What it is about
In Burns's Cognitive Behavioral Therapy framework, thoughts influence mood, and depressive patterns can involve recurring distortions such as all-or-nothing thinking, mind reading and catastrophizing.
The heart of the book is a practical method. You learn to name the ten classic distortions, write down the automatic thoughts as they happen, and answer them the way a fair-minded friend would. The method is simple on paper; what makes the book work is how thoroughly Burns shows it applied, mood by mood, thought by thought.
Research supports structured CBT-based bibliotherapy for some People, often with guidance rather than as an unassisted substitute for Care.
