Comment by jodrellblank

I have enthused about Dr David Burns, his TEAMS CBT therapy style, how it seems like debugging for the brain in a way that might appeal to a HN readership, how The Feeling Good podcast is free online with lots of episodes explaining it, working through each bit, recordings of therapy sessions with people demonstrating it…

They have an AI app which they have just made free for this summer:

https://feelinggood.com/2025/07/02/feeling-great-app-is-now-...

I haven’t used it (yet) so this isn’t a recommendation for the app, except it’s a recommendation for his approach and the app I would try before the dozens of others on the App Store of corporate and Silicon Valley cash making origins.

Dr Burns used to give free therapy sessions before he retired and keeps working on therapy in to his 80s and has often said if people who can’t afford the app contact him, he’ll give it for free, which makes me trust him more although it may be just another manipulation.