As I continue honing my skills as a Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) practitioner, I find it a worthwhile endeavor to familiarize myself with literature pertaining to this psychotherapeutic modality. This includes older and newer material alike.
Similar to how I posted blog entries as I read and digested content of The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion, assigning posts under a unique blog category, I plan on sharing with readers my similar thought process regarding Creative Marriage (1961).
This text was written by the late psychologist and developer of REBT, Albert Ellis, Ph.D., and his coauthor, the late Robert A. Harper, Ph.D. The book was published during a time when REBT was in its early stages, as it was then known as Rational Emotive Therapy.
In the interest of self-disclosure, I was once married and chose not to again pursue marriage thereafter. On rare occasions, and if it benefits the reader, I may discuss my former subjective experience as a husband – and in the vaguest of terms.
Although I’ve made the logical and reasonable (rational) decision not to again marry following an unfortunate divorce, I don’t assume an anti-marriage stance. In fact, there are exceedingly few matters with which I utilize an automatically oppositional position.
Furthermore, while I oppose the personal option to enter into a religious, state-sanctioned, and social pair-bond, I support the decisions and actions of self-determined and autonomous individuals to do otherwise. If marriage is a rational decision for you, good on ya!
Besides, it’s not my place to demand what others should or shouldn’t do regarding their own lives. In any case, the “Creative Marriage” blog category is intended to represent my evolving thoughts concerning REBT practice with people who engage in intimate partner relationships.
I suspect it’ll be interesting, at bare minimum, to discover what Ellis and Harper had to say about marriage during the 60s, as patterns and trends regarding romantic relationships have likely changed to a significant degree since then. (One can only imagine without having read the book.)
Also, while the concept of marriage is locale-specific, I’ll provide my subjective views in relation to observed anecdotes particular to the United States. Now, without further ado, I present to the reader my perspective on Creative Marriage.
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References:
AEI. (n.d.). About Albert Ellis, Ph.D. Albert Ellis Institute. Retrieved from https://albertellis.org/about-albert-ellis-phd/
APA PsychNet. (2004). Robert A. Harper (1915-2004). American Psychological Association. Retrieved from https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0003-066X.59.6.562
Dryden, W. and Neenan, M. (2003). The REBT Therapist’s Pocket Companion. Albert Ellis Institute. Retrieved from https://www.pdfdrive.com/the-rebt-therapists-pocket-companion-d185164652.html
Ellis, A. and Harper, R. A. (1961). Creative Marriage. The Institute For Rational Living, Inc. Retrieved from https://www.pdfdrive.com/creative-marriage-e184052310.html
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