Talking TEAM-CBT Episode #003 - Dr. David Burns

Anti-depressants suck, talk therapy rambles on, CBT works ok, isn’t there something better to help people get over depression and anxiety? This was David’s question as a young psychiatrist and researcher.

Meet the founder of TEAM-CBT himself, Dr. David Burns in episode 003 of Talking TEAM-CBT.

Watch this and other episodes on Talking TEAM-CBT!

David started in the 1970’s in researching the brain chemistry and discovered depression was not created by hormones’ or other chemical imbalance but rather by our own negative thoughts. Hear how he got a taste of CBT with Aaron Beck and then built on that small foundation a structure with over 100 tools that is far more effective than anything previously in psychology.

Get hundreds of hours of free information on depression, anxiety, relationships, habits, TEAM-CBT, CBT, tools for therapy, and much more on David’s podcast, Feeling Good on iTunes or look up a topic on his database.

Also, David has a free chapter that didn’t make it into his latest book, Feeling Great, get that free on his website (scroll to the bottom of this page): www.feelinggood.com 

Dr. David Burns Bio:

Dr. Burns graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College, received his M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and completed his psychiatry residency at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has served as Acting Chief of Psychiatry at the Presbyterian / University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (1988) and Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Medical School (1998), and is certified by the National Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Burns is currently Adjunct Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he is involved in research and teaching. He has received numerous awards, including the A. E. Bennett Award for his research on brain chemistry, the Distinguished Contribution to Psychology through the Media Award, and the Outstanding Contributions Award from the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists. He has been named Teacher of the Year three times from the class of graduating residents at Stanford University School of Medicine, and feels especially proud of this award.

In addition to his academic research, Dr. Burns has written a number of popular books on mood and relationship problems. His best-selling book,Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, has sold over 4 million copies in the United States, and many more worldwide. Feeling Good is the book most frequently “prescribed” for depressed patients by psychiatrists and psychologists in the United States and Canada. Surveys indicate that American mental health professionals rate Feeling Good as the #1 book on depression, out of a list of 1,000 self-help books.

To learn more about Dr. Burns, you can check out his Wikipedia page or read a recent article about Dr. Burns by Robert Strauss in the Stanford Magazine.