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The Philosophy of Cognitive—Behavioural Therapy (CBT): Stoic Philosophy as Rational and Cognitive Psychotherapy
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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. The author 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 "self-help" and "personal development".
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“Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, both progenitors of the cognitivebehavioural movement, writing extensively on the origins of their therapies (cognitive therapy and rational-emotive behaviour therapy (REBT), respectively) stemming from Stoicism [21].”
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“Stoicism, which originated in ancient Greece and influenced the early development of cognitive and behaviour therapy (CBT)”
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“This recognition of distress, and emotions in general, as purely internal and therefore controllable is key to the Stoic philosophy.”
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“The fact that Stoic philosophy is built into the foundations of CBT is rarely recognised by practitioners.”
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“direct comparisons have been made, for example, between Stoic approaches to maladaptive thoughts and Beck's concept of cognitive distancing [21].”
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- Authors
- Robertson, D.
- Corresponding author
- Robertson, Donald
- Venue
- Routledge eBooks
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2018-05-08
- OpenAlex
- W4253837447
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 1.25
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Classical Philosophy and Thought
- Keywords
- cognitive behavioral therapy, philosophy of psychotherapy, ancient philosophy, history of psychotherapy, self-help, human development
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