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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785253703321

Autore

Robertson Donald <1972->

Titolo

The philosophy of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) : stoic philosophy as rational and cognitive psychotherapy / / Donald Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Karnac, , 2010

ISBN

0-429-48274-4

1-282-78020-4

9786612780202

1-84940-776-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (449 p.)

Disciplina

616.8914

616.891425

Soggetti

Cognitive therapy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Foreword; Introduction: Philosophy and psychotherapy; Part I: Philosophy and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT); Chapter One: The "Philosophical Origins" of CBT; Chapter Two: The Beginning of Modern Cognitive Therapy; Chapter Three: A Brief History of Philosophical Therapy; Chapter Four: Stoic Philosophy and Psychology; Chapter Five: Rational Emotion in Stoicism and CBT; Chapter Six: Stoicism and Ellis's Rational Therapy (REBT); Part II: The Stoic Armamentarium

Chapter Seven: Contemplation of the Ideal SageChapter Eight: Stoic Mindfulness of the "here and Now"; Chapter Nine: Self-Analysis and Disputation; Chapter Ten: Autosuggestion, Premeditation, and Retrospection; Chapter Eleven: Premeditatio Malorum and Mental Rehearsal; Chapter Twelve: Stoic Fatalism, Determinism, and Acceptance; Chapter Thirteen: The View from above and Stoic Metaphysics; Conclusion: Fate Guides the Willing; Appendix I: An Example of Stoic Therapeutic Regime; Appendix II: The "View from above" Script; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Why should modern psychotherapists be interested in philosophy, especially ancient philosophy? Why should philosophers be interested in psychotherapy? There is a sense of mutual attraction between what are today two thoroughly distinct disciplines. However, arguably it was not always the case that they were distinct.Donald Robertson takes the view that by reconsidering the generally received wisdom concerning the history of these closely-related subjects, we can learn a great deal about both philosophy and psychotherapy, under which heading he includes potentially solitary pursuits such as ""s