Albert Ellis
Activity 8: A guide to Rational Living with Albert Ellis
Ellis is being interviewed by ………It is a very likable and frank interview. Ellis describes an interactional system where behavior is affected by what we think. By changing our philosophy, thoughts and states of mind one can change the outcome, which is the behavior. Ellis touches in this interview on changing the ‘disturbed’ behavior as well. I find this highly challenging and questionable when the behavior is psychotic or borderline abnormal.
Rational emotive therapy (RET) is suggested by Ellis as a tool for replacing irrational, self-indoctrinated ‘musts’ with a more flexible mindset.
In contrast to Freud:
Ellis differs from Freud on a personal level. He criticizes Freud’s tendency
Ellis is being interviewed by ………It is a very likable and frank interview. Ellis describes an interactional system where behavior is affected by what we think. By changing our philosophy, thoughts and states of mind one can change the outcome, which is the behavior. Ellis touches in this interview on changing the ‘disturbed’ behavior as well. I find this highly challenging and questionable when the behavior is psychotic or borderline abnormal.
Rational emotive therapy (RET) is suggested by Ellis as a tool for replacing irrational, self-indoctrinated ‘musts’ with a more flexible mindset.
In contrast to Freud:
Ellis differs from Freud on a personal level. He criticizes Freud’s tendency