Chris may be thinking of this song by (and recorded by) Al Ellis:

WHINE, WHINE, WHINE!

(Yale Whiffenpoof Song by Guy Scull a Harvard Man)

I cannot have all of my wishes filled
Whine, whine, whine!
I cannot have every frustration stilled
Whine, whine, whine!
Life really owes me the things that I miss,
Fate has to grant me eternal bliss!
And since I must settle for less than this
Whine, whine, whine!

...Scott


Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology, Room 473
Emory University
36 Eagle Row
Atlanta, Georgia 30322
[email protected]; 404-727-1125

The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and 
his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and 
his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions.  He hardly knows which 
is which.  He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, 
leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing.  To him - he is 
always doing both.

- Zen Buddhist text
  (slightly modified)




-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:25 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] What Would Carl Rogers Do?

Well, this doesn't sound much like therapy at all, but just the kind of 
unhelpful advice one gets from a bad boss. That said, it also sounds a fair bit 
like Albert Ellis, which isn't new at all. (Indeed, Ellis said he was just 
reworking Stoicism for the 20th century.)

Chris
.......
Christopher D Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M6C 1G4

[email protected]
http://www.yorku.ca/christo

On 2012-05-15, at 5:48 PM, Michael Palij <[email protected]> wrote:

> I guess I need some feedback from the clinicians around here.  There
> is an article on the Wall Street Journal website that describes what
> might be a new trend among certain "psychotherapists", namely, trying
> to cut down on the whining their clients/patients do.  See:
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304192704577404083592261
> 456.html
>
> Is this "Just Stop Whining" movement new?  I seem to remember that
> there were "tough love" approaches before in psychotherapy but people
> seem to like the whole "unconditional acceptance"
> approach, especially if they can afford weekly session themselves and
> their insurance doesn't limit them to manualized treatments.
> I would agree that there seems to be much more popular support for
> whining in the culture -- you can get your reality TV show if you're a
> good whiner -- but therapists declaring "no whining zones" seems a
> little extreme. WWCRD?
>
> -Mike Palij
> New York University
> [email protected]
>
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