Other Side With Roy Germano

I'm honored to have ​Dr. David Burns on the podcast this week. David is a renown psychiatrist, best-selling author, and pioneer of a drug-free approach to managing anxiety and depression called Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT.   I'm sure many listeners have heard of David and his work. Millions of people, in fact, have managed or conquered their anxiety and depression by reading David's bestselling book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. What I find particularly interesting about David's techniques for managing anxiety and depression--and why I'm excited to tell you about them--is that they do not require taking medications. Millions and millions of people are prescribed anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medications every year, but it's becoming increasingly clear that these pills aren't very effective, and they can be difficult to stop using. David began noticing the questionable effects of anti-depressants way back in the 1970s when he was a brain researcher at the University of Pennsylv