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Is seeing a CBT therapist while still strongly disturbed the right thing to do?
 Is seeing a CBT therapist while still strongly disturbed the right thing to do? |
Is seeing a CBT therapist while still strongly disturbed the right thing to do?
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Originally posted 2013-11-28 04:12:30.
Read “Enlightenment Now” Now!
If you read one book this year, read Steven Pinker’s “Enlightenment Now.” Please! More than any book I have read, this one exposes how the despair, nastiness, anger and masochism characteristic of today’s social-cultural-political climate is irrational, manufactured and simply based on incorrect information. ~Rex Originally posted 2018-10-01 06:33:40.
New book on rational drinking!
I am very pleased to remind you of a book by my friends Dr. Michael Edelstein (left) and the late Will Ross (right)*, two people eminently qualified to teach us about how distorted thinking and irrational beliefs lead to excessive, self-destructive behaviors such as alcoholism and drug addictions. Originally posted 2013-01-11 18:53:48.
We want to hear from you!
WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Look, I realize our banner must seem pretty demanding, but it really isn’t a “demand,” A just a strong preference! hehehehe . . . Just a little (very little) REBT humor for you! Originally posted 2017-06-20 06:30:54.
Prince Ea finally admits to being a chronic musterbator! Are you one too? Click because you want to watch this amazing video and find out . . . Originally posted 2019-09-20 20:37:27.
Stoic Philosophy and REBT
The gods have released you from accountability for your parents, your siblings, your body, your possessions – for death and for life itself. They made you responsible only for what is in your power – the proper use of impressions. So why take on the burden of matters which you cannot answer for? You […]
Ten Pounds of Shit in a Five Pound Bag?
Q: The intense Mr. X writes about a pattern of trying to “put 10 pounds of shit into a five pound bag,” that is, making unrealistic plans, and then feeling frustrated, and anxious about not accomplishing what he set out to do. Sound familiar? Originally posted 2019-01-05 21:41:42.
Hello REBT Mates! As many of you know, two of the significant sources that Dr. Ellis drew upon in developing REBT were Stoicism and General Semantics (GS). Unfortunately, he doesn’t explore these system in any depth, but does refer to them in many of his books, acknowledging them as important contributions. The threads of both systems are […]
I am working on this, but for now, enjoy the video and I’ll add the “meat and potatoes” later. Originally posted 2019-12-22 09:37:28.
9 teaspoons of sugar in a can of Coke! Yuck!
Do you know that there are 39 grams (9.3 teaspoons) of sugar in a 12 ounce can of Coke? And there is a similar amount in other fizzy drinks as well. Yuck! Originally posted 2018-12-21 12:00:39.