Simple, Powerful Techniques that Make Relationships Work “Why won’t my husband ever express his feelings?” “Why won’t my wife listen?” “Why is my sister such a control freak?” “Why does my ex act like such a total jerk?” “What’s wrong with people?” We all have someone we can’t get along with—whether it’s a friend or colleague who complains constantly, a relentlessly critical boss, an obnoxious neighbor, a teenager who pouts and slams doors (all the while insisting she’s not upset), or maybe a loving, but irritating spouse. In his bestselling book, Feeling Good, Dr. David Burns introduced Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a clinically proven, drug-free therapy that has revolutionized the treatment of clinical depression throughout the world. Now, in Feeling Good Together, he presents Cognitive Interpersonal Therapy, a radical new approach that will help you transform troubled, conflicted relationships into successful, happy ones. Dr. Burns’ method for improving these relationships is easy and surprisingly effective. In Feeling Good Together, you’ll learn: How to stop pointing fingers at everyone else and start looking at yourself. How to pinpoint the exact cause of the problem with any person you’re not getting along with. How to solve virtually any kind of relationship conflict almost instantly. Based on twenty-five years of clinical experience and groundbreaking research on more than 1,000 individuals, Feeling Good Together presents an entirely new theory of why we have so much trouble getting along with each other. The book is filled with helpful examples and brilliant, user-friendly tools such as the Relationship Satisfaction Test, the Relationship Journal, the Five Secrets of Effective Communication, the Intimacy Exercise, and more, so you can enjoy far more loving and satisfying relationships with the people you care about. You deserve rewarding, intimate relationships. Feeling Good Together will show you how. Reviews Praise for Feeling Good Together from mental-health professionals: “This is the finest work of its kind and will stand for generations as the relationship book.” –Matthew May, MD, adjunct clinical faculty, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine “Feeling Good Together should be required reading for all couples who want to create a happy, healthy relationship.” –Tori Kelley, PhD, LMHC, owner, Central Florida Mental Health, Inc. “Finally, a relationship repair tool kit without fluff or camouflage. Change is a choice for brave and daring souls. Thank you, Dr. Burns!” –Nancy Ellen Lee, MFT, PhD “Implementing these ideas has been truly life changing. It works!” –Mischa Routon, MFT “The relationship strategies in this book are simple but profound. This is Dr. Burns’s most seminal work. “ –Jan Stanfield, MFT/LCSW “A powerful set of tools (and even a tool kit) to evaluate, repair, or enhance our relationships. Feeling Good Together is destined to become a classic.” –Hugh Baras, PhD, adjunct clinical assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine About the Author: David D. Burns, M.D. is an adjunct clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine and has served as Visiting Scholar at Harvard Medical School. He conducts lectures and workshops throughout the United States and Canada for healthcare professionals and for the general public and has received numerous media and research awards. His bestselling book, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, has sold more than four million copies worldwide and is the book most often recommended by American and Canadian mental health professionals to patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
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