Rational Living

Author : Albert Ellis,Robert A. Harper,Robert Allan Harper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Psychotherapy
ISBN : UOM:39015050407033

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A Guide to Rational Living by Albert Ellis,Robert A. Harper,Robert Allan Harper Pdf

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 How Far Can You Go with Self-Analysis? 2 You Feel As You Think. 3 Feeling Well by Thinking Straight. 4 What Your Feelings Really Are. 5 Thinking Yourself Out of Emotional Disturbances. 6 Recognizing and Attacking Neurotic Behavior. 7 Overcoming the Influences of the Past. 8 How Reasonable is Reason? 9 The Art of Never Being Desperately Unhappy. 10 Tackling Dire needs for Approval. 11 Eradicating Dire Fears of Failure. 12 How to Stop Blaming and Start Living. 13 How to Be Happy Though Frustrated. 14 Controlling Your Own Destiny. 15 Counquering Anxiety. 16 Acquiring Self-Discipline. 17 Rewriting Your Personal History. 18 Accepting Reality. 19 Overcoming Inertia and Becoming Creatively Absorbed. 20 Living Rationally in an Irrational World.

Author : Michael E. Bernard,Oana A. David
Publisher : Springer
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319740676

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Coaching for Rational Living by Michael E. Bernard,Oana A. David Pdf

This eminently useful guide presents an up-to-date framework for Rational-Emotive Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching (RE-CBC), from basic concepts, techniques, and applications to evidence of how and why this versatile method works. It details how RE-CBC synthesizes the rational thinking, cognitive disputing, and semantic training traditions of RE and CB therapies into coaching strategies for solving problems or furthering personal development. The book’s sections on process and techniques demonstrate the flexibility of the method as used in a variety of settings toward a gamut of purposes, illustrating Albert Ellis’ central goal of long-term happiness through rational living. And specialized chapters offer applications of RE-CBC to familiar coaching domains (life, health, family, motivation) as well as to the complex worlds of business and organizations. Included in the coverage: · Coaching for rational living: rational-emotive, cognitive-behavioral perspectives. · Psychological blockers to successful coaching outcomes. · Enhancing positive psychology coaching practice. · Assessment, case formulation, and intervention models. · A step-based framework for coaching practice. · Plus: applications of Rational-Emotive Cognitive-Behavioral Coaching, including motivational, parent/family, workplace stress management, organizational change, school success, and sports performance. Coaching for Rational Living is a robust practice-building resource for coaches, psychologists, counselors, and health professionals, particularly mental health practitioners who use rational-emotive and cognitive-behavioral therapy and coaching.

Author : Tim Harford
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307371881

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The Logic of Life by Tim Harford Pdf

In The Logic of Life, bestselling author Tim Harford quite simply makes sense of this world. Life often seems to defy logic. The receptionist is clearly smarter than the boss who earns fifty times her salary. Arbitrary lines starkly divide the desirable districts of the city from the dangerous ones. Voters flock to the polling booths to elect candidates who’ll rip them off to favour special interests. None of it makes logical sense — or does it? Economist and acclaimed author Tim Harford thinks it does. By weaving stories from locations as diverse as a Vegas casino to a barroom speed date, Harford aims to persuade you that people are, in fact, surprisingly logical. When a street prostitute agrees to unprotected sex, or a teenage criminal embarks on a burglary — perhaps especially when a racist employer disregards a black job applicant — we would seem to be a million miles from rational behaviour. Harford shows that, discomfitingly, we are not. It turns out that the unlikeliest of people are complying with the logic of economics and responding to future costs and benefits, often without realizing it; and socially tragic outcomes can have their roots in individually rational decisions. Brilliantly reasoned, always entertaining and often provocative, The Logic of Life is a book to help you understand yourself and the world around you.

