitary confinement? Dear David, I'm so glad the app is finally available to the public. I was one of the lucky people who got to take part in the beta testing, and I got to personally experience what a life-changing tool it could be.

I just hope the word spreads quickly so more people can be transformed by it. Also, do you have any idea when the app might be available outside of the United States? My question for you is around the topic of solitary confinement. As I'm sure you're already aware, solitary confinement is commonly used throughout prisons around the world, despite many deeming it akin to torture.

I just hope the word spreads quickly so more people can be transformed by it. Also, do you have any idea when the app might be available outside of the United States? My question for you is around the topic of solitary confinement. As I'm sure you're already aware, solitary confinement is commonly used throughout prisons around the world, despite many deeming it akin to torture.

I think there is one.

I think there is one.

Well, I don't believe you're allowed to have a cell phone in prison. So it wouldn't be appropriate to use the app in prison or to think that that's possible. But people are allowed to have books.

Well, I don't believe you're allowed to have a cell phone in prison. So it wouldn't be appropriate to use the app in prison or to think that that's possible. But people are allowed to have books.

And I think someone who has a book, the Feeling Great book, and can follow along the team therapy structure and learning how to identify their thoughts, leading them to change their feelings and their behavior would be very, very, very helpful. for anyone in prison, wherever they are in the prison system.

And I think someone who has a book, the Feeling Great book, and can follow along the team therapy structure and learning how to identify their thoughts, leading them to change their feelings and their behavior would be very, very, very helpful. for anyone in prison, wherever they are in the prison system.

And there are a lot of people who have been wrongly convicted and then released from prison and written books about their experience. And I put three on the show notes that you wrote that I've read that were pretty transformative. And most of the people, most of the time when people are in prison, they are trying to

And there are a lot of people who have been wrongly convicted and then released from prison and written books about their experience. And I put three on the show notes that you wrote that I've read that were pretty transformative. And most of the people, most of the time when people are in prison, they are trying to

And change the way they're thinking about their experience so that they can accept it and maintain some hope of when they are going to be released and belief in their lawyer, belief in the process, belief in themselves so that they can still maintain a sense of who they are.

And change the way they're thinking about their experience so that they can accept it and maintain some hope of when they are going to be released and belief in their lawyer, belief in the process, belief in themselves so that they can still maintain a sense of who they are.