Humans Can Always Accept Themselves Unconditionally.

I Started To Call Myself A Rational Therapist In 1955; Later I Used The Term Rational Emotive. Now I Call Myself A Rational Emotive Behavior Therapist.

Needing Leads To Bleeding - To Almost All Inevitable Suffering.

Being Assertive Does Not Mean Attacking Or Ignoring Others Feelings. It Means That You Are Willing To Hold Up For Yourself Fairly-without Attacking Others.

In The Old Days We Used To Get More Referrals, Because People Had Insurance That Paid For Therapy. Now They Belong To Hmos, And We Can Only Be Affiliated With A Few Hmos.

My Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (rebt) Was One Of The Very Few Therapies That Was Originated Partly Or Largely Because I Wanted To Be Brief And Efficient. And Therefore Right From The Start I Was Active And Directive. I Tried To Show People Some Central Masturbatory Core To Their Philosophy And To Get Them To Work At Changing It Cognitively, Emotionally And Behaviorally.