Author : Michael E. Bernard,A. Ellis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461324850

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Clinical Applications of Rational-Emotive Therapy by Michael E. Bernard,A. Ellis Pdf

Since its launching in 1955, rational-emotive therapy (RET) has become one of the most influential forms of counseling and psychotherapy used by literally thousands of mental health practitioners throughout the world. From its beginnings, RET has dealt with problems of human disturbance. It presents a theory of how people primarily disturb themselves and what they can do, particularly with the help of a therapist or counselor, to reduce their disturbances (Ellis, 1957a,b, 1958a,b, 1962). Almost im mediately after the creation of RET, it became obvious that the meth odology could be used in many other fields-especially those involving human relations (Ellis & Harper, 1961a), and in love, sex, and marital relationships (Ellis, 1958a, 1960, 1963a,b; Ellis & Harper, 1961b). The evident popularity and clinical utility of RET in different cultures and its increasing application to contemporary problems of living indicate that rational-emotive therapy continues to be vital and dynamic. The growing appeal of RET may be due in part to its essentially optimistic outlook and humanistic orientation; optimistic because it pro vides people with the possibility and the means for change. Showing to people how their attitudes and beliefs are responsible for their emo tional distress and interpersonal problems (and not some out-of-con scious early childhood experience), awakens in them the hope that, in reality, they have some control over their destiny.

Author : Albert Ellis
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781615920624

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The Myth of Self-esteem by Albert Ellis Pdf

In this illuminating book, Ellis provides a lively and insightful explanation of the differences between self-esteem and self-acceptance. Emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance, he examines this theme in the thinking of great religious teachers, philosophers, and psychologists. He then provides exercises for training oneself to change self-defeating habits to the healthy, positive approach of self-acceptance. These include specific thinking techniques as well as emotive and behavioral exercises.He concludes by stressing that unconditional self-acceptance is the basis for establishing healthy relationships with others, along with unconditional other-acceptance and a total philosophy of life anchored in unconditional life-acceptance.

Author : Albert Ellis,Robert A. Harper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 0879800429

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A New Guide to Rational Living by Albert Ellis,Robert A. Harper Pdf

Two psychotherapists describe the nature and success of their rational-emotive approach to solving mental and emotional problems and present actual case histories.

Author : Robert J. Ringer
Publisher : Putnam Adult
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0399146865

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Getting what You Want by Robert J. Ringer Pdf

The author shares his insights into achieving success in every area of life--from business and financial security to romance.

Author : Albert Ellis
Publisher : Prentice Hall Direct
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1975-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0133706508

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A New Guide to Rational Living by Albert Ellis Pdf

Two psychotherapists relate the nature and success of their rational-emotive approach to solving mental and emotional problems and present actual case histories

Author : Raymond A. DiGiuseppe,Kristene A. Doyle,Windy Dryden,Wouter Backx
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199908189

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A Practitioner's Guide to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy by Raymond A. DiGiuseppe,Kristene A. Doyle,Windy Dryden,Wouter Backx Pdf

Extensively updated to include clinical findings over the last two decades, this third edition of A Practitioner's Guide to Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy reviews the philosophy, theory, and clinical practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). This model is based on the work of Albert Ellis, who had an enormous influence on the field of psychotherapy over his 50 years of practice and scholarly writing. Designed for both therapists-in-training and seasoned professionals, this practical treatment manual and guide introduces the basic principles of rational-emotive behavior therapy, explains general therapeutic strategies, and offers many illustrative dialogues between therapist and patient. The volume breaks down each stage of therapy to present the exact procedures and skills therapists need, and numerous case studies illustrate how to use these skills. The authors describe both technical and specific strategic interventions, and they stress taking an integrative approach. The importance of building a therapeutic alliance and the use of cognitive, emotive, evocative, imaginal, and behavioral interventions serves as the unifying theme of the approach. Intervention models are presented for the treatment of anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, personality disorders, and addictions. Psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, psychotherapists, and students and trainees in these areas will find this book useful in learning to apply rational-emotive behavior therapy in practice.

