[ DISCLAIMER ]   The late psychologist Albert Ellis , who developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), formerly called Rational Emotive Therapy (RET), addressed the matter of self-downing  (how people upset themselves  with unhelpful beliefs about themselves) through use of a technique.   REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable A ction occurs and you B elieve an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumption , not  the o

[ DISCLAIMER ]   My primary job in the United States (U.S.) Marine Corps was military police , as my secondary billet was as a Marine Security Guard  (MSG). Regarding the latter (above photo), I was ignorant  about how my diplomatic mission supported the Central Intelligence Agency  (CIA).   Nevertheless, when guarding the U.S. embassy in Lima, Peru , I became disillusioned when realizing that my military service supported CIA activities and wasn’t an honorable matter. That’s

[ DISCLAIMER ]   When providing psychoeducational lessons on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  (REBT), I invite people to consider beliefs  which are rational (in accordance with both logic and reason ) and healthy (subjectively beneficial to one’s own physical, mental, or emotional  state).   For context, REBT uses the ABC model to illustrate that when an undesirable A ction occurs and you B elieve an unhelpful narrative about the event, it’s your unfavorable assumptio

[ DISCLAIMER ]   To provide a psychoeducational lesson 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). First, it may be worthwhile to distinguish between thoughts and beliefs. A “thought” is an individual act or product of thinking . A “belief” is a state or habit of mind in which trust or