We all grow old, except for those who die young. We lose our beauty, our strength, and our speed of thought and memory. We lose the opportunity to take specific paths in life as time goes on. We lose our friends and lovers. We lose so much as we age. Fortunately, we also may have … Read more

When people come for REBT psychotherapy, it is clear that we are teaching and encouraging them to adopt healthier ideas. An incomplete list of those ideas includes: Unconditional self-acceptance Unconditional other-acceptance Unconditional life acceptance Emotional responsibility Long-term hedonism Self-Direction Calculated risk-taking The role of healthy negative emotions Uncertainty tolerance It is equally or perhaps more … Read more

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), we emphasize the power of choice, personal In responsibility, and acceptance. REBT’s roots lie in philosophy, and over the years, one simple idea that has managed to survive is to change what you can change and accept what you cannot. I find myself going back to this simple prescription every … Read more

If you genuinely believed I would award you two million dollars at the end of a year in which you went for a daily thirty-minute walk, would you choose to do this? How much money would it take to make you willing to do this walk every day for one full year, knowing full well that sometimes … Read more

1. I will prepare myself in advance for future ills. When they occur, I will remind myself I am ready for this adversity. 2. I can choose a healthy emotional response to this test of my REBT philosophical skills. 3. Nobody is all good, nobody is all bad, but we all are fallible humans. 4. … Read more

Dr. Matweychuk’s Podcast Using Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), I teach people that we disturb ourselves when we encounter adversity. REBT heavily borrows from a 2000-year-old philosophy known as Stoicism. Many people misunderstand Stoicism and wrongly believe it means to be emotionless. Stoicism is a robust philosophy that helps people live well in … Read more

https://youtu.be/j5h78ZwjpLU I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Basketball Star Michael Jordon Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, REBT, is an … Read more

Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.   Epictetus Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) can make you impervious … Read more

I was not, I was, I am not, I care not. – Epicurus Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, ​we no longer exist. – Epicurus Sadly, all of us one day will die. The hour of our death is uncertain, but … Read more

The goal of all life is death. – Sigmund Freud The goal of all life is to have a ball. – Albert Ellis Nothing important comes into being overnight; even grapes or figs need time to ripen. If you say that you want a fig now, I will tell you to be patient. – Epictetus It … Read more