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A Revolution Begun.,
By Patrick Greenan (Peterborough ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Guide to Rational Living (Paperback)
The revolution I refer to is the one that followed in the wake of the original publication of this book in 1961. Ellis formally introduced his REBT therapeutic model in 1955, but at the time, few knew and fewer cared. However, this book would change that forever. No longer would we have to settle for self-help pablum like "The Power of Positive Thinking", because now we had a piercing book for the masses that explained both clearly and thoroughly three things that no popular work had ever told us before. First, we don't just "get" upset, we "do" upset. Or, in other words, we make ourselves emotionally disturbed. Second, the authors plainly explain how we make ourselves upset. We create our own emotional disturbances mainly through our irrational (aka, unhealthy, self-defeating) thinking. And third, Ellis and Harper give us many effective techniques to combat these thinking patterns. The techniques suggested are divided into cognitive, emotive and behavioral categories, although in fact there is significant overlap for the simple reason, as the authors point out, that we don't just think or feel or behave in a vacuum. Rather, we are thinking/feeling/behaving beings, and this interplay, luckily enough, offers us many ways to a "profound philosophic change" in our outlook, which is the goal of this work. Easily, the most influential self-help book ever written and rightfully so!
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Best self-help book available!,
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This review is from: A Guide to Rational Living (Paperback)
This is by far Ellis' most classical book about the orígins of emotional disturbances and how to overcome them. I agree with Philip, another reviewer, in that the REBT approach is the most profound and consistent way of cognitively, emotively, and behaviorally disputing your irrational beliefs. It not only urges the reader to ask: Where is the evidence for the validity of my beliefs? (like other Cognitive therapy approaches), but goes one step further by questioning the basic philosphies, e.g.: Even if I fail at very important tasks, does that make ME a failure? The answer: certainly not, because I am not my behavior and I am far too complex to be given any single global rating. In the essence it all comes to this: rate behaviors and deeds, but never the total person. Accept yourself and others unconditionally, even if you don't like certain behaviors, and, finally, achieve high frustration tolerance.This book is the best starting point to get introduced to the fascinating philospohy of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. If you want, you then can proceed to the book by D. Burns: The new mood therapy. This is also an excellent book and can be a valuable supplement. So get "a guide to rational living", read it and begin reducing your psychological problems. It certainly helps!
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The Best Guide About The Most Effective Treatment Modality,
By Robert Ducker, MA, LPC (Wheeling, WV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Guide to Rational Living (Paperback)
Just a word to students and those who believe that people must learn to counsel themselves. This book is an excellent starting point and it is introduced by the first (modern) CBT therapist and teacher.
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