hmmmmmmm…
Albert Ellis, Ph.D and RET vs Aaron T Beck, M.D and CBT… as, “applied to everything wrong… within all of us”!!!
let me “gently”… “stick a toe in here”… and “see” how “hot” the “water” is… “ouch!”… just “hot enough”… to “almost be perfect”!!!
at 58 years young… (yes! i survived the “hippy-dippy” 60’s)… Dr. Ellis and his “theories” were “required reading”… in the “biology” classes taught back then!!!
to where, “nowadays”… all you hear is: “Beck this!”, and “Beck that!”… (just GOOGLE Aaron T Beck… so “see” what i mean)!!!
and, oh! by the way! Beck’s book: “Feeling Good”! was, “revised” and “re-printed” several years ago… to “update” his “theories” on “therapeutic practices”… regarding depression, mood swings, anxiety disorders, panic disorder, and OCD… utilizing CBT!!!
as to Ellis… his “theories” only used RET… (Rational Emotive Therapy… without the “B”)… when describing his “theoretical” practices… the “behavioral” component being “hinted” at… though, never “actually spoken about”… in “polite company”… or, “otherwise”!!! =))
Sigmund Freud, Carl Rogers and B F Skinner (referred to in someone else’s posting) focused on the “study of animal behaviors”… and, “tried to bridge” their “research findings” to the “animus” within all of us; our “so called” genetic, animalistic heritage!!!
o.k. having “thrown some logs” onto this “fire… er, erstwhile discussion”… let me go and “step out, grab a towel, dry off”, and “leave the hot tub of discussion”… for “others to enjoy as well”!!! =))
namaste,
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Fun, fun, fun stuff