Hi Jimmy. Thanks for that interesting information. Ive always seen the A - B - C model in a dynamic sense, just as your article and observations suggest would...
I have been a regular reader at this forum. I belive that REBT helps people in venturing out and taking risk thereby gaining new life skills. Most of the times...
The writer of this poem does seem very detached from emotions full stop! Whilst there are no musts, shoulds, etc or awfulizatuion, labeling or low frustration...
I never was good at understanding poetry lol! Much more of a visual person myself lol! Give me a Mondrian painting, or a Rietveldt chair anyday! ... or ... to ...
Hi Paul, I think you hit the "nail on the head" with that one - if someone comes to expect nothing (and this is just an amateurs observation) he or she might...
Sun 06 Apr 08, 9:49 a.m. Hi all, Poetry is so personal and subjective. Moreover, it is not something I have a strong feeling for. However, I am very...
All, I thought this was a poem about Alzheimer's, truly. My mother died a week ago yesterday at age 85 of lung cancer. Funny the topic should be loss and how...
Mon 07 Apr 08, 7:11 p.m. Hi Paul, all, This is a complex question and I think the answer depends a lot on which flavor of psychology you prefer. The...
Hi Paul It may also be worth checking that a person experiencing loss is not creating any secondary meta-emotional problems on top of their primary problem....
Dear Paul, ... USA in practice means accepting oneself without conditions, as an imperfect human who at times does well and gets approval, and at times does...
Dear chrlsaul, ... Even if you imagine your rumination to be unbearable, it is still bearable. Reality is reality, not what you imagine it to be. Similarly,...
Thanks Dr Edelstein. Very Best ... unless ... bearable. Reality is reality, not what you imagine it to be. ... unless I think I am." Even thinking it can't...
Sat 12 Apr 08, 2:45 p.m. Hi Paul, I am not familiar with the term "depressive rumination." Could you help me understand more what you mean by the term? I am...
All, Loss seems to be the topic somewhere in here this week. I sat on my mother's bed and watched her die two weeks ago today. She was 85 and had lung...
Sun 13 Apr 08, 6:03 p.m. Hi Paul, all, From an REBT-CBT standpoint, loss is NOT related to depression. Why? Because plenty of people experience loss, feel...
Sun 13 Apr 08, 6:54 p.m. Hi Paul, Good points, and good questions. I reckon that one of the important challenges all people face--as the "Serenity Prayer"...
So what is ur definition of 'psychotherapy'? ... From: REBT-CBT-FORUM@yahoogroups.com [mailto:REBT-CBT-FORUM@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of timothynys@... ...
Hi Tim, Let me see if I follow your reasoning: REBT is not psychotherapy; it's cognitive behavioral therapy. Using the same logic you could say a dime (10...
I dont think a recent message has gotten through properley. But here goes again! I think it wasnt a very good reply anyway, becuase I was very tired from work...
Tue 15 Apr 08, 8:43 a.m. Hi Tim, Excuse me for being remiss in responding to this. I am sorry for your loss and that you had to go through this. I am sure...
"Someone who doesn't know what happiness is"... Do we really believe this is
possible? Would he/she have never ever got even a glimpse of happiness in
life...
True that its a bigger challenge to use REBT/CBT with children, especially
small as they might not have developed the ability to look objectively at
their...