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Is Rational-Emotive Therapy Stoical, Humanistic, or Spiritual?
Abstract
This reply to Finley (1979), who contends that rational-emotive therapy is neither stoical, humanistic, nor spiritual attempts to distinguish between Finley's valid and invalid perceptions and conceptions about rational-emotive therapy (RET).
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“Stoicism, which originated in ancient Greece and influenced the early development of cognitive and behaviour therapy (CBT)”
From Stoicism and death acceptance: integrating Stoic philosophy in cognitive behaviour therapy for death anxiety (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
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“Ellis, in his original works outlining and defending REBT, goes so far as to directly quote Epictetus, stating that Stoic tenants underpinned his theories and practice [24].”
From Stoicism and death acceptance: integrating Stoic philosophy in cognitive behaviour therapy for death anxiety (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
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“The fact that Stoic philosophy is built into the foundations of CBT is rarely recognised by practitioners.”
From Stoicism and death acceptance: integrating Stoic philosophy in cognitive behaviour therapy for death anxiety (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
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“an adaptation of a philosophy to clinical practice does not require practitioners to adhere to each and every tenant of them, with Ellis [24] also clarifying that there are aspects of Stoicism which were not included or directly relevant to his purposes.”
From Stoicism and death acceptance: integrating Stoic philosophy in cognitive behaviour therapy for death anxiety (2022) · cites this paper as [24]
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Humanistic Psychotherapy: The Rational-Emotive Approach
Ellis, A., & Sagarin, E. (1974) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 592
Self-citation(2015) · doi:10.4337/9781784711337.00007 · Cited by 550
Ellis, A. (1969) · Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy · doi:10.1007/bf02110062 · Cited by 304
Self-citationThe Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell
Russell, B. (2009) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780203875391 · Cited by 258
Ellis, A. (1977) · The Counseling Psychologist · doi:10.1177/001100007700700102 · Cited by 152
Self-citationThe Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell, 1903-1959
Russell, B., Egner, R. E., & Denonn, L. E. (1961) · Cited by 125
Brief psychotherapy in medical and health practice
Ellis, A., & Abrahms, E. R. (1978) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 44
Self-citationBrief psychotherapy in medical and health practice
Watts, F. (1979) · Behaviour Research and Therapy · doi:10.1016/0005-7967(79)90110-4 · Cited by 44
Armstrong, L. M. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_996 · Cited by 2
The Spiritual Poverty of Rational-Emotive Therapy
Finley, R. D. (1979) · Journal of Humanistic Psychology · doi:10.1177/002216787901900313 · Cited by 1
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- Epictetus., 1899, The works of Epictetus
- Popper, K.R., 1972, Objective knowledge
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“Ellis, in his original works outlining and defending REBT, goes so far as to directly quote Epictetus, stating that Stoic tenants underpinned his theories and practice [24].”
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- Authors
- Ellis, A.
- Corresponding author
- Ellis, Albert
- Venue
- Journal of Humanistic Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1979-07
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 89-92
- ISSN
- 0022-1678 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-650X
- OpenAlex
- W2148684110
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Humanistic Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Keywords
- rational emotive behavior therapy, Stoicism, humanistic psychology, spirituality, treatment options, psychotherapy theory
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