Intimate Connections

David Burns is an angel sent to help us all here on earth (in my opinion) and is also a great writer, very funny and engaging ...I've now got all of his books and they have really changed my life for the better. Easy CBT exercises that are really life affirming. Forget the poisonous big pharma pills and let David Burns sort your mind out :)

I'm currently going through this book. I have found it insightful and helpful. The exercises are really useful and have helped me learn about myself a bit more. While this book can't replace seeing a therapist, its still a useful tool.

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Great book

I bought this book because of Burns' excellent Feeling Good roadmap to happiness, and I thought it could open up intimacy in the same way his other title opened up the cognitive basis of happiness. It applies essentially the same techniques, which remain great, but doesn't seem to have as many insightful 'real-life' examples as Feeling Good has. Maybe it's just that because the main lessons are transferred across to intimacy instead of happiness, the overall impact was lessened. The examples simply seemed more obvious in this title, and i was sitting there skimreading instead of really revelling in the lessons. A bit disappointing, even though the overall thrust is still one that I buy into bigtime.

This book is quite interesting for those who have a solitary life, love problems, or just want to polish some social skills. The author gives lots of practical examples from his patients and teaches you how to think correctly without letting your distorted thoughts get over you. It also have tests and lots of tables, typical like if you were in therapy, which is good and simple, besides it's bargain this book.