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The Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Podcast
by Walter J. Matweychuk, Ph.D.
This podcast is educational and aims to facilitate understanding and application of core principles and strategies of Dr. Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to problems of everyday living. It is produced by Dr. Walter J. Matweychuk, who studied and trained with Dr. Ellis for many years.
Episodes
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From Intellectual Insight to Fundamental Emotional Change with REBT
In this video, I discuss why a person can achieve intellectual insight into an emotional problem but not feel fundamental emotional change. I also outline five different ways to cultivate fundamental emotional change using REBT. To read the blog post that goes beyond this video, go here:...
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Can't vs. Won't and Self-Motivation with REBT
In this video, I discuss motivating yourself to make the best long-term decisions and follow through on them with action, even when you lack motivation. Read more on this topic here: https://rebtdoctor.com/cant-vs-wont-and-self-motivation-with-rebt/ Free Educational Resources on REBT: 1. Dr.…
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Life Never Has to Be How Your Want it To Be
Visit REBTDoctor.com for free audio and video resources on utilizing the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy system of ideas for coping with life.
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How to Complete the New REBTDoctor.com Self-help Worksheet
In this video, I walk you through how to do the latest version of my REBTDoctor.com Self-Help Worksheet. To download this worksheet, click here: https://rebtdoctor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/17.-4-QUESTION-REBTDoctor-Worksheet-v08.19.24-2.docx To download other free REBT resources, go here:...
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Physics is the law. Everything else is a recommendation. - Elon Musk and REBT
In this episode, I use a quote from Elon Musk to teach the REBT premise that emotional disturbance is associated with confusing empirically supported laws with recommendations, preferences, and good ideas.
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Combating Political Intolerance with REBT
In this episode, I discuss the self-defeating aspects of political intolerance. I articulate the dogmatic attitudes that lead to it and the attitudes that will facilitate tolerance while motivating political activism.
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How to Survive When Your Adult Child Cuts You Out of Their Life
In this episode of the REBT podcast, I discuss how parents can cope with an adult child who refuses to have a relationship with them. Parents often suffer greatly when rejected by their adult children, and REBT can help you survive this painful loss. To read the extended piece that goes beyond…
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How to Help Someone with Emotional Disturbance
We all know someone who has emotional problems and self-defeating behaviors. In this podcast, I discuss some ways to help your friends, family, and business associates to help themselves using the powerful ideas of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).
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Getting Over Getting Older with REBT
In this podcast, I show you how to cultivate healthy attitudes toward the challenges of aging so that you can live your life to the fullest despite the inevitable changes brought on by aging. You can get over getting older with REBT!
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Once it happened, it had to happen - the Logic of Acceptance
In this episode, I explain logical thinking that facilitates acceptance of unfortunate events. In REBT, accepting things that are unfortunate and that have occurred allows for emotional health. After listening, you will be in a better position to understand why bad things should have happened…
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The Power of Flexible and Non-Extreme Thinking
In this episode, I discuss distinguishing between flexible, healthy attitudes toward adversity and rigid, unhealthy attitudes towards adversity. The characteristics and benefits of flexible and non-extreme thinking are delineated. I discuss how to transform your rigid, self-defeating attitudes…
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Cultivating Unconditional Life Acceptance to Increase Life Satisfaction
In this episode, I show you how to adopt flexible and non-extreme attitudes that will help you cultivate unconditional life acceptance. Visit my REBTDoctor.com website to access other freely available educational resources on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.
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How to Profit from Constructive Criticism with Help from REBT
In this podcast, I discuss how REBT can assist you in opening your mind to constructive criticism. I discuss the attitudes that lead to ego defensiveness and healthy alternative attitudes consistent with REBT theory. I argue that growing as a person depends on being capable of listening to...
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Calculated Risk-taking and Core Concept Integration in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
In this episode, I talk about integrating a few of the core concepts of REBT and how they interact to produce a synergistic effect. I use calculated risk-taking as an example of this integration. If you would like to read the email I distributed that goes beyond this video, click on this link to…
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Emotional Well-Being is a Never Ending Struggle
In this episode, I discuss the realistic idea that humans disturb themselves and must work on undisturbing themselves and restoring a state of emotional well-being daily.
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Breaking Free of Your Ego Cage
I discuss breaking free of the ego cage in today's podcast. In REBT, we encourage you to abolish your ego and limit your evaluations to what you do and the parts of you without summating these evaluations and issuing yourself a global score linked to your self-worth. If you adopt the philosophy…
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Do Psychological Pushups Daily to Have Flexibility at the Ready
In this podcast, I discuss the importance of doing psychological pushups with the flexible and non-extreme attitudes of REBT to have them ready for when adversity strikes. Daily psychological pushups will strengthen your conviction in these powerful ideas so that you can readily implement them…
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Coping with Medical Illness, the Process of Dying and Death
In this podcast, I reveal the healthy philosophical attitudes of REBT which facilitate unconditional life acceptance which is necessary to cope with medical illness, the process of dying, and death.
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Generalize Just Don't Overgeneralize
In this episode, I discuss how overgeneralizations are created by our rigid attitudes. I discuss how they prevent us from dealing with reality as it is. Generalizing is good, but overgeneralizations lead to ineffective behavior and emotional upset. I discuss how to catch your overgeneralizations...
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REBT and Zen Buddhism
In this episode, I discuss a well-known Zen koan and use it to show how REBT ideas overlap with Zen philosophy. I hope you enjoy the episode and visit my website REBTDoctor.com where you will find many free educational resources to understand better what REBT is all about.
