Feeling Good Podcast | TEAM-CBT - The New Mood Therapy

David Burns literally wrote the book on cognitive behavioral therapy. His 1980 bestseller "Feeling Good" sold millions of copies and changed how people think about treating depression. The podcast is a natural extension of that work, and after 500-plus episodes co-hosted with therapist Rhonda Barovsky, it has become one of the most substantive mental health shows available. What sets this apart from other therapy-adjacent podcasts is the live demonstration format. Burns regularly works through his TEAM-CBT model with real participants on air, walking listeners through the actual mechanics of cognitive restructuring in real time. You hear the resistance, the breakthroughs, the awkward pauses -- it is not polished, and that is exactly what makes it valuable. For therapists, it is essentially free continuing education. For everyone else, it is a surprisingly clear window into how therapy actually works when done well. Burns has strong opinions and he does not shy away from challenging conventional wisdom in psychiatry. He will push back on medication-first approaches and question diagnostic labels when he thinks they are being used lazily. Episodes range from tight 30-minute focused discussions to sprawling two-hour deep dives on topics like OCD, procrastination, and relationship conflicts. The show carries a 4.7-star rating from over 800 reviews, and it has earned that reputation by consistently delivering practical tools rather than vague self-help platitudes. If you want to understand CBT from someone who helped create the modern version of it, this is where you start.