Given that each therapist has his or her own approach to working with clients, what is being described certainly contains some Albert Ellis and some of Beck's work as well. I would describe it as a variation of CBT.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 18:25:14 -0400 >From: Christopher Green <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] What Would Carl Rogers Do? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >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/SB10001424052702304192704577404083592 261456.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] >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u? id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=17808 >> or send a blank email to leave-17808- [email protected] > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. >To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u? id=13185.d5346723901d967ccc167929e2ee94ad&n=T&l=tips&o=17811 >or send a blank email to leave-17811- [email protected] . Robert W. Wildblood, PhD Adjunct Psychology Faculty Germanna Community College [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17815 or send a blank email to leave-17815-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
