Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), previously called rational therapy and rational emotive therapy, is a comprehensive, active-directive, philosophically and empirically based psychotherapy which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems and disturbances and enabling people to lead happier and more fulfilling lives. REBT was created and developed by the American psychotherapist and psychologist Albert Ellis who was inspired by many of the teachings of Asian, Greek, Roman and modern philosophers. REBT is one of the first and foremost forms of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and was first expounded by Ellis in the mid-1950s and continues its development to this day.
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Abstract In the current study, sleep actigraphy and parent-report measures were used to investigate differences in sleeping behavior
among four groups of 3- to 7-year-olds (N = 79): children in regular foster care (n = 15); children receiving a therapeutic intervention in foster care (n = 17); low income community children (n = 18); and upper middle income community children (n = 29). The children in therapeutic foster care exhibited longer sleep latency and increased variability of [...]
Abstract While mainstream psychiatry tends to view psychosis as an enduring and chronic condition, there is growing interest in the
possibility of recovery from psychosis. A phenomenological research method was utilized in interviewing 17 individuals who
all self-identified as being in recovery from psychosis. The research question was, “What was the lived experience of having
a psychosis episode and now being in recovery?” Through thematic analysis, the authors found four major themes and seven subthemes
that described the e [...]
Abstract Empirical research has found comparable levels of anxiety in patients with hypochondriasis and those with various anxiety
disorders. However, the majority of these investigations were based exclusively on questionnaires (Q-data). In the present
study, we included the implicit association task-anxiety (IAT-anxiety; Egloff and Schmukle in J Personal Soc Psychol, 83:1441–1455
2002) as an implicit test (T-data) of anxiety. Results showed that patients with hypochondriasis (n = 36) and those with anxiety disorders [...]
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and effects of peer-victimization on mental health problems among adolescents.
Parental and school support were assumed as protective factors that might interact with one another in acting as buffers for
adolescents against the risk of peer-victimization. Besides these protective factors, age and gender were additionally considered
as moderating factors. The Social and Health Assessment survey was conducted among 986 students aged 11–18 years in order
to asses [...]
Abstract I reviewed the empirical literature for 1900–2008 on the paraphilia of Sexual Masochism for the Sexual and Gender Identity
Disorders Work Group for the forthcoming fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The results of this review were tabulated into a general summary of the criticisms relevant to the DSM diagnosis of Sexual
Masochism, the assessment of Sexual Masochism utilizing the DSM in samples drawn from forensic populations, and the assessment
of Sexual Masochism using the DSM i [...]
Abstract In the psychoanalytic literature empathy is commonly discussed as a form of “mind reading”, which is deeply associated with
the capacity to mirror the other’s mental state. In this paper, I propose an alternative perspective on empathy as the process
of reading a distant text. This perspective is illustrated through a Talmudic story and by weaving a thread between Bakhtin, Bion and Lacan. The paper
concludes by pointing to the danger of empathy as a hidden form of projective identification that provides the reader w [...]
Abstract In this article, I unmoor the concept of heresy from its religious, technical roots, using the metaphor heresies of the heart
to depict the psychological and theological dynamics of the human proclivity to rely on the idea of Truth to alienate, depersonalize,
and coerce other human beings. Using the concepts of the personal mode of existence and emotional intelligence, I define heresies
of the heart as comprising (a) those emotional attitudes that involve the transformation of insecurity and anxiety into hostility
and ha [...]
Abstract This essay evolved out of my effort to situate my work from the last quarter-century for an introduction to a collection of
previously published essays. After tracing divergent uses of the terms pastoral and practical theology in figures such as Seward Hiltner, Friedrich Schleiermacher, and Don Browning, I turn to the task of differentiating
the two disciplines. Although pursuit of dynamic theology lies at the heart of both, I argue that their sloppy conflation
is problematic. Whereas practical theology is integrative, pa [...]
Review of Alvin Dueck and Kevin Reimer’s A Peaceable Psychology: Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1007/s11089-010-0277-8Authors
R. Scott Sullender, San Francisco Theological Seminary San Anselmo CA 94960 USA
Journal Pastoral PsychologyOnline ISSN 1573-6679Print ISSN 0031-2789
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Abstract While mainstream psychiatry tends to view psychosis as an enduring and chronic condition, there is growing interest in the
possib [...]
Abstract Empirical research has found comparable levels of anxiety in patients with hypochondriasis and those with various anxiety
disorde [...]
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency and effects of peer-victimization on mental health problems among adolescen [...]
Abstract I reviewed the empirical literature for 1900–2008 on the paraphilia of Sexual Masochism for the Sexual and Gender Identity
Diso [...]
Abstract In the psychoanalytic literature empathy is commonly discussed as a form of “mind reading”, which is deeply associated with
t [...]
Abstract In this article, I unmoor the concept of heresy from its religious, technical roots, using the metaphor heresies of the heart
to [...]
Abstract This essay evolved out of my effort to situate my work from the last quarter-century for an introduction to a collection of
previ [...]
Review of Alvin Dueck and Kevin Reimer’s A Peaceable Psychology: Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures
Content Type Journal ArticleDOI 10.1 [...]
Abstract In the tradition of presenting metaphors as theoretical and practical models of care, this article introduces the hourglass
as a [...] 
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The hunter vs. farmer theory is a hypothesis proposed by Thom Hartmann about the origins of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and adult attention-deficit disorder (AADD), that these conditions may be a result of a …
Steven C. Hayes (1948 ) is Nevada Foundation Professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is known for an analysis of human language and cognition (Relational Frame Theory), and its application to various psychological difficulties (his work on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy).
Acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT (pronounced “act” not “ay see tee”), a branch of cognitive-behavioral therapy, is an empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies together with commitment and behavior change strategies to increase psychological flexibility. Originally this approach was referred to as comprehensive distancing.
