Donald J. Robertson's Blog, page 89
May 23, 2011
Comments on the Barnes & Noble Blog
May 12, 2011
Basic False Value Judgments of Certain Personality Disorders (PTypes)
of Certain Personality Disorders
PTypes – Personality Types (Dave Kelly)
"In The Philosophy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Donald Robertson demonstrates that the origins of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy can be found in Socratic philosophy, particularly in Roman Stoicism."
Basic False Value Judgments of Certain Personality Disorders
http://www.ptypes.com/disorder-false-judgments.html
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May 10, 2011
Review in The Journal of Value Inquiry
Review in The Journal of Value Inquiry
A very detailed and favourable review of The Philosophy of CBT has been published in The Journal of Value Inquiry by Dr. William Ferraiolo, a lecturer in the philosophy department at Delta College in San Joaquin, California. Dr. Ferraiolo writes,
It is high time that some member of the community of contemporary therapists, so many of whom deploy one or more of the many permutations of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help manage their patients' psychological dysfunction, paid proper obeisance to the ancient architects upon whose work so much modern therapeutic theory and practice are built. [...] Fortunately, Donald Robertson undertakes precisely this task of uncovering and acknowledging the Stoic taproot of popular modes of contemporary therapy and counsel in his recent and admirable book, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
He adds,
This down payment on the practicing therapist's debt of gratitude to the ancient Stoics is a very welcome addition to both the academic's and the practitioner's library. It ought to be required reading for students of Hellenistic philosophy, psychotherapists, and anyone undertaking an exploration of the human condition, or efforts to deal with challenges endemic to it, or both.
He concludes, after an overview and discussion of the contents,
For anyone interested in Hellenistic philosophy, Stoicism in particular, or in contemporary talk therapy and its foundations, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy is an invaluable resource. Philosophers, psychologists, therapists, counselors, and all others who hope to cultivate equanimity through rational self-governance are certain to benefit from Donald Robertson's exploration of Stoicism as a wellspring of indispensable therapeutic wisdom. Reading Robertson's book should, itself, be considered a form of "bibliotherapy" and an effort of which the ancient Stoic masters would, no doubt, approve.
Filed under: Philosophy of CBT, Reviews Tagged: cbt, cognitive therapy, philosophy, REBT, stoic, stoicism
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April 27, 2011
Aaron Beck interview with Jules Evans
Jules Evans talks to the founder of Cognitive Therapy about philosophy, etc. See the link below for the full interview on Jules' blog,
Jules Evans: You speak of using the 'Socratic method' in CBT. To what extent was Greek philosophy, particularly Socrates and the Stoics, an influence on your ideas, as it was on Dr Ellis? And how much of an influence was Ellis and REBT on your development of CBT?
Aaron Beck: Ellis and I developed our approaches independently. I believe that Albert Ellis independently wrote about the influence of Greek philosophers on his own writing.
I came across the notion of Socratic Dialogue when I read about it in my college philosophy course – I believe it was in Plato's Republic. I also was influenced by the Stoic philosophers who stated that it was a meaning of events rather than the events themselves that affected people. When this was articulated by Ellis, everything clicked into place; however, I must say that I was looking at meaning prior to this. My work in psychoanalysis taught me that "unconscious" meanings were extremely important. Over the course of time I decided that the important meanings were quite accessible to consciousness when individuals focused on their automatic thoughts.
http://www.politicsofwellbeing.com/2011/04/interview-with-aaron-beck-on-cbt.html
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March 29, 2011
Another Blog Discussing The Philosophy of CBT
The Hulver.com blog has an excellent review of The Philosophy of CBT and some discussion going on about philosophy and cognitive therapy in general.
http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2011/3/25/10553/0845
The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy by Donald Robertson.
Bit of a specialized book: you'd need to be interested in either Stoic philosophy or Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to get much out of these. Fortunately I'm interested in both. It's not a random connection: the origins of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) are well known to have been influenced by stoic philosophy. [...]
CBT practitioners often have only limited interest in an ancient discipline without a scientific evidence base. Followers of Stoicism often have only limited interest in what they see as a selective application of their principles.
However, in this book Donald Robertson does a great job of probing deeper into both the origins of CBT and the techniques of stoicism. He draws comparisons between the two in a number of ways. The book seems aimed a bit more at teaching CBT practitioners about stoicism than vice versa. However, he succinctly explains the basic principles of each, so the book should be easily intelligible to someone coming at it from either side.
Read the rest of the article via the link below,
http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2011/3/25/10553/0845
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