Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Stoicism

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Walter Matweychuk. Dr. Matweychuk is a practicing psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and has an independent telehealth practice in Manhattan with clients worldwide. He is also an adjunct professor of Applied Psychology at New York University. He has personally worked with both of the two main pioneers of cognitive-behavioral therapy: Albert Ellis and Aaron T. Beck. He is the author of several books on Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), including Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Newcomer's Guide and The REBT Pocket Companion for Clients.

Every Saturday at 9 AM in New York City on Zoom, he does a demonstration of REBT with a volunteer willing to discuss a real problem, which has now surpassed 218 consecutive weeks; go to his website REBTDoctor.com to register for the link.

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Highlights

* What is Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy?

* Why he chose to focus on REBT rather than Beck’s cognitive therapy

* Mindfulness and acceptance based approaches in relation to REBT

* What’s the future of REBT?

* The key similarities are between Stoicism and REBT

* The REBT model of anger

* What would a philosophy of life based on REBT look like? 

Links

* REBTdoctor.com

* The REBT Pocket Companion for Clients

* Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy: A Newcomer's Guide

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