Tony Wainwright wrote: > > I hope I have got this right as it is my first time sending on this list. I > am a clinical psychologist who is working in Cornwall England and with some > colleagues trying to write a manual for the use of cognitive therapy by > therapists and people with parkinson's. Do any members of the list have > experience of either receiving or giving cognitive therapy or both for > parkinsons. I would be very grateful for any information. perhaps not pertinent to your purpose, i and numerous others have benefitted from the Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns. i also found value in: Undoing Depression Richard O’Connor, PhD Little, Brown & company; 1st ed.; ISBN 0-316-62643-0; RC537.0326 1997 The latter references the former. the feelings journal - homework - is the crux of efficacy for these volumes in self help mode - which i use and recommend -- Ron Vetter 1936, '84 PD dz [log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter