[ DISCLAIMER ]   I recently attended a session with client X, who apparently contemplated that I’d validate  this individual’s beliefs regarding a matter of disagreement with another individual, as I thought of a psychoeducational lesson on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT) at the time.   Before going further, it may be useful to define terms. When referring to thoughts or beliefs which are “ rational ,” I’m referencing those cognitive elements which remain in acco

[ DISCLAIMER ]   In 1996, I boarded a plane when heading for United States (U.S.) Marine Corps Recruit Training  at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego , California. Back then, friends, family members, and others could escort airline passengers to the gates from which planes departed.   As I’m featured wearing a red shirt in the photo above, the typical thoughts about dying in the event of a plane crash swirled through my mind when I prepared to board the plane. Obviously, a

[ DISCLAIMER ]   Personal Anecdote   The above photo is of me—the left: taken during seventh or eighth grade, and the right: taken during adulthood. When living in the Southwest Cottage of a children’s home in both seventh and eighth grade, I was placed in a residential setting due to financial insupportability.   While there, I began intimate partner relationships with two girls who lived in the coed cottage. If memory serves, girl X was in my grade and girl Y was one grade

[ DISCLAIMER ]   When providing psychoeducational lessons on my approach to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), I find it useful to illustrate how the scripts which we tell ourselves are constructed  (made or formed by combining or arranging parts or elements; set in logical  order).   Specifically, with my approach to care for mental, emotional, and behavioral health  (collectively “mental health”), I invite people to consider philosophies of life  which are rationa

[ DISCLAIMER ]   Imagine that you’re visiting a wooded area and as you’re walking along a trail you hear the sound of pounding hoofbeats....

[ DISCLAIMER ] *After having received an image takedown notice regarding the picture previously used on this blog entry, this blogpost has been modified to demonstrate good faith compliance with same on October 16, 2025.   When using psychoeducation in regard to Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), I invite people to consider propositions which are rational—in accordance with both logic and reason . When demonstrating this lesson, I often use syllogisms . For example,

[DISCLAIMER] In 2009, when beginning graduate studies for counseling, I learned of the differentiation between the colloquial use of the...

[DISCLAIMER] When practicing Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I assist people with identifying unhelpful, unhealthy,...