Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: The ABCs of Emotions — How Our Emotions Actually Work
The ABC or “Cognitive” Model of Emotions and Behavior presented by Dr. Aldo Pucci, president of the National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists and founder of the Rational Living Therapy Institute. Think you can’t help how you feel and act? Think again. Learn how our emotions actually work from an expert in cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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Tags: anger, anxiety, anxiety attacks, Beck, Burns, cbt, cognitive therapy, depression, Ellis, Maultsby, panic, panic attacks, Pucci, REBT, RLT
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
I never said …
I never said anything about believing that my thinking is me. We are all people that think, feel, and do things. But we are not what we think, feel, do. Thinking is merely a part of consciousness just as your hand is a part of your body.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
@driven6996 …
@driven6996 Thinking is the inner voice you hear in your head. It thinks it is you. You accept it as you because you don’t know any different. Some call it the ego. Enlightened masters reach a place where they just know without thinking. They often say that they are not thinking of what they will say, first, before they speak. They just speak. That inner voice becomes quiet for them, finally. This inner voice also is the one that has learned emotions. It is the great impostor.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Knowing Pucci’s RLT …
Knowing Pucci’s RLT down pat enabled me to do great CBT presentations in front of the class nearly every semester when I was in my last year of graduate school for psych. I highly recommend you continue down the RLT path.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
Also, I’m fairly …
Also, I’m fairly certain that most spiritual/meditative practices help people to eliminate thoughts about stressors, desires, negative events, etc. rather than attempting to eliminate thinking all together, which is biologically impossible. So, in a way, these approaches are a great adjunct to any CBT based therapy.