The New Rational Therapy : Thinking Your Way to Serenity, Success, and Profound Happiness

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Elliot D.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Philosophical counseling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2007.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the ages, great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Aquinas,Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Nietzsche, and many others have had incredibly useful things to say about overcoming the strife of everyday living and attaining happiness. Unfortunately contemporary approaches to psychology have made only limited use of this guidance. At last, here is an uplifting psychology that systematically applies the wisdom of the ages to attaining life pregnant with insight, meaning, value, and purpose. Guided by the vision of great minds, this book shows you how you can still feel secure and hope

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; Foreword by Albert Ellis; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The New Rational Therapy; Part I: How to Build Behavioral and Emotional Virtues; 1 Feeling Secure in an Imperfect Universe; 2 Confronting Evil, Growing Stronger; 3 Building Respect; 4 Being Your Own Person; 5 Controlling Yourself; 6 Becoming Morally Creative; 7 Empowering Others; 8 Connecting with Others; Part II: How to Attain Practical Wisdom; 9 Exercising Good judgment; 10 Contending with Probability in an Uncertain World; 11 Understanding the Whys and Wherefores of Existence

12 Concluding Remarks: Your Profound HappinessSelected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-285) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-43677-5

9798765186466

0-7657-0416-1

1-4616-6516-7

OCLC:

854521167