Feeling Good

Definitely need the handbook that goes with it

This book is legendary. And cognitive behavioral therapy, is legendary. The problem with the Book on audio is that you can't follow with more than half of the entire book. He keeps referring to pages in chapters that you don't have.

28 of 29 people found this review helpful

Brilliant

Would you listen to Feeling Good again? Why?

Yes, life changing

What did you like best about this story?

It's ability to help you create your own "Matrix"

What about George Newbern’s performance did you like?

Pleasant voice, able to listen for long stretches.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Many

Any additional comments?

Most other self-help books after this one are some form of a rehash of this book. I have always been a huge Anthony Robbins fan, and now I see from where much (not all) of his material comes. I found the presentation and supplemental PDF delivered the messages in a more digestible and applicable way than most other books and authors on the subject.

17 of 18 people found this review helpful

Well done

The combination of a well written book with a superb narrator makes for easy listening. While this is nonfiction at at times quite clinical, I'm going to miss listening to it every day.

One complaint- how does an Audible listener get the oft referred to 'Enhanced Portion' of this Audiobook?

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

Excellent book

Excellent book, Do not buy the audible version, you will need the charts, tables, etc..

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Very helpful

It helps to understand the basis of depression. It has personally helped me to challenge my thoughts. I used to believe that I had some kind of chemical imbalance but once I looked deeper I realized I was constantly having subconscious negative thoughts.

I track my mood with the Joie app and have noticed that no other method of treatment has beaten the techniques in this book. Drugs didn't come close. I hope you get as much benefit as I did.

16 of 18 people found this review helpful

Great book for those dealing with depression!

I highly recommend this book if you struggle with depression. It is very helpful. Note, though, it'll take some work on your part, but it's well worth it.
Having read the Handbook first, and now having listened to this book, I actually recommend the Handbook version first. It forces you to do activities that will help you, whereas this book merely talks about it (in detail). I still liked this book, though, because it reminded me of everything I had done in the Handbook, which is about all I can do while I'm driving, anyhow. (Last I checked, the Handbook is not available in audio.)

The reader of this audio book is excellent. He actually sounds engaged, as though he's Dr. Burns himself, giving you the advice right then and there. Kudos to him. (My only pet peeve about him is he pronounces "often" as "off-ten." I was glad he didn't also say "soff-ten," "liss-ten," or "sall-mon.")

IMHO, you can skip the last 2-3 hours of this audio, which deals with antidepressant drugs. It's full of biology and chemistry lessons and lists of side-effects. He also talks ad nauseam about when or why to take drugs for depression. It's ad nauseam because his answer is always the same: therapy alone can work, or therapy plus drugs, but never drugs alone. Unfortunately he felt the need to say that over and over and over again.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

illuminating

very useful and illuminating book...will keep it and listen to it again and again! I recommend to have the written version of the book too.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Somewhat helpful

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The author spends way too much time explaining examples, and seems as though he's speaking from a place of authority rather than understanding. It seemed to me as though he couldn't truly relate to the mind of a depressed person. While his education and career have given the knowledge to understand depression, he cannot relate on a personal level. I've read other cognitive behavioral self help books so I'm familiar with the techniques. The other books that I've read were extremely helpful and changed my life. I'm trying to pull myself out of a depression right now, and tried using this book as a tool to brush up on my techniques in order to help myself. While there were some helpful reminders, and one significantly helpful tidbit that gave me new insight to my way of thinking, the majority of the book is useless. There is a lot of rambling, you have to fast forward to get to the helpful points. With a plethora of other self help books available, I suggest going with a different author such as Gillian Butler. Her books changed my life and brought me out of a severe depression.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Excellent Book

Dr George Newbern explains things in easy to understand terms, shares useful tools, and important information. As a licensed counselor for 20+ years I appreciate that Dr Newbern’s work, along with Beck’s helped shape my cognitive-behavioral training which is my primary approach to counseling, as I practice many of the techniques he shares in his book (with some variations of my own, and some of these approaches he shared I stumbled on, on my own. Albeit, with basic cognitive therapy training). It is good to see a Dr. educate the public in understandable terms. This is a useful book for anyone in the helping field and anyone who needs help. In fact, it would be great if it was a required text book for Psychology 202

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

The best self help book

Good narrator, we'll explained subject. Outstanding results by following the techniques. I recommend this book for everyone

1 of 1 people found this review helpful