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The Elements of a Healthy Philosophy of Life
In this podcast, I discuss the twenty elements that are foundational to a healthy philosophy of life and the core ideas of REBT. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is more than a pioneering form of cognitive behavior therapy. In my view, REBT is also a philosophy of life. These elements can...
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Watch One, Do One, Teach One
In this episode, I discuss how you can learn REBT by watching my Saturday Rational Emotive Conversation Hour. Still, you can also do worksheets on my website REBTDoctor.com and teach REBT philosophical ideas to your friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues. Note: Attendance is free to attend my...
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Accepting the Changes and Adaptations of Aging
In this episode, I discuss how people can effectively cope with the negative changes of aging by adopting REBT-based philosophical attitudes. A written transcript of this episode is found here: https://rebtdoctor.com/29-blog-self-help-posts-on-rebt/accepting-the-changes-and-adaptations-of-aging I...
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Overcoming the Dangers of Taking Yourself Too Seriously
In this podcast I show how Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy can help you give up your over seriousness which is based on an ego rating. Rating your personhood, essence or ego lies at the core of narcissism, shame, ego based depression, and ego based performance anxiety. REBT offers the solution…
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On Hurting Other People's Feelings
In this podcast, I discuss how you can avoid taking responsibility for other people's feelings and live an assertive life. This is not to say you will intentionally aim to make insensitive remarks to others, but it does mean that you are able to assert yourself in matters that are important…
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The Mindset for Achieving Your Long-Term Life Goals
I am a psychologist trained in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). In this episode, I discuss how to cultivate the kind of thinking that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals. I have also written on this subject, so if you would like to read what I have written on this subject, go...
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Unhealthy Other-Pity When A Child, Parent, or Spouse Suffers
In this episode, I discuss the experience of unhealthy other-pity. When loved ones have pain and suffer, it is not uncommon for those who care for them to experience their own negative emotions. I show how it is important for caretakers to have healthy negative emotions related to the pain and...
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How to Mend A Broken Heart
In this episode I show you how to recover from a romantic relationship that has ended.
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Taking Responsibility for Your Emotional Upset
Using REBT you can learn how to control your emotional reactions to different circumstances. This episode teaches you the ABC Model of Emotion and how to leverage it to better control your emotional reactions.
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How to Build Conviction in A Rational Attitude
Agreement a with a rational attitude is insufficient to experience emotional change. You need to develop conviction in the new attitude. This episode will show you the steps involved in developing conviction in your new attitude so that you achieve emotional change and a deep philosophical change.
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Calculated Risk-Taking Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Learn how to psychologically prepare yourself, using REBT philosophy, to take a calculated risk that you think will lead to long-term pleasure and fulfillment.
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Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Podcast
In each episode I teach the core concepts of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy for problems of daily living.
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Amor Fati
This episode shows you 1. How to “Love Your Fate” and 2. How REBT can help you do this. REBT and Stoicism go together and the Stoics taught us the value of Amor Fati. REBT teaches us how to have some degree of happiness even when reality is grim. REBT derives from Stoicism and both can help you...
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Shouldhood leads to shithood. You can’t be a shit without a “should.” - Albert Ellis
In this episode I discuss the rigid attitudes people have towards themselves and the feelings of inferiority, depression, guilt, and shame that result.
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Language is a Tool - Wield It Precisely
I discuss the impact General Semantics theory has had on Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. I explain how words and labels about people can deceive and lead to emotional disturbance. I give examples of precise language that better captures reality.
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Rational Fitness Training
This episode explains how to practice thinking rationally on a regular basis to change your fundamental attitude towards adversity using REBT philosophy.
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It is Bad, Not Awful - Awfulize at Your Peril
This episode covers REBT’s concept of Awfulizing and shows how it can be overcome through proper reasoning. It discusses the self-defeating emotional impact of Awfulizing.
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Can’t Change or Won’t Change, That is the Question
I discuss how our self-limiting philosophy of wanting to change quickly and easily may bias us into holding the invalid attitude we cannot change when it is simply a matter that we won’t change because of the effort involved.
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Emotional Responsibility
I discuss the Principle of Emotional Responsibility and the two fundamental human disturbances, 1. Discomfort Disturbance and 2. Ego Disturbance.
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Develop an Anti-Moaning Philosophy
In this podcast I discuss the application of REBT to emotional upset due to whining and complaining about how life “absolutely should” be. Learn how moaning is self-defeating and is a choice you do not have to make.
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Bearing the Bearable
This episode shows you how REBT philosophy can be applied to bearing the burdens of life.
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Overcoming the Shackles of Shame
This episode discusses how REBT helps you to liberate yourself from the unhealthy feeling of shame.
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REBT Liberates You to Take Calculated Risks
This 7 min podcast examines three self-defeating attitudes that will block you from taking calculated risks. The approach used is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, the pioneering CBT Psychotherapy created by Dr. Albert Ellis.
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Are You a Good Person? Reconsider the Myth
This episode explains why it is invalid to think good and bad people exist. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy’s philosophical view on how bad behavior does not mean a person is a bad person is explained. Not rating people as people, both yourself and others, is a core concept in REBT and is the...
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This podcast is educational and aims to facilitate understanding and application of core principles and strategies of Dr. Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy to problems of everyday living. It is produced by Dr. Walter J. Matweychuk, who studied and trained with Dr. Ellis for many years.
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