019: Ask David — The Defiant Child: A Secret All Parents Should Know
Can the EAR techniques help a listener deal more effectively with a defiant, oppositional child. Dr. Burns reveals a fantastically helpful secret that he and his wife stumbled across in raising their ...
16 Jan 201724min
018: Ask David — Overcoming the Fear of Death
David and Fabrice address this question submitted by a listener: Dear Dr. Burns, I read Feeling Good twenty years ago. It was a wonderful relief and help to me. Your book has helped me live a better a...
9 Jan 201710min
017: Ask David — Dare to be "average"—The perfectionist's script for self-defeat
David answers a challenging question posed by a listener: Dear Dr. David: In your Feeling Good Handbook, you suggest that the reader just allows himself or herself to be an ordinary person instead of ...
2 Jan 201723min
016a: Special Interview: Can Depression and Anxiety Be Treated in a Two-Hour Therapy Session? with Lisa Kelley
David and Fabrice are joined by Lisa Kelley, a certified TEAM-CBT therapist and former journalist from Littleton, Colorado. Lisa interviews David about an interview / blog David has just published on ...
28 Dec 201641min
016: Ask David — How can I cope with a complainer? How can I help a loved one who is depressed?
How can you help a depressed friend or family member? You may be surprised to discover that the attempt to "help" is rarely effective, and may even make the problem worse. In contrast, the refusal to ...
26 Dec 201632min
015: The Five Secrets of Effective Communication (Part 2)
If used skillfully, the Five Secrets can resolve nearly any relationship conflict and transform hostility, resentment and mistrust into intimacy and warmth, often with amazing speed. And although this...
19 Dec 201633min
014: The Five Secrets of Effective Communication (Part 1)
Practically all of us have a friend, colleague, client, customer or family member we aren't getting along with very well. Perhaps the difficult person in your life is excessively critical of you, comp...
12 Dec 201638min
013: Ask David — Is Anxiety Inevitable?
A fan points out that many of the examples in David's book, When Panic Attacks, are high functioning individuals with lots of education and good jobs. She asks Dr. Burns if depression and anxiety are ...
5 Dec 201625min
