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We're excited to announce a Feeling Great Book Club for anyone in the world, supporting people in reading and learning from David Burns' powerful and healing TEAM-CBT book Feeling Great with questions and answers, exercises and discussions in large and small groups.

It will meet online for an hour at a time for 16 weeks on Wednesdays starting March 17 at 9am and 5pm Pacific Time - which should allow for fairly reasonable hours from anywhere in the world.

Note that the group is intended to provide education but NOT therapy or treatment. Cost is 8$ per session paid in advance, but people will be able to pay whatever they can comfortably afford and no one will be turned away for lack of finances. The group will be primarily led by Brandon Vance, a psychiatrist who is a level 4 TEAM therapy trainer who has studied with David Burns since 2011.

Please go to https://www.feelinggreattherapycenter.com/book-club to find out more and to register.

February 28, Self-Defeating Beliefs: How to Identify and Modify Them, a one day workshop for mental health professionals. 7 CE credits. Featuring Drs. David Burns and Jill Levitt, sponsored by FGI, Mt. View

March 24, 2021, Feeling Great: A New, High-Speed Treatment for Depression and Anxiety. A One-Day Workshop by David Burns, MD. sponsored by Jack Hirose & Associates, Vancouver

April 7, 2021, Bringing TEAM-CBT to Life in Real Time, by David D. Burns, MD. A Half-Day Live Therapy Demonstration Sponsored by Jack Hirose & Associates, Vancouver

Brian asks:

1. Can negative thoughts lead to high blood pressure? Thank you

Jim asks:

2. I'm having panic attacks! What should I do?

Adam asks:

3. Shouldn't we get rid of the terms, "Positive Thoughts" and "Self-Defeating Beliefs?"

Phil asks:

4. Hi David and Rhonda! Is it necessary to write out the distortions in your DML or would you get the same benefit by just plowing through with positive thoughts, realizing that your negative thoughts contain loads of distortions?

Nandini asks:

5. How do I get your Decision-Making Tool for help with habits and addictions?

A man from France asks:

6. After listening to Podcast 003: E = Empathy — Does It Really Make a Difference?: "How do we do when the person, we are having a conversation with does not feel comfortable in sharing his/her feelings and thoughts, or does not know how to deal with feelings and thoughts when hearing them?

Thomas asks:

7. What would you say to a person who wants more ego strength.?

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1. Brian asks: Can negative thoughts lead to high blood pressure? Thank you

Thanks Brian. I don't know the answer to your excellent question. One big problem is that much, if not all, of this type of research is of pretty poor quality. When I review research articles, my focus is not on "what are the implications of these findings," but rather on "what are the flaws in this research study?"

Usually, the flaws are so severe, at least to