Title: If your problems are due to negative thinking alone...
Product review: ...then this very upbeat book by Dr. Burns can indeed help. But I very much doubt the central thesis that thoughts control feelings and that substituting positive for negative thought patterns is the key to happiness.One telling omission in Burns' book is how to cope with ill health, especially where medicine has no answers. It would seem to me that if there is any area that could serve as a test bed for Burns' thesis that thinking is the key to "feeling good", this would be it. And yet there is nothing here on subjects like coping with chronic pain.To be sure, one can in fact cultivate self-defeating and negative thoughts and attitudes, and if that is your issue, this book can be very helpful. But if you are looking for something more profound in combating serious depression or other emotional travails, I'd advise you to look elsewhere.
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