02-18-2025, 11:29 AM
If I was asked to recommend only one book about psychology and/or therapy, I would definitely recommend "Feeling Good Handbook".
The book was written by David Burns, who was a student of Aaron Beck – a godfather of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
You can find there a comprehensive resource on how we process information, why different thoughts drive different emotions, and how to practically recalibrate how we think in order to foster our wellbeing.
The main assumption of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is, that NOT situations, but thoughts are a true source of emotions. That's why when we become more seasoned in introspection, we get better in reviewing our thought patterns. This thought patterns may be helpful or quite the opposite – may be full of cognitive biases, which at first glance seem logical, but if we dive deeper into them, it turns out they are absolutely not.
Did you know about this book?
The book was written by David Burns, who was a student of Aaron Beck – a godfather of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
You can find there a comprehensive resource on how we process information, why different thoughts drive different emotions, and how to practically recalibrate how we think in order to foster our wellbeing.
The main assumption of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is, that NOT situations, but thoughts are a true source of emotions. That's why when we become more seasoned in introspection, we get better in reviewing our thought patterns. This thought patterns may be helpful or quite the opposite – may be full of cognitive biases, which at first glance seem logical, but if we dive deeper into them, it turns out they are absolutely not.
Did you know about this book?