REBT Insights

REBT and Beck’s CT: On Negative Thoughts

March 20, 2012

Now here is an interesting quote from Aaron Beck about negative thoughts that I received from the Beck Institute today. “The question about any given automatic thought is not entirely whether it is irrational (Albert Ellis’s term) or invalid but whether it is dysfunctional…” He goes on to say that a depressed client may… [Read more…]

Tagged: albert ellis, Beck and Ellis, dysfunctional beliefs, irrational beliefs, rebt

Posted in: Depression, Education in psychology, Hypothesis Testing

Infidelity, Part 3

November 15, 2011

The initial reaction to finding out that once made has been untrue is shock. Even if the client has had suspicions for a period that their mate has been fooling around, the actual knowledge of confirmation of infidelity is still shocking. The initial shock has a way of causing a perceptual disturbance. Suddenly the spouse… [Read more…]

Tagged: albert ellis, rebt, rebt philosophy

Posted in: Anxiety, Awfulization, Demand for Comfort & Easy Solutions, Low Frustration Tolerance