David D. Burns
Psychiatrist and cognitive therapy author
David D. Burns is an American psychiatrist and Stanford adjunct professor emeritus who helped popularize cognitive behavioral therapy through his bestselling books.
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American Born 1942 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
About David D. Burns
David D. Burns was born in 1942 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His medical degree is from Stanford, and he trained as a psychiatry resident at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He has written bestselling books such as Feeling Good, The Feeling Good Handbook and Feeling Great. He also wrote When Panic Attacks. His books helped bring cognitive behavioral therapy to a wide public audience in the 1980s. Burns founded TEAM-CBT, an approach to treating depression and anxiety. He has received awards including the A. E. Bennett Award for research on brain chemistry, and Stanford residents named him Teacher of the Year three times.