Albert Ellis Doing REBT with Jeffrey Guterman

[aubreyannemoore]

Go back to, "It's a royal pain in the ass but I can live with it."



[MrGrevy]

It's disgraceful what has been done to Ellis and his institution.

[mookeychase0907]

Hey Jeff I know all therapy doesn't fit every individual hence the different modes of therapy. What mode do/would you enjoy teaching most and what do you think of Freud's work?

[pedagogyagent]

thanks jeffrey , you explain things excellently .... its always great tohear the voice of Ellis .

[eirodgers]

Thank you for the marvelous impression, good shit

[kevin122100]

I'm more of an object relations person - naturally.

[spencerkicksass]

LOL the recording was done 1 day before i was born!

[zonaraasghar]

Amazing how you got the pioneer of REBT to give you an intervention.

[marentrish]

In my opinion, and it is simply an opinion, therapy is something that we take bits and pieces from every therapeutic belief depending on where the client is and what is going on in their lives. If you look at and approach therapy as a one size fits all, you will probably lose the client and not be as effective as you could be if you meet the client where they are.

[wireandwood]

thanks for sharing, man. albert ellis is a bit of a hero, and inspires me to think about psychotherapy as a compelling thing to dedicate your life to.

[baltasvilkas]

Jguterman, your choice of an example was superb because it so clearly illustrated the difference between a "pain in the ass" and a true catastrophe. REBT's elegant solution to the emotional hassles of life can seem hard to achieve, but it is well worth the effort. Whatever happens, whether you lose money, love, or your job, assume that it's NOT GOING TO KILL YOU! Do this repeatedly, and you'll be right 99.9% of the time. And you'll be wrong only once.

[Blackshayde]

Right, cognitive behavioral therapists talk about catastrophising all the time, its something we do a lot and we don't realize how self-destructive it is, because, among other things, its completely irrational.

For example, is a $600 car repair bill really AWFUL? Well, not compared to something that is truly awful, like your child dying from cancer. So we put things on a scale, where a big car repair bill is a 5 and losing a child to cancer would be a 100. (Truly AWFUL)

[paramind]

Dr. Abraham Low developed many of these ideas in the 1930's and created self-help groups where he had people help each other. There are many of these groups practicing these ideas all over the world (Recovery, Inc.).

[ironjohnlad]

I dont believe in ABC. So called irational beliefs are often tied in and symptomatic of feelings,and sensations,that are connected to the body and -past events. We actually need body awanress, and to be in relationship with what is happeneing. Both focusing orineted therapy, and MBCT recognise this.

[fourplusseven]

I agree with the body focus too, you can do both though.

[qtronman]

I'm not sure how psychotherapists can justify charging $180+ per hour for identifying what someone is depressed about. Pinpointing an underlying irrational belief just doesn't seem that hard to me in most cases. (There are, of course, more difficult cases, but these are atypical.)

[fikriminincegulu]

This technique reminds me of my father, Probably he has discovered it spontaneously:)

[darkmorpheus30]

Thank you for posting and taking the time to make the video. It is informative for any student of psychotherapy.

[badger500]

I think the point of Ellis's system is that in so many cases the "bigger" problem is our habit of interpreting as catastrophic the inevitable difficulties of life. No therapy makes $600 car repair bills go away, but Ellis's approach helps people not freak out unneccessarily about such things.

[corrugated]

Absolutely. Well said badger500. Freaking out about something can create a distorted feeling that you have a psychological problem or your situation is so horrible that your world is going to end because of $600. Life threatening or severe psychological problems are not treated like this.

[panas21m]

albert ellis is the most real voice in psychotherapy

[fionaskene]

As an experienced Gestalt therapist, I find this video firstly, generous

in allowing us access to the work of Ellis & his own private world.

Secondly, its a clear tutorial for the lay person in understanding RET work.

fionaskene