Is keeping emotions “bottled up” dangerous?
In my callow and shallow youth, I used to subscribe to the “teapot model” of emotions. You know, our emotional systems are like teapots with water boiling, generating steam and pressure. If the steam does not have an outlet, or the outlet becomes overwhelmed by too much steam expanding too quickly . . . POW !!! Explosion […]
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Only understand REBT “intellectually”?
What if you only understand your REBT process “intellectually”? I am not as warm & fuzzy as Will Ross is on this point . . . 4,431 total views Originally posted 2013-11-27 03:09:37.
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Get up! Stomp around! Do your disputing aloud!
This is a follow-up to my post from last month “What if you only understand your REBT process intellectually?” 1,710 total views, 1 views today Originally posted 2013-12-07 04:07:02.
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“Secondary disturbance” is not secondary in signifance.
We have been having some great discussions lately over at the REBT-CBT Forum Yahoogroup. Thm raised an honest and important question and was kind enough to allow me to re-post it here. Thanks, Thm! His question and my response follows. Your follow-up comments and questions are encouraged and welcomed. 6,302 total views Originally posted 2013-12-07 03:57:31.
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Cognitive Distancing in Stoicism
Albert Ellis Donald Robertson Epictetus Stoic philosophy is among the many influences Drs. Ellis and Beck drew upon in developing REBT . . . 0 total views Originally posted 2017-07-22 02:05:48.
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Can you dispute a “secondary disburbance”?
A reader asks what David Burns means in Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy when he says that you cannot dispute a feeling, you can only dispute a thought. 3,892 total views Originally posted 2012-09-21 05:22:16.
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Dr. Gunars shares how he deals with anxiety about granddaughter not doing well in school
Rex, as most of the time, gives a good answer. This is not to offer an alternative to Rex, but a supplement.” Dr. Gunars is a regular contributor to REBT Info, and we are pleased to offer his reply to our recent discussion about managing GAD and anxiety for the a child who is not doing well […]
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Difference between “rational statements” & “positive thinking” ?
55,873 total views Originally posted 2013-08-29 05:05:56.
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Types of disputing
Will Ross, REBT extraordinaire, explains the different types of disputing . . . 34,028 total views, 5 views today Originally posted 2013-02-07 19:47:55.
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Oh well!
Oh well! Now, that’s a deep subject! 3,077 total views Originally posted 2017-12-10 06:05:35.
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