http://blogs.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/200901/troubles-with-determinism The author fails to explain the context within which EHR occurs. The ...
Thought this looked like good background material should people want a physicalist perspective: http://www.cip-medien.com/01_ImplicationsStorch.pdf Tom CFN...
Here's pretty much what we are not: http://psychservices.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/56/9/1160 I suppose the perceived threat of mechanism might be a...
I thought the following exchange from the Yahoo Evol-Psych list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evolutionary-psychology/) was relevant to us. Developmental...
Thanks for the post, Ken. I often remind clients that one of the biggest strengths of about doing this therapy is this very simplicity you speak of. Only...
One result of being a naturalist which appeals to me is the simplicity gained by dropping a whole non-existent world. We don't inhabit two worlds, only one,...
Hi all! Sorry for the long break...but I see others have been gone too. I'm getting my out-of-control cells taken care of...just 6 more weeks of radiation to...
I just sent a rather lengthy post a few hours ago, I guess it's disappeared into the ether. The gist was that I'm working on my section, based on CHDO (Could...
CFN therapy group: I'm glad to connect with you all. I think the group has been told my URL (http://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/). It is a very big Website, ...
What if one paper we write is "Considerations in the Treatment of the High-Functioning Determinist Patient"? We could envision scenarios in which this type of...
Clay, We haven't heard from you recently' I'm hoping it's because you're actively pursuing info and treatment re your prostate cancer. We're all excited...
Ken, I like your idea (if I understand it accurately) of proposing Naturalism as therapeutic, rather as a a type of therapy that can be applied to various ...
So glad to see increased activity here! Thanks to Clay and Arnell and Ken for keeping things rolling. Some miscellaneous thoughts below. Arnell-thanks for...
Here's a recent exchange I thought relevant to CFNTherapy. I'm curious if what I suggest rings true, or if it misses something crucial. It combines a bit of...
One of the nice things about this forum is that when one or more people are away, there's somebody else willing to keep the ball rolling! Recent posts seem to...
Here's a shot at the intro for the paper. The references are incomplete and this is not meant to be final, let me know what you think. I'm sure I'll have to...
Tom: Scratch my recent posts! I re-read your revision and see that you handled the naturalism argument sufficiently. You narrowed the claim to one that's more...
Ken, Yes yes yes. Structuring the paper in terms of harmful irrational beliefs versus productive rational disputations could be an excellent approach....
Hi: I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out what we're aiming for here, where I'd like to see this go. I'm interested in seeing whether we can come up with a...
Greetings, I've put a recent article re fw and counseling in the files section. I found it using Questia, but haven't yet read it. It will be important to be...
Here's a sample of the kind of piece, or the introduction to a piece, I'd like to produce. It's not finished, I'm sending it to show the tone I'm going for. If...
Here's a little rant/rave which maybe helps to clarify the relative importance of this to other issues we face. I think neurosis is number one. Stated...
How about writing the article/paper on how the naturalistic NFW worldview influences the cognitive model? Neither Bob nor I are strict cognitive therapists,...
The cognitive approach to therapy is based on the idea that ones' beliefs o= r assumptions affect one's emotions, behavior and quality of life, and a chan= ge...
Hi y'all, Welcome to you new members, and thanks for joining. This is pretty exciting that we're getting together on some concrete action for furthering...
Just a follow-up to my last post: I'm not really expecting to make converts of any of you, and don't want to impede progress on the mission of this committee...
As Tom has observed, too many therapists (one is too many) blame the client for lack of progress. Perhaps it is seen as an alternative to having the ...