Author : Aldo R. Pucci
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781936236053

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Feel the Way You Want to Feel ... No Matter What! by Aldo R. Pucci Pdf

Do you want to learn how to effectively overcome lifes problems so that you can happily live a productive life? Are you seeking to improve your mental well-being, reduce stress, and improve your physical health? Feel the Way You Want to Feel No Matter What! teaches powerful and effective rational self-counseling techniques that can be applied to lifes most difficult problems and situations. This book will teach you how to: Focus on what you really want out of life, not just on what you think is possible Determine the difference between practical and emotional problems Analyze your thoughts and behaviors to determine whether they are rational for you Recognize and correct the twenty-six common mental mistakes Recognize and correct common beliefs that create a great deal of grief Combat depression, anxiety, and anger Develop rational replacement thoughts that are not just happy thoughts, but that are accurate Practice those new thoughts and behaviors until they become automatic Based on the philosophy and techniques of Rational Living Therapy that author Aldo Pucci has been developing since 1990, these skills will give you the confidence to make yourself feel good anytime in any situation.

Author : Laura (Riding) Jackson,Schuyler B. Jackson
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0813916828

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Rational Meaning by Laura (Riding) Jackson,Schuyler B. Jackson Pdf

Existing only in manuscript since the 1940s but enjoying an underground reputation among friends and advocates, this primary document by one of the most original and influential of American poets and thinkers is now being published as Rational Meaning, Laura (Riding) Jackson's testament of the necessity of living for truth. Begun as a dictionary and thesaurus in the 1930s, the work developed into a fundamental reevaluation of language itself. Riding, in close collaboration with her husband, continued this monumental project over the succeeding decades, completing it after his death in 1968. At the core of Rational Meaning, which aims to restore the truth of language by arguing that meaning inheres in words, stands the idea that a total renovation of the knowledge of language is needed, not to develop mere verbal sophistication and respectability but fundamentally to reinvigorate the intellectual processes of consciousness. The book reveals the disastrous extent to which language has been "unlearned" and shows how it may be learned again. Rational Meaning will be essential reading, not only for students of literature but for radical-minded linguists and lexicographers unhappy with the orthodoxies current in their disciplines.

Author : Mitch Albom
Publisher : Crown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307414090

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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was his college professor Morrie Schwartz. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.

Author : Albert Ellis,Catharine MacLaren
Publisher : Practical Therapist
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1886230617

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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy by Albert Ellis,Catharine MacLaren Pdf

"From the often credited 'creator of psychology's cognitive revolution,' Albert Ellis' comprehensive guidebook for practicing therapists includes thorough discussions of theory and procedures, case examples, and dozens of exercises. Modern cognitive-behavioral therapy has its roots in the rational approach created by Albert Ellis - the 'father of rational therapy' - in the 1950s. Now known as Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Ellis' systematic, integrative approach has grown and matured into powerful mainstream psychotherapy. Hundreds of thousands of patients have benefited from the active interventions of therapists using the REBT model. Major themes in this user-friendly manual: theory of REBT, practice of REBT, cognitive techniques, emotive and experiential techniques, behavioral techniques, integration of REBT and other therapies." - Back cover.

Author : Henry Churchill King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:24503314568

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Rational living ; some practical inferences from modern psychology by Henry Churchill King Pdf

Author : Richard Todd Devens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1432798804

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Rational Polemics by Richard Todd Devens Pdf

Rational Polemics: Tackling the Ethical Dilemmas of Life There's a whole host of beliefs that most people simply repeat without question. They are chanted so often as to have nearly lost all meaning, and are rarely challenged. Rational Polemics dares to expose the contradictions that are rife in many of these blindly accepted beliefs. The book endeavors to question all things - to expose the folly and hypocrisy of universally held beliefs, including accepted religious dogma. It is geared toward open-minded readers with the courage to challenge convention and political correctness to consider alternative viewpoints. Rational Polemics by Richard Devens presents a provocative, controversial, outrageous challenge to the ideas and values that most of the world merely accepts "on faith - ideas that, upon closer examination, make little sense. "I wrote this book to encourage people not to blindly accept what others believe just because it is 'politically correct' to do so, or just because the majority does," Devens says. "I encourage people to think for themselves, and to live by the courage of their convictions. I encourage people to have the integrity of living by their own moral code if, by rational thought and reflection, they are convinced they are right." Told through personal anecdotes, with tongue-in-cheek humor and refreshing candor, Rational Polemics is a breath of fresh air to anyone ready to consider the true nature of evil, the hypocrisies inherent in religion and other prickly debates. Rational Polemics opens readers' minds to new ideas about deep and often difficult topics, sans the sugarcoating.