Accentuate the Rational
Accentuate the Rational, Eliminate the Woo–woo Originally posted 2019-01-18 00:00:32.
Yes you can’t!
Can’t is a damned interesting word, responsible for much mischief. With few exceptions, it is simply a cognitive distortion. However, when I say that, you may automatically tune out, assuming I that I am about to rehash some chestnut from my Dale Carnegie-Napoleon Hill,-Norman Vincent Peale-Jim Robbins bag of “positive thinking” tricks. Not so! I promise! Originally posted 2015-03-06 […]
“Law of Attraction” compatible with REBT?
We have been having a lively discussion on the former REBT-CBT Forum about where (if anywhere) the “Law of Attraction” and “Creative Visualization” fit into REBT. Originally posted 2013-05-21 20:43:16.
You don’t get to judge me! (or do you?)
You don’t get to Judge me!!! Originally posted 2013-09-08 20:05:28.
Are you making progress?
Originally posted 2017-11-03 06:54:35.
Rational Optimism and Sane Positive Thinking are topics very near and dear to the heart of REBT-CBT. Click to find out why . . . Originally posted 2019-07-19 04:41:44.
Difference between “rational statements” & “positive thinking” ?
Originally posted 2013-08-29 05:05:56.
How Positive Thinking is Undermining America
Bright-sided: How Positive Thinking is Undermining America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, challenges the cultural notion that positive thinking is always positive and good. The book argues that positive thinking, while important to some extent, has been taken too far in America, to the point where it has become a dangerous ideology. Originally posted 2023-05-04 10:15:54.
Is REBT-CBT “Positive Thinking”?
Erroneous comparisons of REBT-CBT to “positive thinking” and similar is a pereneal staw man argument . One of the problems in trying to get the word out about REBT-CBT is that they are often dismissed as merely “positive thinking. In my opinion, one of the goals of any REBT media is to distinguish REBT-CBT from . . . […]