Donald Robertson
 | UK College News -> Excerpt on Social Anxiety from The Philosophy of CBT (2010) |
The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive PsychotherapyCopyright (c) Donald Robertson, 2010. All rights reserved. This is a brief excerpt from my new book, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy, published by Karnac and available for order online now. You can also now order The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy from Amazon, where you may preview a sample of the contents online free of charge. Social Anxiety, Value Judgements, and Rigid DemandsSee the full article on our blog, http://ukassertiveness.com/2010/08/30/excerpt-the-philosophy-of-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-cbt/ As Epictetus pointed out two thousand years ago, although you do have considerable power to change and control yourself, you rarely can control the behavior of others. No matter how wisely you may counsel people, they are independent persons and may – and, indeed, have the right to – ignore you completely. If, therefore, you unduly arouse yourself over the way others act, instead of taking responsibility for how you respond to them, you often will upset yourself over an uncontrollable event. (Ellis & Harper, 1997, p. 198) As is often the case, the Stoics give clear examples which would not seem out of place in a modern psychotherapy text, e.g., in this striking passage Epictetus describes the relationship between desire and social anxiety, or stage fright, as follows. When I see somebody in a state of anxiety, I say, ‘What can this man want?’ Unless he wanted something or other which is not in his own power, how could he still be anxious? That is why a person who sings to the lyre feels no anxiety while he is singing by himself, but is anxious when he enters the theatre, even if he has a very fine voice and plays his instrument beautifully. For he wants not only to sing well, but to gain applause, and that lies beyond his control. (Discourses, 2.13.1-13) Instead of attaching too much value to other people’s opinions, absolutely demanding their approval and fearing their rebuke, the musician should patiently train himself, over time, to put value primarily upon his own intentions and judgements and to take the audience’s praise or leave it with similar equanimity. This is a brief excerpt from my new book, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy, published by Karnac and available to order online now. You can also now order The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy from Amazon, where you may preview a sample of the contents online free of charge. |
| UK College News -> New Book: The Philosophy of CBT |
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I am delighted to announce that my new book has now been released, The Philosophy of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT):
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Dear UK College followers, | UK College News -> NEW October 2010 Workshops in South London |
NEW October 2010 Workshops in South LondonWe have a wide range of new short courses and workshops running this October, some for complete beginners and some for more experienced therapists. See below for course titles and dates, and click through for further information and to book your place. Special Offer: Book a place on three or more of the workshops below by the 3rd September and get a 10% discount. If you have any questions or to book your place, call us free on 0800 195 9809 or simply reply to this email.
Click on the name of each course for further information, prices and to book you place. Special Offer: Book a place on three or more of the above workshops by the 3rd September and receive a 10% discount. |
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Facebook Fan PageThe UK College of Hypnosis and HypnotherapyYou can follow the UK College on Facebook at the page below by becoming a fan. This page receives a lot of content about hypnosis, including many original articles, etc. You can post comments and engage in discussion with the other fans - there are nearly 1,000 followers already...
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| UK College News -> New UK Assertiveness Website |
Announcing our new website...In fact, UKassertiveness has been around for a while but we've not got round to developing it. We've now upgraded the whole site based on the newly-released Wordpress version 3 software. This site will be progressively updated over the next few months. We're starting by including content from and links to all of our existing resources on assertiveness and problem-solving therapy. This site will combine material on assertiveness training, problem-solving, confidence-building, and social anxiety. We have recently developed a new online course in problem-solving training, hosted on our college website, which will become available to the public shortly. Our three main websites are now, The UK College of Cognitive & Behavioural Therapies The UK College of Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy UK Assertiveness |