The Art Of Love Is Largely The

I Teach People To Be Flexible, Scientific And Logical In Their Thinking And Therefore To Be Less Prone To Brainwashing By The Therapist.

If Human Emotions Largely Result From Thinking, Then One May Appreciably Control One's Feelings By Controlling One's Thoughts - Or By Changing The Internalized Sentences, Or Self-talk, With Which One Largely Created The Feeling In The First Place.

When I Started To Get Disillusioned With Psychoanalysis I Reread Philosophy And Was Reminded Of The Constructivist Notion That Epictetus Had Proposed 2,000 Years Ago: "people Are Disturbed Not By Events That Happen To Them, But By Their View Of Them." I Could See How That Applied To Many Of My Clients.

I Started To Call Myself A "rational Therapist" In January 1955; Later I Used The Term "rational Emotive." Now I Call Myself A "rational Emotive Behavior Therapist." But From The Start, I Always Included Philosophic Techniques As Well As Experiential, Emotional And Behavioral Techniques.

The World Consists Mainly Of Love Slobs Who Need Other People's Approval. Most People Don't Live Their Own Lives Very Well.