The Feeling Good Handbook

0,From the author of the national bestseller Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy comes a guide to mental wellness that helps you get beyond depression and anxiety and make life an exhilarating experience! With his phenomenally successful Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Dr. David Burns introduced a groundbreaking, drug-free treatment for depression. In this bestselling companion, he reveals powerful new techniques and provides step-by-step exercises that help you cope with the full range of everyday problems. - Free yourself from fears, phobias, and panic attacks.- Overcome self-defeating attitudes.- Discover the five secrets of intimate communication.- Put an end to marital conflict.- Conquer procrastination and unleash your potential for success. With everything you need to know about commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs and anxiety disorders, such as agoraphobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder, this remarkable guide can show you how to feel good about yourself and the people you care about. You will discover that life can be an exhilarating experience. A wonderful achievement--the best in its class.--M. Anthony Bates, clinical psychologist at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia Clear, systematic, forceful.--Albert Ellis, PhD, president of the Albert Ellis Institute