Is “talk therapy” really limited?

Posted by Rex Alexander on Thu 8 Jan 26 in Books & Media, bookshop, REBT & Other therapies compared with Comments closed |


In a recent discussion, someone wanted to know more about what I meant in a comment where I said that, in the end, all talk therapy is limited. 
Here is what I said:


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Originally posted 2014-05-09 20:11:21.

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Assert your right to make a few mistakes!

Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 7 Jan 26 in criticism, mistakes, Perfectionism with Comments closed |

 

 

 

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Originally posted 2017-06-25 21:39:45.

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What is important?

Posted by Rex Alexander on Wed 7 Jan 26 in Homework, Values with Comments closed |

I love  this Tracey Ullman bit about regretting not posting more pictures of her lunch on facebook.  It’s funny and it’s timely but it raises important questions about what is important in life.

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Originally posted 2018-12-08 05:17:36.

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What, more “darling shoulds?”

Posted by Rex Alexander on Tue 6 Jan 26 in Albert Ellis, Demanding, musterbation, musty thinking, Religion, should statements with Comments closed |

 

It’s true!  I never tire of talking about my “darling shoulds.”

 

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Originally posted 2015-03-20 05:06:07.

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Website review: ABC Counselling

Posted by Rex Alexander on Tue 6 Jan 26 in Albert Ellis, Books & Media, Read any good books lately?, REBT & Other therapies compared with Comments closed |

 Dr Jim Byrne, who was originally very influenced by the thinking and theories of Dr Albert Ellis, sets out to explore the childhood of Albert Ellis, to see how this skewed the development of Ellis’s notion of rationality, and his resistance to the idea of human emotional needs . . .”
ABC-Counseling

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Originally posted 2013-06-14 04:53:54.

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Posted by Rex Alexander on Mon 5 Jan 26 in Books & Media, bookshop, stoic with Comments closed |


Donald R. Robertson,
 
the author of six books including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius. He is a CBT therapist, writer, and trainer . . .   

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Originally posted 2019-03-04 04:40:41.

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You can be better…

Posted by Rex Alexander on Mon 5 Jan 26 in quotes with Comments closed |

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Originally posted 2018-11-30 02:43:56.

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Posted by Rex Alexander on Sun 4 Jan 26 in Books & Media, bookshop, REBT & Other therapies compared, Uncategorized with Comments closed |
Assertiveness Training (sometimes called Assertive Training or sometimes Social Skills Training has always been a subset of REBT and CBT and is a set of tools in the tool box of every CBT practitioner . . .

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Originally posted 2019-05-26 04:57:56.

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Yes you can’t!

Posted by Rex Alexander on Sun 4 Jan 26 in Postive thinkikng, Rational Thinking, REBT & Other therapies compared with Comments closed |

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!

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Originally posted 2015-03-06 06:15:07.

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New Feature: Your Opinion Matters!

Posted by Rex Alexander on Sat 3 Jan 26 in Regular Columns & Features, Your Opinion Matters with Comments closed |


We are starting a new regular column called “Your Opinion Matters!” 
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Originally posted 2013-04-29 05:40:18.

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