The Goal Of All Life Is To

Religious Creeds Encourage Some Of The Craziest Kinds Of Thoughts, Emotions, And Behaviors And Favor Severe Manifestations Of Neurosis, Borderline Personality States, And Sometimes Even Psychosis.

The More Sinful And Guilty A Person Tends To Feel, The Less Chance There Is That He Will Be A Happy, Healthy, Or Law-abiding Citizen. He Will Become A Compulsive Wrong-doer.

People Are Terrified Of Other People Or Difficult Projects Because They Tell Themselves That They Could Fail Or Be Rejected. Failure Can Lead To Sorrow, Regret, Frustration And Annoyance - All Healthy, Negative Feelings Without Which People Couldn't Exist. But Then They Add, "i Absolutely Must Succeed And Must Be Loved By Significant Persons, And If I Don't, It's Terrible And I'm No Good." Those Are Irrational Beliefs. As Long As People Keep Them, They'll Be Terrified Of Life And Will Put Themselves Down When They Get Rejected.

I Wrote Several Articles Criticizing Psychoanalysis, But The Analysts Weren't Listening To My Objections. So I Finally Quit After Practicing It For Six Years.

I Would Like To Be Remembered As One Of The Individuals Who Founded, Ideologically And Practically, Cognitive Behavior Therapy And Who Pioneered Multimodal Or Integrated Therapy.