Stoicism, CBT, Politics (part 2)

This is the second part of a talk I gave at the inaugural Marcus Aurelius birthday symposium in San Diego in April.

This section talks about the influence of Stoicism on the cognitive therapy invented by Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck, and how governments have started to roll out CBT through public policy.

You can read more about Stoicism and CBT at my blog:
www.politicsofwellbeing.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Stoicism
• Epictetus
• Seneca
• Marcus
• Aurelius
• CBT
• cognitive
• behavioural
• therapy
• Albert
• Ellis
• Aaron
• Beck
• Lord
• Layard

[jjrevans]

Hi Godfather - I think Jungian psychology is potentially compatible with CBT / Stoicism, although Jung seems to come more from a Gnostic origin, and some of it I find a bit fanciful and dogmatic - like all our psyches supposedly follow exactly the mythical path to actualization he lays out. Im not so sure...

Anyway, hes obviously a very interesting writer.

Mal4Mac - yes, its a problem. What about them? How to help them more?

[godfather89]

So whats your opinion on Jungian Psychology, Jung of course was influenced by Freud's works, of course they also fell away from each other as well. Would Jungian Psychology have a place within Stoic Philosophy and CBT Therapy. I mean I should think there would be something more to Jungian Psychology and what your suggesting then Freudian Psych because Freud limited himself to merely some psychosexual worldview.

[mal4mac]

What about the 50% who don't get cured?