Depression & Anxiety

By: David, William

Also, it is more philosophical, or puts even more emphasis on philosophy than before. Unlike other Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT), it highlights three basic philosophies, which I have discussed extensively in several of my most recent books; especially in Feeling Better, Being Better, and Keeping Better, Overcoming Destructive Beliefs, Feelings, and Behaviors; Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy - It Works for Me, It Can Work for You and The Way of Tolerance: Philosophy of Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy. These philosophies have their origin in the awareness of their own dysfunctional irrational beliefs, and their cognitive-emotional-behavioral questioning to give rise to new effective philosophies and philosophies of rational coping.
The Three Basic Philosophies of Coping rational are the following:
Unconditional self-acceptance (AI) instead of conditional self-esteem (AC). We evaluate and assess our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in relation to the basic goals of staying alive and being reasonably happy in order to determine if they help us achieve those goals. If they do, we value them as
"Good" or "effective" and if they hinder their achievement, we value them as "bad" or
"Ineffective." But always, without exceptions, we accept and respect ourselves, our person, our being, regardless of whether what we do is good or whether other people approve of us and our behavior.

Unconditional acceptance of the other (AIO). We value what other people think, feel, and do, based on societal standards and our own, as "good" or "bad." But we never value them, that is, their person, their being. We accept and respect them, even if we do not accept some of their traits or behaviors, simply because, like us, they are living beings and human beings. We feel compassion for all human beings, and possibly all living creatures.
Unconditional acceptance of life (AIV). We value the circumstances of our life and the community in which we live as "good" or "bad," in accordance with our moral goals and those of our community. But we never value these circumstances as "good" or "bad" in themselves; And, as Reinhold Niebuhr said, we must try to modify the unpleasant circumstances that we can change, have the necessary serenity to accept those that cannot be changed, and the necessary wisdom to be able to differentiate them.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09K218FL6
• ISBN13: 9798752547027
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"